The European Commission announced the extension of the approval periods of some pesticide active substances.According to the Commission, due to the fact that the assessment of those active substances has been delayed for reasons beyond the control of the applicants, the approvals of those active substances are likely to expire before a decision has been taken on their renewal.

The Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (Mapa) announced the approval of a new fungicide inpyrfluxam, another option for the control of Asian soybean rust, in Act No. 06, which was published in the Official Gazette. Besides, Mapa also approved 25 formulated agrochemicals. Five of these products are considered low-impact or bio-based. In addition, two other products with the active ingredient diquat dibromide in their composition were registered, increasing to 19 alternatives for this herbicide, considered a substitute for paraquat.

According to reliable sources, on February 11, Bayer's global head of active ingredient production, wrote to customers that due to a mechanical failure in the manufacturing plant of a supplier of a key raw material, production will drop sharply. According to the supplier's notification, it is expected that the production line will be repaired for about three months.

The Brazilian National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) decided to ban the use of the fungicide, carbendazim.After the completion of a toxicological reassessment of the active ingredient, the decision was taken unanimously in a Resolution of the Collegiate Board of Directors (RDC).However, the banning of the product will be done gradually, since the fungicide is one of the 20 pesticides most used by Brazilian farmers, being applied in plantations of beans, rice, soybeans and other crops.Based on the Agrofit system of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (MAPA), there are curren

Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), under the authority of the Pest Control Products Act, is proposing registration for the sale and use of MPT Mustard Seed Meal Technical and MustGrow Crop Biofumigant, containing the technical grade active ingredient oriental mustard seed meal, to suppress soil-borne Pythium spp., soil-borne Fusarium spp., verticillium wilt, and root knot nematodes on cannabis and industrial hemp grown outdoors, in greenhouses, indoors or in high tunnels. An evaluation of available scientific information found that, under the approved conditions

In a decision issued on November 19, the ministry called for a ban on pesticides containing the active ingredients chlorfenapyr and oxadiazon.The ministry said the continued use of chlorpyrifos, dimethoate, beetroot, fenamidin and liguron would be allowed due to the "lack of alternatives". All seven pesticides are banned in EU countries.The move was opposed by the Buğday (Sheat) association, which pro-ecological living, said in a report published by the association that the pesticide is not needed in viticulture.

As reported by Reuters, Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote has opened a 3 million t fertilizer plant at a cost of US$2.5 billion to target African and foreign markets even as the war in Ukraine has driven up prices for natural gas, a key ingredient for making urea. Dangote said exports from the plant will go to Brazil, which relies heavily on Russia for imports of fertilizer.

Shandong Maoyuan Biotechnology Co., Ltd. is a subsidiary of Weifang Runnong Chemical Group. The company was founded in 2016, mainly doing domestic agrochemicals trade. With the support of Runnong Group, since its establishment, the annual turnover of Maoyuan has reached 80 million dollars in 2020, with a growth rate more than 40% year by year. At present, Maoyuan has established strategic partnership with more than a dozen large active agrochemical manufacturers in China.

European Union binding targets announced in June to reduce chemical pesticides usage by 50% by 2030 should help to boost interest and market activity, as conventional Active Ingredients (Ais) disappear from the marketplace over the next decade or so.However, the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine has severely disrupted EU food and farming supply chains, particularly in the Central and Eastern European countries bordering the former Soviet Union.Ten countries - Austria, Bulgaria, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia, have together requested a list

In just twenty years, the active synthetic substances for phytosanitary defense have practically halved, going from around 440 in 2000 to just over 200 today.This is due to increasingly demanding regulatory requirements in terms of toxicological and environmental profiles.However, the defense knows no setbacks, demanding the utmost attention against pathogens and parasites. All this, with an eye also on the residual profile of the crops, is another issue on which the global agri-food chains have instead thought of raising the bar.This has created the need to develop new solutions with a c