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Weather impacts on U.S. agricultural supply chain
2022-10-21
If it not enough that farmers have had to contend with extreme heat and drought this year, many farmers, particularly in the corn belt, are now facing potential frost and freeze damage. Late planting in the spring pushed back harvest timing and many states still have plenty of co...
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Australia to review fipronil
2022-10-21
The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) has published a?notice of reconsideration?to expand the scope of its review of?fipronil, a broad-spectrum insecticide used in agricultural crops and urban situations to control a range of pests, such as cockroac...
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16,000 farmers and ag organizations send comments to U.S. EPA supporting atrazine
2022-10-21
More than 16,000 farmers and agricultural organizations representing corn, citrus, grain sorghum, sugar cane, and other crops recently united against U.S. EPA's proposed revision to its 2020 atrazine registration review decision, submitting comments calling for the agency to base...
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Seed coating technology can help ensure Pakistan’s food security
2022-10-21
Pakistan needs to promote seed coating technology to ensure food security amid soaring demand due to high prices and climatic change impacts.Dr M Aown Sammar Raza, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment at the Islamia University of Bahawalpur, told WealthPK t...
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Current status and challenges of pesticide management in China
2022-10-21
Author:Zhang Hongjun1Tao? Lingmei1Liu Xue1Zhou Xuguo2Huang Xiuzhu1*1. Institute for the Control of Agrochemicals, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, China;2. Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky, USAAccording to the revised Regulation of Pesticide Administrati...
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A 60-year experiment points to the success of biofertilizers as an alternative to synthetic nitrogen...
2022-10-14
Replacing synthetic fertilizer across Brazil’s vast soybean crop with ‘biofertilizer’ has reduced carbon emissions in the country by 430 million tons of CO2-equivalent each year, a new analysis shows.Since the 1960s, Brazilian farmers have been testing biofertilizer alternatives ...
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China opens the market for peanuts from Brazil
2022-10-14
The General Administration of Customs of China (GACC) granted authorisation to 47 Brazilian peanut companies to export to China.China is the world’s largest consumer of peanuts, importing more than US$800 million worth of peanuts annually. From January to May 2022, it imported 27...
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New antibiotic comes from a pathogenic bacterium in potatoes
2022-10-14
The growing threat of antimicrobial resistance has led researchers to search for new compounds everywhere. This week in?mBio, a multinational team of researchers in Europe report the discovery of a new antifungal antibiotic named solanimycin. The compound, initially isolated from...
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An insect pest acquires multiple plant genes
2022-10-14
The silverleaf whitefly is a major crop pest in the tropics and subtropics. After studying its genome, INRAE and the CNRS identified 49 plant genes transferred to the insect’s own genome. Such a large number of genes transferred between plants and an insect had never before been ...
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EU bans food imports with neonic pesticide residues starting in 2026
2022-10-14
The European Commission announced [September 27] that imports of products containing residues of harmful insecticides known as neonicotinoids will be banned from 2026, in a move that adds a serious amount of global political heft to the Farm to Fork strategy.What’s this about? Th...
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