EnvironmentAbout 40 people from the EPA, the Fish and Wildlife Service, USDA, universities and farm groups spent three days in Minnesota and South Dakota looking at how conservation and spraying practice can protect listed species.
Corteva relaunches focused on crop protection and Vylor becomes a separate seed and genetics company; Vylor shares closed their first day at $67.74, up 2.64 percent.
EnvironmentA bill signed by Governor Gavin Newsom requires the state's pesticide regulator to flag PFAS-containing pesticides in its public use database and follow their use over time.
A DAE district vigilance team meeting in Sirajganj decided on regular monitoring and drives against unapproved, counterfeit or adulterated pesticides and told traders to take and renew licences under the Pesticide Act 2018.
AgribusinessCorteva will dismantle its pesticide loyalty programme and pay $35 million to 12 states under a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, which says the change should lower pesticide prices; the case against Syngenta continues.
OpinionWelcoming the pesticide technical advisory committee's decision to stop registration, import and licence renewal of paraquat and glyphosate, Islamic scholar and agri-entrepreneur Minhaj Uddin Attar argues that strict enforcement and safe alternatives for farmers must follow.
Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals launched seven herbicides and insecticides under its Sardar brand in Gandhinagar on 23 September, entering a market led by private and multinational firms.
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.
AgribusinessCorteva, BASF, Bayer and Syngenta are separating seed, trait and crop-protection businesses a decade after the megamergers, reshaping how farmers buy inputs.
AgribusinessPMFAI, representing more than 220 domestic manufacturers, says a five-year regulatory data protection would delay generics and raise smallholders' costs by 35-50%.
Indian farmers can choose from about 380 pesticide active ingredients against some 1,200 available worldwide, and the industry body says restricting existing molecules without letting better ones in would be a double blow; it wants science-based curbs and five years of regulatory data protection.
CropsFake and substandard fertiliser, pesticide and seed were a silent but serious crisis for Bangladesh's farms, agriculture and environment specialist Samiran Biswas argued in Jagonews24 on 6 January 2026, calling for joint enforcement, digital tracing and better-informed farmers.
AgrotechIn a Jagonews24 piece of 8 December 2025, agriculture and environment specialist Samiran Biswas presented spray drones as a way to cut time, labour and pesticide waste and set out their prospects in Bangladesh; research shows drone spray can still drift onto neighbouring fields.
