Summit Agro USA today announced federal approval of an expanded label for Regev HBX BioPowered Fungicide, extending its use to dry edible beans, dried shelled peas and chickpeas. The expansion provides growers of dry beans and shelled peas with an additional option to manage white mold (Sclerotinia sclerotiorum) and other economically important diseases in these crops. White mold remains one …
NewLife Bio Announces Approval for Remediate™
NewLife Biosciences announces the approval of an important microbial patent for soil and crop health for uses in agriculture. This patent will allow NewLife Bio to produce and provide Remediate™ products to help significantly accelerate the breakdown of pesticide residues. Each Remediate™ product, available through a customized and stabilized formula, is an optimized consortium of microbes designed to break down …
Alltech Breaks Ground on Kentucky Biofertilizer Facility
Global agriculture company Alltech broke ground Tuesday in Kentucky on a new $4.6 million, 15,000-square-foot biological fertilizers and crop inputs manufacturing facility to help reduce farmers’ reliance on imported, synthetic inputs. Located on the campus of Alltech’s global headquarters, the facility will be the company’s first U.S. manufacturing plant dedicated solely to producing crop science technologies. Modeled after Alltech Crop …
Syngenta Biologicals are Booming
Syngenta continues to grow its biologicals business to meet the increased demand for biocontrols, biostimulants and nutrient efficiency products around the world. Just this year, Syngenta Biologicals entered into several strategic collaborations to accelerate product development this year and opened a new facility in Orangeburg, South Carolina to produce 16,000 tons of biostimulants annually. “Syngenta Biologicals builds upon the track …
Summit Agro USA Unveils BioPowered™ Portfolio
Summit Agro USA today announced the launch of its BioPowered™ product portfolio, marking a major evolution in the company’s lineup of innovative crop protection and field health solutions. “Today’s action aligns with our mission to help growers maximize profitability by improving both crop and field health,” said Justin Gayliard, CEO of Summit Agro USA. “This forward-looking strategy was honed through …
Azotic® Technologies Names New CEO
Biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) company Azotic® Technologies Limited has named Sander Pabbruwee as CEO, effective April 1, as the company aims to accelerate its global commercial success. Pabbruwee joins the York, UK-based agritech company from Koppert in the Netherlands, where he was general manager. “Azotic is not only the most cutting-edge business in biological nitrogen fixation, but also one of …
Syngenta Opens South Carolina Biologicals Plant
South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster joined Syngenta CEO Jeff Rowe this week for the grand opening of Syngenta’s new biologicals production facility in Orangeburg, South Carolina. “Farming is vital to this nation and we are strongly committed to American farmers,” said Rowe. “The new biologicals facility not only underscores a commitment to our footprint and economic development in South Carolina, …
Jord BioScience Trials Show Boost in Soybean Yields
Jord BioScience, a leading science and analytics company providing customizable microbial solutions for agriculture, has just released two years of field trial data showing its proprietary microbial solutions can increase soybean yield by up to more than three bushels per acre in the Midwest. The company’s approach, powered by its 6,500-isolate global microbial bank and advanced analytics, demonstrated win-rates* exceeding …
Arizona Cotton Urges Use of AF36 Against Aflatoxin
With the growing season underway, the Arizona Cotton Research and Protection Council (ACRPC) is urging farmers to take action against aflatoxin contamination by applying AF36, a biological solution backed by over 25 years of research and field success that reduces risks in crops, feed, and food production. ACRPC is launching a nationwide campaign highlighting AF36’s success and urgency during the …
Agrauxine Teams with Syngenta to Supply Ornamental Market
Syngenta Crop Protection and Agrauxine by Lesaffre have signed an agreement to private label and exclusively distribute products STROVEQ® and SPREXIMA® in the U.S. ornamental market. STROVEQ is a systemic resistance inducer and SPREXIMA is a biofungicide and both utilize Agrauxine’s unique strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast. STROVEQ is a systemic resistance Inducer (SRI) that acts preventively to prepare plants …