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Date:2012/06/14
June 14, 2012
Pollutants, pesticides affect China''s agricultural land
Industrial pollutants and overuse of pesticides and fertilisers have worsened farm land pollution in China which has further ...
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Date:2012/03/19
March 19, 2012
BASF designates new officer for Asia Pacific''s Crop Protection division
Dr. Raman Ramachandran has been appointed by BASF as Senior Vice President of the company''s Crop Protection...
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Date:2012/05/10
May 10, 2012
Syngenta Crop Protection to pay US$102,000 fine
Syngenta Crop Protection LLC, of Greensboro, North Carolina, has agreed to pay a US$102,000 civil penalty to the US to settle a series ...
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Date:2012/06/11
June 11, 2012
Denmark prohibits farmers on buying illegal pesticides, fertilisers
Danish environment minister Ida Auken's proposal to forbid farmers who buy illegal pesticides and fertilisers to u...
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Date:2012/03/13
March 13, 2012
FMC, Kumiai collaborate in new herbicide technology
FMC Corporation and Kumiai Chemical Industry Company Ltd have signed an agreement to evaluate a new herbicide technology discovere...
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Date:2012/05/02
May 2, 2012
Delegation meets to discuss on reducing pesticide contamination in water
A TOPPS-prowadis workshop to discuss practical solutions for professional pesticide users on how to best mitigat...
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Date:2012/06/07
June 7, 2012
China holds position as Vietnam's major pesticide source
China is the largest pesticides exporter to Vietnam, accounting for 45% of Vietnam's total pesticide imports spending from Jan...
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Date:2012/01/27
January 27, 2012
China's pesticide sector did not progress in 2011
After the H1 2011 performance of several local listed agrochemical firms has been reviewed, such as Jiangsu Huifeng, Qianjiang Bio...
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Date:2012/04/24
April 24, 2012
Bayer CropScience introduces new rapeseed fungicidal seed treatment
Press release
Bayer CropScience plans launch of new fungicidal seed treatment solution EverG...
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Date:2012/06/04
June 4, 2012
France to prohibit use of Syngenta pesticide
After scientists suggested it could pose danger to bees, France plans to ban a pesticide made by Swiss agro-chemical group Syngenta that i...
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Date:2012/01/16
January 16, 2012
Illegal pesticides trade in EU sparks concern
Policing agency Europol on Friday (Jan 13) warned against the growing trade in counterfeit and illegal pesticides, saying these chemic...
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Date:2012/04/12
April 12, 2012
Viterra Launches Momentum for Broadleaf Weed Control
Press release
Global agribusiness Viterra Inc. today announced the launch of Momentum, a proprietary broadl...
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Date:2012/05/31
May 31, 2012
Pesticide causes honeybee deaths in South Western Ontario
Honeybee deaths that struck hives across South Western Ontario this spring is undergoing investigation that has turned up a pe...
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Date:2012/01/09
January 9, 2012
Danish scientists focus on reducing herbicide use
The amount of pesticides applied by farmers to control weeds, insects and diseases can be reduced by using new technology that Dan...
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Date:2012/04/12
April 12, 2012
Studies show common crop pesticide harms bumblebee, honeybee species
New studies by a UK team and a French team which were published March 29 report that a widely used insecticide can threaten the health...
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Date:2012/01/09
January 9, 2012
China''s pesticide industry faces weak earnings prospects
While China expected a rise in the production and sales of pesticides in 2011, the industry had not shown any improvement ...
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Date:2011/12/23
December 23, 2011
China's pesticides output jumps 22% in November
China produced 240,000 tonnes of pesticides in November of 2011, marking a 22.4% on-year gain, according to the National Developme...
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Date:2010/01/07
January 7, 2010
Monsanto posts loss as herbicide sales slump
Biotech seed giant Monsanto reported a net loss of US$19 million for the first quarter ended November 30, compared with a year-ago profi...
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Date:2011/12/06
December 6, 2011
EU''s triazole fungicides ban may affect Danish wheat yields
If EU bans the use of triazole fungicides, Danish wheat yields may drop by 5% resulting in a loss of EUR34 million (US$...
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Date:2009/11/19
November 19, 2009
US biotech firm to deliver non-GM drought and herbicide tolerance crops
Cibus Global, a Californian biotech firm will soon introduce non-GM crops that are resistant to herbicide, ...