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New approval from the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture
Bill No. 32 of the Ministry of Plant Protection and Agricultural Inputs of the Secretariat for The Defence of Agriculture of Brazil, published in the Official Gazette on 23 July 2021, lists 51 pesticide formulations (products that can be used by farmers). Seventeen of these preparations were low-...Read more -
A supermarket aunt in Shanghai did one thing
An aunt in a Shanghai supermarket did one thing. Of course it’s not earth-shattering, even a little trivial: Kill mosquitoes. But she has been extinct for 13 years. The aunt’s name is Pu Saihong, an employee of a RT-Mart supermarket in Shanghai. She has killed 20,000 mosquitoes after 13 yea...Read more -
The new national standard for pesticide residues will be implemented on September 3!
In April this year, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, together with the National Health Commission and the General Administration of Market Supervision, issued a new version of the National Food Safety Standard Maximum Residue Limits for Pesticides in Food (GB 2763-2021) (hereinafter...Read more -
Indoxacarb or will withdraw from the EU market
Report: On July 30, 2021, the European Commission notified the WTO that it recommended that the insecticide indoxacarb be no longer approved for EU plant protection product registration (based on EU Plant Protection Product Regulation 1107/2009). Indoxacarb is an oxadiazine insecticide. It was fi...Read more -
Annoying flies
Flies, it is the most rampant flying insect in summer, it is the most annoying uninvited guest on the table, it is regarded as the dirtiest insect in the world, it has no fixed place but is everywhere, it is the most difficult to eliminate Provocateur, it is one of the most abominable and vital i...Read more -
Experts in Brazil say the price of glyphosate has jumped nearly 300% and farmers are increasingly anxious
Recently, the price of glyphosate hit a 10-year high due to the imbalance between supply and demand structure and higher prices of upstream raw materials. With little new capacity coming on the horizon, prices are expected to rise further. In view of this situation, AgroPages specially invited ex...Read more -
UK revised the maximum residues of omethoate and omethoate in some foods Report
On July 9, 2021, Health Canada issued consultation document PRD2021-06, and the Pest Management Agency (PMRA) intends to approve the registration of Ataplan and Arolist biological fungicides. It is understood that the main active ingredients of Ataplan and Arolist biological fungicides are Bacill...Read more -
Methylpyrimidine Pirimiphos-methyl will completely replace phosphorus chloride Aluminium phosphide
In order to ensure the quality and safety of agricultural products, the safety of the ecological environment and the safety of people’s lives, the Ministry of Agriculture decided according to the relevant provisions of the “Food Safety Law of the People’s Republic of China” and the “Pesticide Man...Read more -
New module on public health pesticides
In some countries, different regulatory authorities evaluate and register agricultural pesticides and public health pesticides. Typically, these ministries responsible for agriculture and health. The scientific background of the persons evaluating public health pesticides is therefore often diffe...Read more -
Soybean fungicides: What you should know
I’ve decided to try fungicides on soybeans for the first time this year. How do I know which fungicide to try, and when should I apply it? How will I know if it helps? The Indiana certified crop adviser panel answering this question includes Betsy Bower, Ceres Solutions, Lafayette; Jamie Bultemei...Read more -
Fly
Fly, (order Diptera), any of a large number of insects characterized by the use of only one pair of wings for flight and the reduction of the second pair of wings to knobs (called halteres) used for balance. The term fly is commonly used for almost any small flying insect . However, in entomolog...Read more -
Herbicide Resistance
Herbicide resistance refers to the inherited ability of a biotype of a weed to survive a herbicide application to which the original population was susceptible. A biotype is a group of plants within a species that has biological traits (such as resistance to a particular herbicide) not common to ...Read more