Washington Senate votes to ban chlorpyrifos

A partial ban on chlorpyrifos would be paired with more money to train pesticide applicators and help growers find alternatives to the widely used but besieged chemical, under a bill passed Monday by the Washington Senate. The bill’s prime…

USDA's long-term projections keep corn, soybean prices low

The next 10 years could bring very little in the way of increased net return on corn and soybeans, according to the USDA’s long-term projections released Friday. In its report, USDA made projections that go out to 2029. The projections…

Government updates legislation and strengthens Peru's Senasa

The Government approved a regulation that strengthens the powers, functions of supervision, sanction and the rectory of SENASA (National Agrarian Health Service) in terms of agricultural health and registration and the control of pesticides…

Uruguay bans importation, registration, renewal of fenthion products

Uruguay prohibited the importation, registration and renewal of agrochemical products based on fenthion. The decision was made by the General Directorate of Agricultural Services of the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries. According…

Novel Coronavirus:If Chinese companies are unable to deliver their products, how long can your sustain your stocks?

The current efforts to combat the new coronavirus epidemic has become the primary task of the Chinese government and people, and production and economic activities across the country have been seriously affected. At the start of February, AgroPages…

Pakistan to consider importing insecticides from India to fight locusts

Pakistan is likely to import insecticides from arch-rival India to brace itself for any locust attacks this summer, bypassing a ban on trade between the neighbouring nations. A copy of Cabinet agenda for a Tuesday meeting seen has the import…

Government changes management of 3 agrochemical registration agencies in Brazil

At the start of February, the Brazilian Government formalized the dismissal of Carlos Ramos Venâncio (General Coordinator of the Department of Plant Health and Agricultural Inputs at the Agriculture Defense Secretariat of the Ministry of Agriculture,…

Government to Introduce Bill to Promote Safer Pesticides

Amid a long-lasting debate on the do and don’t of pesticides, the central government has decided to encourage and promote safer use of pesticides. Keeping this in mind, the bill seeking to promote safe and effective pesticides will be introduced…

Argentine province cancels ban on agrochemical trade

The government of the province of La Pampa canceled the ban on the marketing of agrochemicals, which had been in force for two weeks. The decision was taken after they accused the Campo Limpio Foundation, responsible for the reverse logistics…