Aug 15
Germany aims to end use of glyphosate in this legislative period
Use of glyphoste-based herbicides should be halted during the current legislative period which ends in three years, a spokesman for the German environment ministry said on Monday.
Shares of Germany’s Bayer fell more than 10 percent on Monday after a Ca
Aug 14
Federal court orders US EPA to remove chlorpyrifos from the market
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to remove chlorpyrifos from sale in the United States within 60 days.
A coalition of farmworkers and environmental groups sued last year after then-EP
Aug 13
Brazil agrochemical group to appeal ruling suspending glyphosate
Brazil-based agrochemical companies plan to appeal a ruling suspending the use of glyphosate in Brazil, an industry spokeswoman said on Wednesday.
Glyphosate was suspended in Brazil by a court ruling last week pending a government reevaluation of its tox
Aug 10
France set to become new watchdog in safety assessment of glyphosate
The European Commission looks set to make France the new lead evaluator in an overhaul of the safety assessment of glyphosate .
The license for glyphosate was renewed for five years last November, with a last-minute U-turn by Germany, the current safety
Aug 08
DowDuPont’s agriculture segment sales up 25% in Q2 2018
DowDuPont reported net sales of $5.7 billion in the second quarter of 2018, increased 25 percent from pro forma net sales of $4.6 billion in the year-ago period, driven by sales recovered from weather-related delays to the Northern Hemisphere planting s
Aug 07
Bayer plans $42.7 million expansion of its fungicide manufacturing facility in Kansas City
Bayer Crop Science is planning a $42.7 million expansion of its manufacturing facility in Kansas City, and the company wants the city to issue $25 million of industrial revenue bonds to help finance the project.
A plan filed by Bayer calls for an expansi
Aug 06
Canada approves continued use of insecticide cypermethrin
The Canadian Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) has determined the continued use of the pyrethroid insecticide, cypermethrin, following a re-evaluation of the active ingredient.
An evaluation of available scientific information found that uses of c
Aug 03
EU renews approval for three pesticide active ingredients
The approvals of the active ingredients: carfentrazone-ethyl (herbicide), trifloxystrobin (fungicide) and Ampelomyces quisqualis strain AQ10 (biofungicide) are renewed in EU.
Expiration of approval for carfentrazone-ethyl and trifloxystrobin is 31 July 2
Jul 26
Rotam launches Maskio to combat nematodes in Brazil
Rotam do Brasil launched a new product, Máskio (boron+zinc), to combat nematodes, improve the health of sugarcane crops and increase productivity.
The new product is a prebiotic that stimulates the development and proliferation of fungus and bacteria th
Jul 18
Vestaron Corporation launches SPEAR-T bioinsecticide in USA
Vestaron Corporation announced the full launch and availability of its SPEAR-T bioinsecticide, following final EPA approval this month of its manufacturing process for a liquid formulation.
SPEAR-T is an unprecedented insect control solution - providing
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