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Parana hit hardest by soybean rust of any State in Brazil

Soybean producers in the state of Parana have noticed in recent years that their state has been recording the highest number of soybean rust cases of any state in Brazil. The anti-rust division of Embrapa confirmed again that the most cases…

USDA CUTS CORN CROP GUESS ON WEATHER WOES

The USDA has slashed it’s 2019 corn production estimate because of widespread planting delays caused by heavy rainfall and flooding in key U.S. growing areas. As of June 1st, the crop is projected at 13.680 billion bushels, down 1.35 billion…

Argentina SENASA: The contribution of bio-inputs in good agricultural practice

The Argentine National Service of Health and Food Quality (Senasa) was present at V National Day of Bio- inputs, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Agriculture, which took place on May 15, 2019 at the Argentine Pavilion of the National…

Tunisia uses drone technology to secure agricultural lands

For the first time in Tunisia, drones will be used to secure the national grain harvest, Samir Taieb, Tunisian minister of agriculture, water resources and fisheries, announced on Monday. During an interview with the local radio station Mosaique…

96% of fungicides used on Brazilian soybeans is for rust control

Soybean rust was first discovered in Brazil during the 2000/01 growing season and since then, the disease has cost Brazilian producers billions of dollars in control cost and lost production. The Center for Advanced Studies in Applied Economics…

Price & supply trend: Prices of Chinese fungicide technical rising sharply, tight supply to continue

China’s nation-wide work safety inspection is currently  ongoing, and is being expanded to cover more regions. As a result, there is an increase in the number of factories in which production has been shut down or restricted. Compared to…

Trump removes India from special trade status,pesticides affected

The Trump administration announced Friday that it's ending special trade treatment for India, removing a status that exempts billions of dollars of the country's products from US tariffs. "I have determined that India has not assured the…

Chinese pesticide spray additives market volume to hit 500,000 tons

According to a speech from deputy general agriculturist, Zhang Wenjun, from China’s ICAMA (Institute for the Control of Agrochemicals, Ministry of Agriculture) at the second Pesticide Formulation and Adjuvant Congress held in Leshan, Sichuan,…

2019 US soybean acreage and yields uncertain at this time

Planting progress for the 2019 U.S. soybean crop has also been very slow with 29% of the soybeans planted compared to 74% last year and 66% for the 5-year average. These planting delays could have significant implications concerning the 2019…