News on Crop Protection from the Americas

A pesar de las altas temperaturas y las dificultades en la siembra, el balance de la temporada es muy bueno.

A new Washington State University-led project will help potato growers safeguard domestic and international markets and maintain high-quality potatoes for consumers around the world.

Renaissance BioScience has won the 'Crop Protection Solution of the Year' award from AgTech Breakthrough for its innovative yeast-based RNA interference (RNAi) biopesticide technology.

A research team has received a USD 6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) to study insect pest management strategies for United States potato production systems.

Renaissance BioScience, a leader in bioengineering microbes for the global agriculture and food industries, has signed a joint development agreement (JDA) with Certis Belchim, a global leader in the development of crop-protecting biocontrol agents that combat agricultural pests.

Syngenta Canada announced a partnership with the Potato Sustainability Alliance (PSA) to bring on-farm sustainability insights on potato production using Syngenta’s Sustainable Outcomes for Agriculture (SOA) standard and Cropwise™ Sustainability mobile application.

Trimble announced a definitive agreement to form a joint venture with AGCO to better serve farmers with factory fit and aftermarket applications in the mixed fleet precision agriculture market.

Authorization from the PMRA, following a thorough review of the company’s extensive data dossier, indicates a mutual understanding of the composition, potential and low risk of the RNAi technology.

En el marco del Programa Nacional de Sanidad de la Papa, el Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero, SAG, en La Araucanía ha intensificado las labores de control al transporte de la papa con el fin de mantener la sanidad de este cultivo en la región.

Renaissance BioScience Corp., a leader in bioengineering for the global agriculture and food industries, has retained the services of S. Brad Griffith to assist Renaissance in commercializing its RNA production

On November 20, 2022, Corteva, Inc. (NYSE: CTVA) and Stoller Group, Inc. ("Stoller") announced that Corteva has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Houston-based Stoller, one of the largest independent Biologicals companies in the industry.

As potato growers are working to maximize their yield potential for the 2022 harvest, it's also time to start thinking about maximizing crop potential for the 2023 season.

Esta semana Corteva AgriscienceTM presentó Instinct NXTGEN®, un inhibidor de la nitrificación disponible para los productores de maíz y papa de Argentina.

CNH Industrial has acquired Specialty Enterprises LLC (Specialty), North America’s largest manufacturer of premium aluminium spray booms for agricultural applications. Specialty, which operates one manufacturing facility.

La compañía noruega y la papera sellaron el primer acuerdo de este tipo en el país y el segundo del mundo. Se trata de un hito en el camino de la producción sostenible.

Las mayores reducciones de siembras en la actual temporada agrícola se registran en Amazonas, Piura, Apurímac y Áncash, según información del Midagri.

La Conveagro advierte que no habrá la cantidad necesaria de cultivos de arroz, papa, maíz hortalizas, verduras y legumbres por falta de fertilizantes.

El Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agraria (SENASA) descartó la presencia de la plaga ‘Zebra Chip’ en el Perú, luego de haber analizado 169 muestras de plantas e insectos procedentes de zonas productoras de papa, en la provincia de Huancabamba, región Piura.