Cotton farmers in Brazil are very optimistic concerning their 2018/19 crop. If the cotton crop in Brazil turns out as good as it presently looks, Brazil is poised to become the second largest cotton exporter in the world surpassing India and trailing only the United States. The Brazilian Cotton Producers Association (Abrapa) is expecting Brazilian […]
U.S. citrus production in 2018-19 is rebounding from previous-year lows, according to a USDA report. The U.S. citrus crop is forecast to be up 31% to 8.02 million metric tons (MT) in 2018-19, reflecting an expectation for expanded national production in all major citrus commodities, except lemons, and overall larger crops in the four major […]
The body charged with keeping plant pests and diseases at bay and trade in plants safe adopted new international measures to prevent pests from crossing borders and spreading. The standards, including protocols to block highly invasive pests such as Xylella fastidiosaand the oriental fruit fly, were approved during the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures’ (CPM) annual meeting […]
A day after President Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency once again argued for delaying its own ban of chlorpyrifos in court, Senator Tom Udall (D-NM) introduced the Protect Children, Families and Farmworkers from Nerve Agent Pesticides Act, legislation that would ban the dangerous chemical. Earthjustice, the environmental law organization representing labor leaders, farmworker communities, and environmental activists […]
The member states of the EU Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (SCoPAFF) have voted to ban the fungicide, Chlorothalonil. Chlorothalonil is a broad-spectrum fungicide used in the control of plant diseases, with other uses as a pesticide and acaricide to control bacteria and algae. Currently, it plays an important role in the […]
Corn planted area for all purposes in 2019 is estimated at 92.8 million acres, up 4 percent or 3.66 million acres from last year. Compared with last year, planted acreage is expected to be up or unchanged in 34 of the 48 estimating states. Soybean planted area for 2019 is estimated at 84.6 million acres, […]
China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs recently issued a notice that, starting from March 22, 2019, pesticide registration and renewal containing flubendiamide (including the technical, single agent, mixed formulation) will not be accepted or approved. Since March 26, 2019, pesticide registration and production license for flubendiamide products will be withdrawn. Since January 1, 2020, […]
Following the explosion at the Tianjiayi Chemical Plant in Yancheng Xiangshui on 21st March, the Work Safety Commission of the State Council circulated an urgent notice requesting the immediate implementation of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s instructions on treatment of the explosion incident. The Work Safety Commission of the State Council addressed the importance and urgency […]
The Brazilian soybean crop is 68% harvested compared to 65% last year and 64% for the 5-year average according to Safras & Mercado. This represents an advance of 6% for the week. Mato Grosso do Sul is 96% harvested and Goias is 83% harvested. The soybean harvest pace has been slowing down due to wet […]