Cyantraniliprole Technical and Ference Insecticide approved in Canada

Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), under the authority of the Pest Control Products Act, is granting registration for the sale and use of Cyantraniliprole Technical and Ference Insecticide, containing the technical grade…

Paraquat in Brazil: Companies prepare studies, try to postpone ban

A task force of companies that manufacture the herbicide, paraquat, is mobilizing to try to reverse the decision of the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) to ban the product in Brazil from September 2020. To achieve this, the group…

New Jersey could soon restrict the use of bee-killing pesticide neonicotinoid

New Jersey lawmakers could soon reclassify and restrict the use of a powerful insecticide that’s commonly used on golf courses and lawns across the Garden State but is linked to the dramatic decline of the bee population. Bees help pollinate…

Unseasonal rain and hailstorm damage crops across 3 states

Unseasonal rains with hailstorm over the past two days have caused massive damage to crops at several places in Bihar, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, officials said. According to Bihar government officials, rain and hailstorm in parts of…

Novel Coronavirus | Hubei’s higher proportion of the phosphorus chemical industry and pesticide production being affected by the epidemic

The outbreak of the new coronavirus during the Spring Festival has surely had an impact on the Chinese economy. While efforts are being made across the country to fight the epidemic, the delay of the resumption of production, the blocked logistics…

Chinese locust control team in Pakistan to help fight worst locust plague in 27 years

After the outbreak of the largest locust plague in Pakistan in the past 27 years, on February 24, the Chinese government sent a locust infestation control work team consisting of top Chinese locust control experts to Karachi on a field visit,…

Coronavirus could put India Inc in a spot if outbreak prolongs: Crisil

India’s agro chemicals industry can survive coronavirus headwinds to some extent in the near term, but businesses will face significant pressures as inventories run down, Crisil said in a report on last Thursday. “…Overall, that would…

EU denies India’s charge that its pesticide limits create non-tariff barriers

The EU has brushed aside charges made by countries including India at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) against its extremely low maximum residue level (MRL) limits for pesticides in food products. The low MRL limits are alleged to create non-tariff…

PAU develops 7 crop varieties

Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, has developed and recommended seven new and improved varieties of crops. These include PR-128, PR-129 and HKR-47 of paddy, J-1007 fodder maize, J-87 groundnut, JC-12 maize and PCB-165 of bajra. The…