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Three challenges to overcome, for the success of agriculture 4.0 in India
2022-08-26
India’s agriculture industry is amidst a digital revolution that is turning challenges in agriculture into a world of endless opportunities. This has been augmented by the proliferation of agri-tech firms that aim to bring in a paradigm shift in technologies in Indian agriculture...
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Power cuts restraining 250,000-ton glyphosate and glufosinate capacity in China’s Sichuan provice, r...
2022-08-26
Since start of the summer, extremely high temperatures have persisted, resulting in a surge in power demand in many regions. The provinces of Sichuan, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Shandong have issued notices on suspensions to power supplies and planned supply re-arrangements, wh...
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India: Punjab bans use of 10 insecticides
2022-08-26
Amid reports that several samples of the aromatic, long-grain basmati rice, contained the residue value of certain pesticides above the Maximum Residual Level (MRL), which could be a potential constraint in its export, the Punjab Government has decided to ban the use of as many a...
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Flavonoids from sorghum plants kill fall armyworm pest on corn; may protect crop
2022-08-26
Flavonoids produced by sorghum leaves have shown promising results in combating fall armyworm larvae. When sprayed on the leaves of corn, sorghum flavonoids stunt the growth of fall armyworm and often kill the pest, Penn State researchers report in a new study.The results of the ...
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Agrochemicals to redefine agricultural market in future
2022-08-19
The agrochemical industry is poised to boom, given the recent rise in awareness amongst farmers about improving their yields exponentially. With aggressive awareness campaigns by Government and stakeholders, farmers today are more conducive to adopting agrochemicals to support bi...
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U.S. EPA makes draft risk assessments available for dicamba as the next step in the registration rev...
2022-08-19
The U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is releasing for public comment a second addendum to the?2016 draft human health risk assessment?and a draft ecological risk assessment for dicamba, an herbicide used to control a variety of broadleaf weeds. The Federal Insecticide, F...
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Ants can be used as biological crop protection, study finds
2022-08-19
Ants can be more effective than pesticides at helping farmers produce food, according to new research. They are better at killing pests, reducing plant damage, and increasing crop yields, according to the first systematic review of ants’ contributions to crop production.Ants are ...
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‘Using insect biology against themselves’: New type of pesticide uses caterpillar pheromones to stop...
2022-08-19
The caterpillars are the larvae of the fall armyworm moth, a planetary crop invader. The annual toll of their attacks is at least $300 million for farmers in the U.S., and billions of dollars around the globe.But now scientists from the University of Missouri are on the edge of a...
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Europe may turn to manure in switch away from Russian fertiliser
2022-08-19
The EU is weighing accelerating the development of manure-based fertilisers to limit reliance on Russian-made alternatives and the gas needed for domestic production.The Spanish and Dutch governments are "opening a new focus" on treating manure and using it instead of traditional...
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Powdery mildew spreads globally through migration and trade
2022-08-19
Wheat is an essential staple food across the world and is crucial for global food security. Amid the invasion of Ukraine, global wheat supply has taken a dive. July’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) from the USDA reports U.S. wheat exports are projected at ...
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