CropsBASF brings Zidua Prime herbicide to Ontario soybean growers for 2027
BASF has launched Zidua Prime, a two-ingredient burndown and residual herbicide that Ontario soybean growers can use from the 2027 season.
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Market ManagementChina's glufosinate prices jump 12% as licensing reform squeezes small herbicide makers
Glufosinate-ammonium technical reached 55,000 yuan a tonne in China while glyphosate stayed flat, as low stocks, lost export rebates and a 'one license, one product' rule tighten supply.
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Bayer's Vyconic soybeans stack tolerance to five herbicides, first launch planned for 2027
The trait adds 2,4-D and mesotrione to the glyphosate, dicamba and glufosinate tolerance of XtendFlex, and Bayer says a new trait-integration approach has put it into newer genetics yielding more than two bushels an acre extra; EU stack approval and Chinese import approval are still pending, with a
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China approves two new pyroxasulfone herbicide mixtures for wheat and corn fields
Zibo NAB Agrochemicals has registered a 40% pyroxasulfone-flufenacet suspension emulsion for winter wheat and Shandong Binnong a 28% pyroxasulfone-terbuthylazine suspension concentrate for spring corn, taking China's pyroxasulfone registrations to 116, of which 16 are mixtures.
AgrotechAmvac's Duro LQ registered; BASF's SCN trait due 2028, Syngenta's HPPD soybeans 2029
Three companies at the Farm Progress Show set out a timetable for new corn rootworm, soybean cyst nematode and weed control: Amvac's Duro LQ is registered now, BASF's Nemasphere trait is due in 2028 and Syngenta's Expance soybean platform in 2029, the last two pending regulatory approval.
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French cooperative Océalia buys into weeding-robot maker Cyclair
The minority stake, part of Océalia's Cap 2030 plan, backs a camera-and-LIDAR robot that weeds maize, sunflower and rapeseed mechanically, with cost parity against €35-85-a-hectare chemical weeding as the target.