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ADAMA completes acquisition of 51% stake in Huifeng’s commercial arm in China Posttime: 2021-01-05: From AgroPages ADAMA Ltd. (ADAMA) (SZSE 000553) and Jiangsu Huifeng Bio Agriculture Co., Ltd. (Huifeng) (SZSE 002496) Monday reported that they have now closed an initial phase in their previously announced transactions. In this first phase, ADAMA has now acquired a 51% stake in Shanghai Dibai Plant Protection Co., Ltd. (Dibai), a subsidiary of Huifeng focus...

Albaugh completes acquisition of Prime Source T&O business Posttime: 2020-12-25: From AgroPages Albaugh, LLC has strengthened its presence in the turf and ornamental business by completing its acquisition of the assets of Prime Source from Excelsior Equity. Prime Source has been an exceptional player in the turf and ornamental market, with a remarkable passion for service and providing solutions to their customers, said Spencer Vance, Pr...

Registration to be granted to Cynda’s patened herbicide Quinotrione Posttime: 2020-12-22: Chinas Institute for the Control of Agrochemicals of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (ICAMA) announced on December 7, 2020, that new pesticide products had been registered, which include Quinotrione (technical 98%) and Quinotrione (SC 10%) and have been manufactured by Liaoning Cynda Agricultural Science Co., Ltd. It was also reported that Quizalof...

UK extends license for glyphosate 3 years Posttime: 2020-12-09: FROM AGROPAGES Speaking at the virtual British Crop Production Council (BCPC) 2020 congress, Darren Flynn, head of active substances delivery for the Chemical Regulation Division (CRD), explained that all active substances due to expire between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2023 would be granted a three-year extension under the new GB pesticides regulation ...

Agrochemical imports in Costa Rica increase by 37%; mancozeb most popular import Posttime: 2020-12-01: The import of agrochemicals in Costa Rica increased by 37% during the last five years, indicates the State of the Nation 2020 report. While in 2015, the country imported 13.1 million kilograms (kg) of active ingredients, the figure increased to 18 million kg by 2019, according to data from the State Phytosanitary Service (SFE) compiled in the report. In addi...

UPL's Tricor LQ herbicide receives Canadian registration Posttime: 2020-11-19: UPL AgroSolutions Canada Inc. launches Tricor LQ, a new liquid formulation of Tricor, to the Canadian market after receiving registration from the Canadian Pest Management Regulatory Agency. With the legacy of Tricor DF, a Group 5 herbicide, introduction of the new liquid formulation option gives growers extended application method and timing flexibility. Tr...

Helena to debut Antares Complete soybean herbicide in USA in 2021 Posttime: 2020-11-18: FROM AGROPAGES Antares Complete herbicide will debut on U.S. soybean acres in 2021 after recently receiving federal registration from the Environmental Protection Agency. Antares Complete is a new, multi-powered, pre-emergence soybean herbicide from Helena Agri-Enterprises, LLC. With three herbicide sites of action in one premix, Antares Complete can be used...

US EPA: Widely used pesticide atrazine likely harms more than 1,000 endangered species Posttime: 2020-11-09: From AgroPages The Environmental Protection Agency released an assessment Thursday finding that the endocrine-disrupting pesticide atrazine is likely to harm more than 1,000 of the nations most endangered plants and animals. The finding is a result of the agencys first-ever nationwide assessment of an herbicides harm to protected species, an analysis thats r...