Environmental windstorm approaching China again, Glyphosate prices expected to jump2017-08-03According to statistical data from www.baiinfo.com, Glyphosate prices in the East China market rose by Yuan1,500/ton on July 24, reaching Yuan21,500/ton. Also on July 25, the selling price of Fuhua’s 95% technical powder, delivered to the Shanghai Port, rose by Yuan500/ton, reach...
China’s NATESC warns about worsening harm by second-generation cotton bollworms2017-08-01By Think Real - On 5 July, 2017, the National Agro-Tech Extension and Service Center (NATESC) of China updated information that the volume of left first-generation cotton bollworms in most regions of North China, West China and Huanghuai Region is high in 2017; in consideration o...
2016 China Crop Protection Contribution Award unveiled, fungicide popularized2017-07-28The 2016 China Crop Protection Contribution Award & Promotion Award was unveiled recently. Some 104 products have won awards, including 50 fungicides, 18 insecticides, 19 herbicides, 7 plant regulators, 1 pesticide-fertilizer combined product and 9 farm machines. The evaluation c...
China’s agricultural microbial concentrate standard to be promulgated2017-07-25Chinese Ministry of Agriculture will soon promulgate the industry standard for agricultural microbial concentrate. In the meantime, proceeding of research and product registration of soil remediation microbial agent is in full progress. The agricultural microbial concentrate stan...
China’s yellow phosphorus ex-works price 30% up, downstream pesticide price impacted2017-07-25At present, China’s chemical production capacity is in general running not high while stocks are at low side, the relatively short supply may further boost up market price. Phosphorite and electric power-associated business enterprises will appear to benefit from the rising price...
Chinese Agriculture Ministry’s new pesticide regulations effective from August 12017-07-19The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture passed a resolution at its sixth executive meeting on June 23 regarding the implementation of five pesticide regulations, which will come into effect from August 1 this year.The new regulations are: Pesticide Registration Regulation under ref M...
China’s pesticide enterprises keep zero inventory level owing to high production costs2017-07-14With environmental rules becoming increasingly stringent in 2017, pesticide production has become expensive, resulting in lower rate of production within the pesticide enterprises. The inventory level of pesticide enterprises has thus reduced, which is attributable to the high co...
Global food insecurity: Could the next generation have the answer?2017-07-13Global leaders already agree that to address food insecurity, we must align agricultural methods and use technology to transform farming into an innovative, forward-looking sector.Author: Adrian Percy, head of Research & Development at Bayer Crop Science.It’s no secret – farming ...
