Most Chinese listed pesticide enterprises’ semi-annual performance in 2018 predicted to grow2018-08-14By Think Real - According to the reports by many listed pesticide enterprises, their performance in the first half of 2018 exceeded market expectation. Six companies, namely Jiangsu Yangnong Chemical Co., Ltd., Shenzhen Noposion Agrochemicals Co., Ltd., Lier Chemical Co., Ltd., J...
Chinese Seed Law Revisions Spark Innovation2018-07-31Photo: P. Ananth KannappanThe American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) and China National Seed Association (CNSA) signed a memorandum of understanding in 2012 and renewed their partnership in 2015. Through this partnership the two associations have cohosted over a dozen activities ...
Price & Supply: Production shutdown due to hot weather in China, stocks being cleared gradually2018-07-30Chinese chemical production and domestic supply have recently fallen into a low season, with more factories shutting down production and carrying out maintenance. Lower production rate has caused continued reduction of stocks. The stocks of the demand side are gradually cleared o...
Rice with fewer stomata requires less water and is better suited for climate change2018-07-27Rice plants engineered to have fewer stomata—tiny openings used for gas exchange—are more tolerant to drought and resilient to future climate change, a new study has revealed.Scientists from the University of Sheffield have discovered that engineering a high-yielding rice cultiva...
Smartphones emerging as main farming tools in China2018-07-12With 96 per cent of China's villages connected to the Internet and each rural household having on an average three mobile phones, the sickle and hoe have been replaced by the smarphones and apps as the country's emblematic farming tools.In east China's Jiangxi province, smart gre...
