New European Union MRLs for chlorpyrifos and chlorpyrifos-methyl

The new MRLs for chlorpyrifos and chlorpyrifos-methyl were announced on 11 August 2020 and entered into force on 13 November 2020 (Regulation (EC) 2020/1085 and Corrigendum); this means that they can no longer be used after this date. Operators…

India provides an additional $8.71 billion in fertilizer subsidies

India has earmarked an additional 650 billion rupees ($8.71 billion) in fertilizer aid for the current fiscal year, which began in April, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Thursday. The government has decided to allocate the additional…

The National Union of the Industry of Phytosanitary Products in Brazil forecasts a drop of 11.8% in the agrochemical market in 2020

The rise of the dollar against the real during the year 2020 will affect the market of phytosanitary products. Sindiveg, the National Union of the Industry of Phytosanitary Products projects a fall of 11.8% in the income in dollars this year,…

16 generic pesticides issued by MAPA Brazil have been registered

A list of 16 pesticides or generic formulated products that will be available for use by Brazilian farmers has been published in Law No. 60 of the Department of Plant Health and Agricultural Inputs of the Secretariat of Agricultural Defense…

Los precios mundiales de los alimentos continúan aumentando en octubre

Los precios mundiales de los alimentos continuaron aumentando por quinto mes consecutivo en octubre, liderados por los cereales, el azúcar, los productos lácteos y los aceites vegetales, según un nuevo informe de la Organización de las Naciones…

Exports in India fall by 5.4% in the month of October, the trade deficit is reduced to USD 8.78 billion.

Let us remember that in September, after registering positive growth, exports in India fell by 5.4% to USD 28.82 billion in October. This has been due to the fall in shipments of products derived from gems and jewelry, oil, leather and engineering…

U.S. EPA Announces Changes to Pesticide Application Regulations

EPA has restricted a rule to protect people from pesticide spraying by establishing a 25-foot "Application Exclusion Zone" for all ground spray applications and limiting AEZ's to the boundaries of the agricultural establishment. The agency…

MAPA Brazil cancels registration of paraquat based technical products

Brazil's MAPA and Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) published a joint policy instruction that defines procedures for monitoring and inspecting the use and collection of remaining stocks of products based on the active ingredient,…

Rains damage standing crops in India

In India, crops of more than 4.5 billion hectares are affected by extremely heavy rains. In addition, it is estimated that the damaged area will increase in the coming days. In Maharashtra, heavy rains have been received in recent days as…