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19 August 2010

Bayer CropScience has agreed to the immediate cancellation of the US registration of its insecticide/acaricide/nematicide, Temik 15G (aldicarb), for use on potatoes and citrus, and to end sales for ...

30 July 2010

Only one agrochemical major recorded double-digit sales growth in dollar terms in 2009. That contrasts with more than three-quarters of the companies in Agrow’s top 20 ranking posting growth of more ...

28 July 2010

A US court has ordered the EPA to reinstate import tolerances for the carbamate insecticide/nematicide, carbofuran. However, it has denied a challenge to the Agency’s decision not to grant a hearing ...

23 July 2010

Syngenta’s agrochemical sales rose by 2.9% in the second quarter compared with the same period last year to $2,486 million, but were flat at constant exchange rates (CER). Chief executive officer ...

 
03 September 2010

Chinese agrochemical company Jiangsu Yangnong Chemical recorded sales of Yuan 959.6 million ($141.8 million at the current rate) in the first half of 2010, a drop of 12.5% on the same period last ...

03 September 2010

The US EPA has proposed theregistration of Gowan’s plant growth regulator, GWN-6010 (prohexadione-calcium 27.5%), for use on commercial and residential turf. It is aimed at managing growth and ...

02 September 2010

Strong seed and trait sales in Latin America and other international markets have boosted Monsanto’s results for the fourth quarter of its fiscal year, which ended on August 31st. The start to the ...

02 September 2010

Syngenta has agreed to supply Arysta LifeScience North America with the cereal herbicide, clodinafop-propargyl, and Arysta will provide Syngenta with the cereal herbicide, flucarbazone-sodium. ...

 
03 September 2010

The European Commission has proposed approvals for three more active ingredients as non-crop pesticides. Proposals to add Dow AgroSciences’ insecticide, spinosad, and Sumitomo Chemical’s insecticide, ...

03 September 2010

The European Commission has added the fungicide, pentachlorobenzene, to EU rules that prohibit or restrict persistent organic pollutants (POPs). Pentachlorobenzene is a byproduct of industrial ...

03 September 2010

The US EPA has proposed the registration of Gowan’s plant growth regulator, GWN-6010 (prohexadione-calcium 27.5%), for use on commercial and residential turf. It is aimed at managing growth and ...

03 September 2010

Bayer CropScience has received approval for its new cereal fungicide, bixafen, in the UK, which is its first global registration. The company plans to introduce the active ingredient in combination ...

 
03 September 2010

The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is to issue permits allowing the planting of Monsanto/KWS Saat’s genetically modified glyphosate-tolerant Roundup Ready sugar beet this ...

26 August 2010

The US EPA has issued a cancellation order for Monsanto’s genetically modified insect-resistant YieldGard RW (MON863) and YieldGard Plus (MON863+MON810) maize. Both lines produce the Bt Cry3Bb1 ...

26 August 2010

The Argentine Secretary of Agriculture will authorise the production of genetically modified soybeans for export, the Argentine government says. Secretary Lorenzo Basso has approved the “GM soybean ...

25 August 2010

The Australian Office of the Gene Technology Regulator (OGTR) has approved an application from the state of Victoria’s Department of Primary Industries (DPI) to test up to ten lines of canola that ...

 
RISE Aaron Hobbs has taken over as president of CropLife America’s non-crop pesticide affiliate, RISE ...
BioWorks The US biopesticide company, BioWorks (Victor, New York), has appointed Dr Matthew Krause as a ...
Valent USA Corporation Sumitomo Chemical’s US subsidiary, Valent USA Corporation (Walnut Creek, California), has appointed ...
 
16 April 2010
Duncan Poupard
The last time Agrow talked with Sun Shubao, general secretary of the China Crop Protection Industry Association (CCPIA), in the summer of 2008, the Chinese pesticide industry was booming. Prices for the herbicide, glyphosate, were skyrocketing and export companies were posting record sales and profits. However, after a torrid 2009 that saw the financial crisis wreak havoc on export prices, the situation has taken a drastic turn for the worse. Despite this, Mr Sun remains optimistic for 2010 and ...
 
 
 
26 August 2010
Hazel Blake
It has been a long wait, but genetically modified crops with output traits are finally nearing commercialisation. Output traits can be variously defined as those of benefit downstream from the producer, such as “healthier” oils or altered content (starch, sucrose, lignin, increased nutrient value ...
13 August 2010
Hazel Blake
The US Patent and Trademark Office in July published a total of 85 patent applications from 46 different assignees, covering genetically modified plants and methods of producing them. Fifteen were for input traits, especially new Bt endotoxins effective against lepidopteran pests (six), or ...
21 July 2010
Leila Nabih
Insecticides took the lead among pesticide patents in June with 33 out of the 87 published. Fungicides followed with 26 patents and herbicides with 24. There were only four patents related to products with dual mode of action and these were combined fungicide/insecticide products. Several of the ...
09 July 2010
Sanjiv Rana
The global agrochemical market is set to come out of the decline of 2009 and return to the growth curve witnessed in previous years. The market should rise by 3.4% in 2010 to $41,528 million, with growth coming across all product categories and regions. This was the message delivered by principal ...
 

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