19 agrochemical active ingredients will lose patent protection between 2019 and 2026
According to a new report published by Enigma, 19 agrochemical active ingredients will lose patent protection between 2019 and 2026. With so many products coming off patent, industry players have chances to choose the right off-patent/generic…
Approval of the active substance flutianil
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2019/481
of 22 March 2019
approving the active substance flutianil, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection…
Corn is Star Performer in 2018/19 South American Growing Season
For many years, corn has taken a back seat to soybean production in South America, but this year, corn has been the real star of the 2018/19 South American growing season.
The way it stands now, the South American corn production will be…
Canada to phase out three neonicotinoid pesticides over the next two to three years
The federal government’s pesticide regulator says certain uses of a popular insecticide need to be restricted in order to protect the health of pollinators.
In its final decision, published last Thursday, Health Canada’s Pest Management…
US senate leaders introduce bill to ban chlorpyrifos nationwide
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…
The member states of the EU endorse the prohibition of chlorothalonil
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…
China revokes the registration of all sulfluramid products
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…
Chinese government requests sweeping check on manufacture of hazardous chemicals
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…
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