In markets of Matlab Uttar, Chandpur, crop-protection products have risen 10-20 percent in a year on average and some, such as Thiovit, have doubled; farmers say their production costs keep climbing.
Bifender Duo combines the synthetic insecticide bifenthrin with a new biological active ingredient from ProFarm to control soil insects and nematodes in one application.
A proposed settlement with NRDC sets a firm date for ruling on food tolerances for acetamiprid, clothianidin, dinotefuran, imidacloprid and thiamethoxam.
Vive Crop Protection's product combines a synthetic and a ProFarm biopesticide for two modes of action against soil insects, plus activity against nematodes; state approvals are expected before February 2027.
CropsThe Chemical Review Committee adopted a decision guidance document on the organophosphate, citing bans in Brazil and the EU; the parties will take a final decision in April 2027.
Agricultural researchers say integrated pest management (IPM), using sex pheromone, yellow sticky and light traps and perching, must be spread widely to cut pesticide residues and protect biodiversity.
CropsA BARI entomologist told a BARC workshop that vegetables carry 10% and fruit 4% more pesticide than the approved dose, and urged a shift from chemical pesticides to biopesticides.
CropsThe TRF3 panel found 'qualified administrative inertia' after Ibama's re-evaluations of imidacloprid, clothianidin and thiamethoxam sat unimplemented for years; Ibama has 360 days to finish its fipronil review.
The Agro Chem Federation of India's proposal, drawn up with KPMG, seeks a 5-8 percent incentive on incremental sales, 30-40 percent power subsidies, shared effluent plants, agrochemical parks and biologicals pilot facilities over seven to eight years.
CropsA proposed settlement with the Natural Resources Defense Council commits the US Environmental Protection Agency to decide by 30 April 2027 whether to revoke food-residue tolerances for acetamiprid, clothianidin, dinotefuran, imidacloprid and thiamethoxam.
AgribusinessChina's agriculture ministry has opened comment on a 2026 Internet Pesticide Negative List until 30 September and has set enforcement duties for JD.com, Taobao, Pinduoduo, Douyin, Kuaishou and 12 other platforms in a campaign running to March 2027.
CropsThe 476th Registration Committee meeting cleared PI Industries' pioxaniliprole for rice, chilli, tomato and Bengal gram alongside new formulations from Willowood, UPL, FMC, Chemley and Seedlings, with MRL, shelf-life and pollinator conditions attached.
CropsRegistration 06105 was cancelled by Ato nº 59 in the federal gazette of 18 September, banning production, import, export and sale, after an appeals commission refused to convert the penalty into a fine.
