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China agricultural service firms eye overseas market
2021-10-29
Trade in agricultural services will become a fresh growth point for domestic companies to invest in related projects abroad, as well as help ensure the world's food supply going forward, said government officials on Tuesday.The global agricultural products market has been challen...
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Price of yellow phosphorus stopped falling and rebounded, market changes intensified
2021-10-29
Yellow phosphorus price has started to rise again after a sharp decline. Today, the transaction price of yellow phosphorus price ranges between RMB 40,000-43,000, net ex-works, which is a 12% rise over RMB 37,000 in the previous report. According to the information obtained by Ag...
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Aprosoja advises Brazil farmers to consider reduced fertilizer use
2021-10-29
The president of the Soybean & Corn Producers Association of Mato Grosso (Aprosoja-MT) is advising farmers in the state to be cautious with their input purchases and not to feel pressured to purchase expensive inputs.Fertilizer prices have more than doubled and he feels producers...
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From January to August 2021, pesticide technical production growth rate in China’s Jiangsu Province ...
2021-10-29
Data shows that enterprises above the designated scale in Jiangsu Province (China's largest pesticide production province) produced 383,000 tons of pesticide technical in January-August 2021, down 0.7% year on year.?Its growth rate is 19.9% higher year on year, whilst the growth ...
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How do orange peels influence soybean growth?
2021-10-29
Soybean is one of the most important crops cultivated around the world and it is the principal grain legume grown in the United States. It is valued because it has a high protein content – around 38%. And that high-protein content makes soybeans important for both human and anima...
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South Africa - Rising input costs a serious challenge for future food production
2021-10-29
Rising input costs, such as direct materials, direct labour and other overheads, are posing a major challenge to food production in South Africa.“The costs of fertiliser, herbicides, packaging, diesel, electricity and labour, to name a few, are increasing rapidly, making it nearl...
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U.S. EPA takes action to prevent ecological risks from herbicides aminopyralid and picloram
2021-10-29
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is releasing the interim registration review decisions (IDs) for the pesticides aminopyralid and picloram, finalizing stronger measures to help prevent residues from contaminating compost and damaging non-target plants in sites where...
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Increasing virus epidemics threaten Australia’s cereal and oilseed crops
2021-10-29
A researcher from The University of Western Australia’s Institute of Agriculture has led a comprehensive review of virus disease research in Australia's cereal and oilseed crops since the 1950s.The review, recently published in the journal?Viruses, warned that the Australian agri...
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Yellow phosphorus price going down; glyphosate price still on the rise
2021-10-22
Since the release of the article -?Analysis of Glyphosate Price Trends, dated September 3, 2021, the market price of glyphosate has maintained upward trend. As of press time, the average price of glyphosate in China has reached Yaun80,300 while the market price on September 3 was...
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More than 80 ag groups formally object to US EPA’s chlorpyrifos rule, citing harm to growers and lac...
2021-10-22
This week, more than 80 agricultural groups filed formal objections to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Aug. 30 rule to revoke all tolerances of chlorpyrifos. Stakeholders, by law, can object to pesticide tolerance changes or cancellations, and the EPA Administrator mus...
