Charlie Craine
The Plant Biostimulant Space: Challenges and Opportunities
Most people outside of the biostimulant industry do not yet have a strong understanding of what plant biostimulants are or…
2011 World of Respect Awards
Since 2004, DuPont Crop Protection and Farm Chemicals International have joined forces to honor the best of environmental stewardship shown…
Illegal Trade Threatens Industry Profits
An estimated 5% to 10%, or about $4 billion of the global pesticide market is taken up by counterfeit products….
Paving the Way to Stability
Africa’s challenges are well documented and widely discussed, yet optimism about its potential continues to bubble up from industry, governments,…
Product Profile: Picolinafen
Our previous product profiles, azoxystrobin and indoxacarb, demonstrated that a variety of strategies is required to defend a market from…
How to Navigate Barriers to Entry
For decades before the 1980s, Brazilian agriculture was recognized as a sleeping giant with vast potential and a promising future,…
Product Profile: Indoxacarb
Editor’s note: Throughout 2011, Nigel Uttley will examine barriers to entry and market opportunities for key active substances with upcoming…
Glyphosate: There Is No Substitute
Glyphosate has been under a microscope in China since its dramatic price increase in 2007/08. Chinese capacity, in particular, has…
Product Profile: Azoxystrobin
Editor’s note: Throughout 2011, Nigel Uttley will examine barriers to entry and market opportunities for key active substances with upcoming…
Seed Treatments Expected To Surge
Because of its critical role at the heart of any crop farming endeavor, the seed remains perhaps the most vulnerable…
Grain Prices Stabilize
World grain prices have been under extreme pressure from financial markets this fall as droughts diminished wheat yields and flooding…
Seed Money
Research and development has gone to seed, literally. Over the past decade, most of the major R&D companies have been…
EU Blocks Rice Imports
The EU has been a regulatory war zone in the past five years complete with re-evaluations of pesticides that have…
India Report: Bounty And Boom Times
India’s economy is red hot. Despite a global recession, the country has bolstered consumption, incomes, jobs, currency and investment. And…
Post-Patent Update: Generic Pipeline A Potential Windfall
As glyphosate prices continue to flounder at record-low levels, many technical producers and formulators are insulating their profits by exploring…
Food Security Hinges On Developing Economies
The global food outlook has taken a rollercoaster ride during the past few years. The world has seen record grain…
State Of The Industry: Can Crop Protection Come Back?
There are three industries thought to be recession proof: Agriculture, healthcare and so-called vice industries, namely tobacco and alcohol. The…
Supply Chain: Glass Half Full
An underlying optimism permeates the crop protection industry as many businesses try to come to terms with macroeconomic conditions, weather…