Brazil soybeans lose protein, China sales at risk2019-07-24The protein content in Brazilian soybeans fell for the first time in four harvests in 2018, according to preliminary government data, a development that has already cost Brazilian companies business with top buyer China.Declining protein levels in Brazil, the world’s top soybean ...
Improved seeds: critical input to help farmers adapt to climate change2019-07-18Defining agriculture’s contributions towards achieving SDG13–Climate Action was one of the key topics addressed last week at the United Nations High Level Political Forum in New York. Goal 13 calls for “urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts”. One of its 5 targets...
Chinese agricultural technology to help boost Pakistan's rice export2019-07-18Enjoying a much greater amount of rice yield is not the only reason for Pakistan's young agrarian Wasim Waheed's satisfaction, but achieving exemplary excellence in its research and development by using modern technology is also making him happy and proud.The 24-year-old agrarian...
Brazil's market share of China soybean exports soars to 75%2019-07-17Agri-Pulse reports: U.S. soybean exports to China have been unusually strong over the past several months, but they're still nowhere near the pace they were before the trade war and Brazil appears to be cementing its dominance. Prior to the trade war, Brazil owned only about 30% ...
Glufosinate-ammonium formulations lead the registration in June, China2019-07-17According to China Pesticide Registration Watch , 24 products were granted registration from Institute for the Control of Agrochemicals, Ministry of Agriculture (ICAMA) in June, 2019. All this month’s registration products are formulations, which include 10 herbicides, 8 hygienic...
Use of 2,4-D to be restricted in Brazil in 20192019-07-10By Leonardo Gottems, Reporter for AgropagesMarcelo Bressan, Federal Agricultural Tax auditor of the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (MAPA), stated that the use of 2,4-D (2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid) based agrochemicals will soon be restricted in Brazil....
Gene editing expands soybean planting in China2019-07-10Chinese agricultural scientists using gene-editing technology have created new soybean mutants, which could lead to soybean crops in much warmer climates including South China and countries near the Equator. To create the soybean mutants, research teams from the Chinese Academy o...
Canadian canola loses China market as bilateral relationship weighs on grain trade2019-07-10A view of Canadian canola field File photo: ICCanada-grown canola, which has been restricted in China's market due to quality problems, faces the risk of full suspension of shipments to China, as there is no sign that the soured bilateral relationship is improving, industry insid...
