The Office of Indiana State Chemist (OISC), the pesticide regulatory agency for Indiana, recently announced an additional label restriction for users of the herbicide dicamba. After careful consideration, State Chemist and Seed Commissioner Robert Waltz has determined his agency will be forwarding FIFRA Sec. 24 (c) special local need registration requests to the United States […]
The registration of 63 pesticides released by the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (Mapa) under Act No. 62 for 13th September, 2019, was suspended. The decision was issued by Judge Luis Praxedes Vieira da Silva of the 1st Federal Court of the Judicial Subsection of Fortaleza. In his injunction, the magistrate justified that […]
Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar reiterated Government commitment on encouraging use of Bio-Fertilizers over Chemical Fertilizers in Lok Sabha on Tuesday. Government of India has been encouraging the use of bio fertilizers instead of chemical fertilizers through State Governments under various schemes and programmes, said the Minister. Listing some of […]
The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) has announced a chemical review of a group of systemic insecticides known as the neonicotinoids. Based on possible risks, including to pollinators, aquatic invertebrates, birds and small mammals, the reassessment will be environment-focussed. The review will also consider whether product labels carry adequate instructions to protect community […]
Pesticides are chemicals are made to kill or control pests, insects, weeds, fungi, microbes and rodents. There are many pesticides that have been found to be dangerous to human, animal health and also to the environment. Since pesticides are used in many sectors like agriculture, food industry, forestry etc. they can put the workers engaged […]
The Chilean government has updated a number of its phytosanitary regulations found in the Official Kiwi Bacteriosis Control Program (Pseudomonas syringae pv. Actinidiae – Psa). The new instructions are contained in resolution No. 7540/2019, which replaces the previous resolution and its modifications. Among these modifications, the pesticides authorized for the control of Psa may be […]
Tomorrow November 19, part of the Dextra International team will attend the 4th Biostimulant World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. Ana Santillana, Associate Director at Dextra International will be present at the world’s premier event on agricultural biostimulants, which are increasingly used in crop production. Organized by New Ag International in collaboration with the scientific committee […]
The four day long National Agrochemicals Congress with the theme ‘Country’s Status on Various Fronts of Agrochemicals’ concluded in New Delhi yesterday. The plenary sessions had deliberations on issues and concerns of Agrochemicals for sustainable farming. Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar had inaugurated the event on 13 October, praising small farmers and saying that there […]
Canada is working to diversify its canola seed sales, says Brian Innes, the Canola Council of Canada’s vice-president of public affairs. “As an industry we are doing what we can to diversify,” Innes said in an interview from Geneva, Switzerland Oct. 28 where Canada and China had their first face-to-face meeting over the canola dispute. […]