According to a new survey report, “Biorational Pesticides Market Global Forecast to 2022“, the biorational pesticides market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 12.5% from 2017 to reach a value of USD 5.02 Billion by 2022. The term “biorational” is used to describe those pesticides that are efficacious against target pests but are […]
China will deepen reforms of its agriculture sector to promote its rural economy, the government said in its first policy statement of 2019, as it seeks to bolster growth and offset trade challenges. Beijing’s statement, released late on Tuesday, comes after the world’s second-largest economy saw its weakest growth in 28 years in 2018 and […]
Brazilian farmers did very well with their 2017/18 cotton crop and as a result, they are expected to significantly increase their cotton acreage in 2018/19 to a new record large production. According to Conab’s latest assessment of the crop, Brazilian farmers are expected to increase their cotton acreage 33% to 1.56 million hectares. The largest […]
A bipartisan bill to reauthorize the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act, which funds EPA oversight of the chemicals, passed the Senate by unanimous consent last week. Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., and Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., introduced the bill on Wednesday after the American Farm Bureau Federation dropped its opposition. […]
A federal appeals court is reconsidering its ruling last year that ordered the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ban a particular pesticide. The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said Wednesday that it had accepted the arguments the Trump administration made and will rehear the case, potentially overturning an August ruling by a three-judge […]
The sale, distribution, and use of glyphosate products has been banned in the state of Kerala, India, according to an article for the news outlet manorama.com. “This is part of the state’s efforts to gradually phase out pesticide use in the state,” agriculture minister V. S. Sunil Kumar said in the Kerala Assembly. Kerala University […]
Russia’s government has told Brazil it may restrict soybean imports from the country temporarily if producers do not reduce their volume of pesticide use, especially of products using glyphosate , Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry said on last Friday. Brazilian soybean exports to Russia totaled 1 million tonnes last year – a fraction of the 84 million tonnes exported […]
According to the report “Agricultural Adjuvants Market by Function (Activator and Utility), Chemical Group (Alkoxylates, Organosilicones, and Sulfonates), Application (Herbicides, Fungicides, and Insecticides), Formulation, Crop Type, and Region – Global Forecast to 2023”, the agricultural adjuvants market is projected to reach USD 4.04 billion by 2023, from USD 3.13 billion in 2018, at a CAGR […]
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2019/158 of 31 January 2019 renewing the approval of the active substance methoxyfenozide, as a candidate for substitution, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, and amending the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) […]