In a signed AgFunderNews column, biocontrol veteran Gustavo Mamao argues that product performance and fit with existing input systems will decide the next 10 years of the biologicals market.
AgribusinessSyngenta's new head of North American crop protection says every level of the supply chain is cutting stock to save working capital, leaving nobody able to cover a gap.
CropsIn Kathalia, Jhalakathi, farmer Nil Ratan Howlader has covered the sides and top of his 33-decimal field of ripe early BRRI dhan87 with netting to keep off birds, insects and livestock.
OpinionMonica Teixeira of the European Crop Care Association argues that the EU's food and feed simplification omnibus should set one EU-wide start date for data protection so post-patent pesticides reach farmers sooner.
CropsA CropLife Europe-commissioned analysis of 180 active substances due for renewal from 2030 finds 86 could be hit by a single EU-wide data-protection clock, many of them used on fruit, vegetables and other minor crops.
AgrotechGerman startup SenseUP packs double-stranded RNA inside bacterial cells so its gene-silencing biopesticides keep for 18 months at room temperature, cost less to make and can target several pests at once.
OpinionIn a CropLife column, Hua Cheng and David Li argue that Chinese crop protection suppliers are gaining routes to US growers, but retailers keep advantages that cannot be shipped in a container.
CropsCertis Belchim's Areli, combining cyazofamid with valifenalate, a fungicide that also acts as a plant-defence elicitor, is registered in the UK for late blight in potatoes, with a full commercial launch in spring 2027.
CropsAlbaugh India has launched TANDEM, a carbendazim and tebuconazole suspension concentrate registered for paddy, recommended as a foliar spray at 320 mL in 200 litres of water per acre.
Hamburg's Soilytix has launched LOAM, AI models trained on 15,640 soil microbial genomes, to narrow the flood of candidate biological crop-protection products before costly lab, greenhouse and field trials.
CropsNIAB's Aoife O'Driscoll and Harper Adams' Tom Pope say biofungicides, breeding, field blends, spore-trap tools and sprayable RNAi could reduce reliance on chemicals, but efficacy data and regulation are still hurdles.
A Swiss crop-protection coating and a British cattle-monitoring system won the supermarket's two categories, earning trials inside its supply chain where farmers and suppliers can see them work.
American Vanguard's AMVAC is acquiring the US registrations and trademarks for Caparol, Evik, Prime+ and Agri-Flex, which it expects to add more than $7 million in annual net sales.
