R&D
Aurora for spring broad leaf weed control
FMC has launched a new carfentrazone-based herbicide, Aurora, to control broad leaved weeds, particularly ivy leaf speedwell, cleavers and bur chervil. It says the product fills a gap in the market for a product control spring broad-leaved weeds where a pre-emergence...
Devenish working with OSI on sustainable grazing
Feed manufacturer Devenish is collaborating with meat and food manufacturing group OSI Europe to share data on sustainable livestock farming. The partners intend to use this work to deliver a carbon neutral farming system by 2030. Devenish has been measuring the true...
Global Crop Science Centre opens in Cambridge
The Crop Science Centre, an alliance between the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Cambridge and NIAB, officially opened last week after three years planning. The Centre aims “to fast-track technologies to sustainably improve farmers’ yields worldwide”...
Syngenta expands biologicals through Valagro purchase
Syngenta Crop Protection is to grow its presence in the expanding biologicals sector through the acquisition of Italian plant nutrition and care specialist Valagro for an undisclosed sum. Valagro, established in 2000, generated revenues of $175m in 2019 from its...
Plant breeders call for regulatory reform on gene editing
A survey of European plant breeders has found that potential investment in new breeding techniques such as gene editing is being stifled by current EU rules. The British Society of Plant Breeders (BSPB) argues that such techniques are vital to produce the varieties...
Dewing launches own grain trading app
Independent Norfolk grain merchant Dewing Grain has launched its own app to enable farmers and combinable crop buyers to access real-time market information on mobile devices. The Dewing Grain App is based on the DueTrade platform, a customizable B2B wholesale and...