Crop Protection
Regional manager for Adama UK
Adama Agricultural Solutions UK has appointed Kirsty McKenzie as its regional agronomy manager for central England. BASIS qualified Ms McKenzie joins Adama UK from BASF, where she was a development agronomist. In her new post she...
Biotalys to work with Novozymes over biologicals
The Belgian biologicals specialist Biotalys and Danish multinational enzymes and microbial products company Novozymes have agreed a partnership to grow the market for Biotalys’ first proprietary biofungicide Evoca. Evoca, a...
ProCam adds to agronomy team
Agronomy company ProCam has appointed trainee agronomist Josh Baker to its Driffield-based team of BCS Agriculture agronomists. Mr Baker joins the business with experience of both the arable and livestock sectors; he most recently...
FMC acquires BioPhero to grow its biologicals portfolio
US multinational crop protection business FMC Corporation has agreed to acquire BioPhero, a Danish startup which makes pheromone-based biocontrols for farmers and growers. The $200 million deal is expected to close in the third quarter of 2022. It gives FMC access to...
RAGT’s pipeline of insecticide-free wheats
RAGT Seeds is preparing to release more BYDV-resistant wheat varieties with the potential for requiring no additional insecticide treatment. The company has leveraged its BYDV resistance trait – available...
Paul Singleton Award winner for 2022
West Dorset farmer Gerard Wynn has won the 2022 Paul Singleton Award, sponsored by Frontier Agriculture. The award, first introduced in 2014, recognises the candidate who achieves the highest mark for the project component of their...