Category: Industry News

Argentine farmers will increase investments in the next corn planting season despite fears about a political comeback for former President Cristina Fernandez, who implemented export taxes and restrictions despised by the sector, according to industry leaders. Several polls show Fernandez in the lead for a Senate seat in politically crucial Buenos Aires province in October’s… Continue reading Argentine farmers investing heavily for the next planting season following on a record crop year

Keywords: hybrid seed , forecast , crop , fruit & vegetable The hybrid seeds market was valued at $52,114 million in 2016 according to a new report published by Allied Market Research. And it is projected to reach at $99,854 million by 2023, growing at a CAGR of 9.7% from 2017 to 2023. In 2016, fruit… Continue reading The global hybrid seeds market to reach $99 million by 2023

ETH researchers have developed a new rice variety that not only has increased levels of the micronutrients iron and zinc in the grains, but also produces beta-carotene as a precursor of vitamin A. This could help to reduce micronutrient malnutrition, or “hidden hunger”, which is widespread in developing countries. Nearly every second person eats primarily… Continue reading Multi-nutrient rice against malnutrition −− ETH researchers develop rice variety that has increased levels of iron and zinc and produces beta-carotene

Keywords: USA , soybean , production According to the Crop Production report issued today by the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, U.S. farmers are expected to produce a record-high soybean crop this year. Up 2 percent from 2016, soybean production is forecast at 4.38 billion bushels. However corn growers are expected to decrease their production by… Continue reading USDA forecasts record-high soybean production in 2017

Keywords: Vertical farming , forecast , growth According to a newly published report from Acumen Research and Consulting, the global vertical farming market is projected to grow at a noteworthy CAGR of around 25% during the period from 2016 to 2023. And it will reach the market size of over $6 billion by 2023. Some of… Continue reading Global vertical farming market to grow at significant rate of around 25% in coming years

July 27, Shaanxi Provincial Science and Technology Department organized the Shaanxi Province seed industry science and technology innovation results conference. Since the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan”, Shaanxi Province has focused on the development of modern agriculture and rural economy with science and technology, organized and implemented a number of major scientific and technological projects with innovation… Continue reading Shaanxi seed industry innovation achievement excellence

Keywords: Performance Plants , Bayer Crop Science , drought tolerant , cotton , collaboration Performance Plants Inc. (PPI) is  a leading developer of agricultural biotechnologies for crop improvement world-wide. It announces that the company has reached an important crop performance target in the development of drought tolerant and high-yielding cotton. The used technology is PPI’s Yield… Continue reading Performance Plants announces key advancement of drought tolerant cotton in Bayer Crop Science product development collaboration

Keywords: Rice , China , U.S. , export U.S. rice exports to China are yet to go through legal procedures, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said Wednesday. The first China-U.S. Comprehensive Economic Dialogue (CED) held on July 19, 2017. At that time the two countries reached an agreement on inspection and quarantine protocols for U.S. rice… Continue reading U.S. rice exports to China yet to go through legal procedures

In order to strengthen the unified management of the national maize variety consortium test, standardize the joint test to ensure the overall quality of the national maize variety test, the National Agricultural Technology Center issued a notice from the end of July, the organization of the provincial seed management and experts The supervision and inspection… Continue reading National Corn Consortium Test began

Keywords: Brazil , USA , soybean , production Brazilian farmers have steadily increased their market share in world grain and oilseed production over the last few decades. And in the next decade, they will surpass the United States in soybean production. Brazil is already the world’s largest soybean exporter and they are poised to become the… Continue reading Brazil poised to surpass the U.S. in soybean production