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With this latest acquisition, the company will expand its coverage of straight glyphosate DMA salt formulations and registrations globally US based Albaugh, LLC., largest privately held supplier of crop protection products in the world, has announced the acquisition of Corteva Agriscience’s straight-goods glyphosate business. The purchase includes intangible assets only, including trade names, registrations, regulatory data, formulations, patents, and know-how, used in Corteva’s straight-goods glyphosate business throughout the world, with the exception of Argentina. Albaugh previously acquired Corteva’s glyphosate business in Europe. With this latest acquisition, the company will expand its coverage of straight glyphosate DMA salt formulations and registrations…
According to a report, the global crocodile farming market is projected to grow at 5 per cent CAGR during the forecast period of 2022-2030. But on the other hand,Crocodile farming, which is one of the growing industries in Asia and Australia, is facing challenges due to the export restrictions in many countries. Amendments in export policy and better infrastructure will give a big push to the crocodile farming industry in Asia. Recently 22 freshwater baby crocodiles were seized in Thailand, a man was selling baby crocodiles on Tik Tok. Phuket Provincial Fisheries office took action against the man and found…
Bayer and Microsoft provide ready-to-use capabilities available for businesses and organizations to license and use for their own internal or customer-facing digital solutions. Following a 2021 strategic partnership announcement with Microsoft, Bayer launched new cloud-based solutions for the agri-food industry: AgPowered Services from Bayer in combination with the new Microsoft Azure Data Manager for Agriculture provide ready-to-use capabilities available for businesses and organizations from start-ups to global enterprises to license and use for their own internal or customer-facing digital solutions. For example, companies that develop on-farm technologies can build on the new cloud infrastructure and core capabilities from Microsoft (Azure…
23 categories of egg products including cage free egg, become the first egg products certified “global warming reduction” label in Thailand. Twenty-three categories of fresh egg product of Charoen Pokphand Foods Public Company (or CP Foods) have been certified the “Carbon Footprint Reduction Label” or “Global Warming Reduction Label” from Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organisation or TGO for its efforts in mitigating carbon greenhouse gas emissions in the production. These carbon reduction products demonstrate the company’s commitment to achieving its Net-Zero emission goal by 2050 and strive to offers consumers choices of environmentally friendly food products. This certification recognises the…
The partnership aims to accelerate the introduction of a novel biological seed treatment solution across multiple countries in Europe over the next five years. Wheat farmers seeking to increase yields while reducing fertilizer inputs are set to benefit from a new collaboration between Syngenta Crop Protection and Aphea.Bio announced. The collaboration aims to accelerate the introduction of a novel biological seed treatment solution across multiple countries in Europe over the next five years, pending regulatory approval. This places a much-needed technology in the hands of farmers seeking to improve the sustainability of their farming operations, and to address challenges arising…
For the first and second carbon crops, Carbon by Indigo farmers were paid $30/credit, a 200 per cent increase over the original guaranteed payment rate. US based Indigo Ag, the premier sustainability partner of the agriculture industry, announced the completion of its second carbon crop, consisting of more than 110,000 agricultural carbon credits. Issued by one of the world’s most trusted carbon registries, the Climate Action Reserve, Indigo’s second crop of credits was produced by U.S. farmers enrolled in its industry-leading carbon farming program, Carbon by Indigo. The second crop of credits represents more than 110,000 metric tons of carbon…
– Dhruv Sawhney, COO and Business Head, nurture.farm Dhruv Sawhney, COO and Business Head, nurture.farm speaks to AgroSpectrum about the impact of the latest amendment in The Energy Conservation Bill, in August 2022, which empowers the central government to specify a carbon credit trading scheme and future of the carbon farming industry in India. Edited excerpts; How is nurture.farm contributing to the growth of the carbon farming industry in India? Agriculture and forestry are the only two industries that offer viable opportunities to remove carbon from the atmosphere and provide long-term storage in the soil to help sequester it. These…
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The introduction and expansion of laws and policies that favour biofuels in APAC countries are predicted to increase demand for biofuels, particularly in the transportation. The global biofuels market size was valued at USD 140.42 billion in 2021 and is expected to reach USD 245.48 billion by 2028, at a CAGR of 7.61 per cent during the forecast period 2022-2028 according to the report by Precision Business Insights. In comparison to other regions, the market in Asia Pacific is anticipated to see the highest volume-based CAGR of 6.4 per cent over the forecast period. The introduction and expansion of laws…
By Dr Shyam Gunnamreddy, Founder & CEO, Samhitha Crop Care Clinics Blockchain technology gained extensive traction because of its vital role in the fintech sector. It has now been seen to have vast applications beyond cryptocurrencies and the agriculture sector is not an exception. Technology has drastically transformed the agriculture sector along with healthcare, real estate, banking, and so on. As per market predictions, blockchain is all set to become a game-changer in India with a whopping $176 billion of business potential by 2050. Considering the capabilities of blockchain, the agriculture sector in India is all set to propel it…