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Agrichemicals
EPA Settles with Amazon on Sale of Illegal Pesticides
Amazon will pay a penalty of $1,215,700 as part of the consent agreement.
Agrichemicals
Monsanto Announces Enhanced Label for XtendiMax
Updates include mandatory training, new record keeping requirements, and a Restricted Use Pesticide (RUP) designation.
Agrichemicals
EPA Sets Regulatory Actions on Dicamba for 2018
Manufacturers have voluntarily agreed to label changes that impose additional requirements for over-the-top use of these products next year.
Biopesticides
The 11th Annual Biocontrol Industry Meeting was attended by nearly 900 delegates from 48 countries representing 426 companies. The event, …
Industry News
EPA Prohibits 72 Inert Ingredients from Use in Pesticides
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking action to remove 72 ingredients from its list of ingredients approved for …
Agrichemicals
EPA to Begin Testing Chemicals Under TSCA Legislation
The EPA announced the first ten chemicals it will evaluate for potential risks to human health and the environment under …
Industry News
Federal Court Rules in Favor of Science-Based Regulatory Review
A California federal court ruled in favor of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and an industry coalition including CropLife America, …
Industry News
Dow AgroSciences, U.S. Farmers Disagree with U.S. EPA Proposal to Revoke Chlorpyrifos Tolerances
In its release of a pre-publication copy of the Notice of Data Availability (NODA) related to its assessment of the …
Agrichemicals
EPA Registers Monsanto’s Dicamba Formulation
EPA announced it is registering a dicamba formulation, Xtendimax with Vapor Grip Technology from Monsanto, which is specifically designed to …
Biopesticides
The 11th anniversary Annual Biocontrol Industry Meeting (ABIM), Oct. 24-26 in Basel, Switzerland is expected to host more than 800 …
Agrichemicals
EPA Determines Glyphosate Unlikely to Cause Cancer
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued yet another report on glyphosate, and the outcome is no different from the others. …
Industry News
EPA Approves Syngenta’s Agrisure Trait Stack for Above-Ground Corn Insect Control
Agrisure 3120 E-Z Refuge, a new trait stack from Syngenta, has received registration approval from U.S. EPA. Agrisure 3120 E-Z Refuge …
Agrichemicals
Despite her Iowa birth, Diane Allemang did not grow up on a farm, though living in the state means “you …
Agrichemicals
CropLife America Responds to EPA’s FIFRA Decision
CropLife America president and CEO Jay Vroom released a statement following the U.S. EPA decision to to continue to use …
Industry News
Ag Groups Express Concern Over Pending EU Legislation Affecting Agricultural Exports
CropLife America, along with nearly 50 agricultural organizations and associations, sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman regarding …
Industry News
AgBiome Launches New Business Unit
AgBiome, LLC, announced it has established AgBiome Innovations, which will commercialize technology identified by the company through its unique Genesis …
Industry News
New Formulation Grandevo WDG Bioinsecticide Now Available from Marrone Bio Innovations
Marrone Bio Innovations Inc. announced EPA approval of a new formulation of its dry biological insecticide. Grandevo WDG, which is …
Industry News
Syngenta Responds to EPA’s Draft Ecological Report on Atrazine
EPA’s draft report on the ecological assessment of the herbicide atrazine contains numerous data and methodological errors and needs to …
Agrichemicals
Consequences of Soaring Regulatory, Legal Costs
Chemical companies are spending more on the approval and defense of chemical technologies than ever before. A 2010 CropLife America study …
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Asia
Valagro Launches Fertilizer Line in China
Valagro, an Italian supplier of biostimulants and other specialty nutrients, said it launched its water-soluble fertilizers, Master Supreme, to the Chinese market.
Agrichemicals
As Agchem Complexity Grows, Specialists Take Off Some of the Heat
Chemical companies increasingly are using specialist suppliers to outsource the process development and production of complex new molecules.
Precision Ag
Indigo Touts ‘New Approach to Agricultural R&D’
Indigo Research Partners uses a network of more than 50 of the largest U.S. growers to gather over a trillion data points daily from sensors, drones, weather stations, and other technologies.
Genetics
Scientists Introduce Simpler, Faster CRISPR
Gene editing just got easier, thanks to an international team of researchers.
Biopesticides
FaunaSmart, BioScience Solutions Form Innovative Collaboration in Crop Protection
FaunaSmart and BioScience Solutions have announced a cooperation within strategic business development and innovation strategies in crop protection. Harry Teicher, …