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USA - Fall armyworms marching through Indiana fields, decimating crops
2021-09-10
Driving around you can see this year's crops look in good shape, but what you can't see is a new pest is devastating some Indiana farm fields.Farmers in Culver said it took less than two days for the fall armyworms to march across this field and eat most of the leaves on the hay ...
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Brazil MAPA approved five new pesticides
2021-09-10
The?Act No. 32?of the Department of Plant Protection and Agricultural Defense Secretariat Agricultural Inputs, published on July 23, 2021, in the Official Gazette, reveals a record 51 formulated pesticides, that is, products that are available for use by farmers.Of these, 17 are ...
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Scoparone, a new miticidal substance was discovered by Chinese scientists, with a miticidal efficacy...
2021-09-03
Recently, a research team of the College of Plant Protection of Southwest University, China, discovered a new miticidal substance with a very high miticidal activity – scoparone, which exists in the traditional Chinese medicine Artemisia capillaris Thunb. The ingredient has the f...
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As scientists make progress on GM maize, Nigerian farmers battle armyworm
2021-09-03
“The Armyworm is inside the maize when it starts producing, and if the maize is supposed to give you a very big yield, it will not come out. It has caused a lot of damage in my farm; sometimes, you look at maize, it will be big, but when you open it, you will discover that there ...
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India - Pests damage maize crop in Punjab
2021-09-03
Pest attack: Maize growers seek relief from Punjab GovtComplaining about damage to maize crop due to a pest attack, a large number of farmers have sought suitable compensation from the state government.Officials of the Agriculture Department have confirmed that nearly 30 per cent...
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Biologicals — The future of sustainable agriculture
2021-09-03
Over the last decade, biological products have become one of the fastest growing segments in the agriculture industry due to increased stringent regulations and farmers’ needs for sustainable pest-resistant products in order to expand the yield of quality crops around the world1....
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Sugarcane is Brazilian crop that most uses drones for applying agrochemicals
2021-09-03
Drones are a reality in the cultivation of Brazilian crops and have been a promising tool for spraying agrochemicals.According to agronomist Ulisses Antuniassi, sugarcane is the agricultural crop that most uses unmanned aerial vehicles for the application of pesticides in the Sou...
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Price of diquat in Chinese market has surpassed glyphosate; Is diquat a new blockbuster product or s...
2021-09-03
Glyphosate, paraquat, glufosinate and diquat are the four major non-selective herbicides, with the first three being more popular than diquat for many years, having squeezed its market share at various periods and in different ways. However, it was recently noted that the price o...
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Brazil Registration Watch: MAPA registers 2 new agrochemicals, ametoctradin and isofetamid
2021-09-03
According to a publication in the Official Gazette on 19th August, the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture (MAPA) approved, for industrial use, another 48 pesticides, which could be used as raw materials in preparing pesticides for farmers.Two are new fungicides, ametoctradin and i...
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China’s latest land survey data shows China has 1.918 billion mu of cultivated land
2021-09-03
The Chinese State Council, the Ministry of Natural Resources and the National Bureau of Statistics jointly published, on August 26, the Third National Land Survey Data, revealing China’s cultivated land area of 1.918 billion mu (1 mu equals 1/15 hectare).According to the publicat...
