Kenya allows full access for U.S. wheat

U.S. wheat may now be shipped to Kenya regardless of state of origin or port of export. This allows U.S. wheat from Idaho, Oregon, and Washington to be added to the list of states that can ship wheat to Kenya. “American farmers in the Pacific…

India may look beyond China for DAP needs

The ongoing lockdown of Hubei province, a key producer in China’s huge fertiliser industry, is spurring the biggest buyer of one of the crop-growing ingredients to look for other suppliers. India is the world’s biggest buyer of diammonium…

Coronavirus may affect Brazil’s importation of agri-inputs

The spread of coronavirus represents a problem for the exportation of commodities from Brazil, mainly in terms of products exported to China, which account for 32% of Brazil’s foreign sales in the agribusiness sector. However, concerns…

USDA Advisory Committee recommends diacamba registration not be renewed

A USDA advisory committee is recommending that "due to the overwhelming reports of dicamba volatilization," registrations for dicamba herbicides such as Xtendimax and Engenia not be renewed for in-crop use in soybeans and cotton when they expire…

The European Commission publishes a draft list of 90 unacceptable co-formulants in agrochemicals

On the 15th of January 2020, the EU draft regulation implementing the list of co-formulants which may not be used in plant protection products or adjuvants (Annex III of Regulation (EC) No. 1107/2009) was published. This draft will probably…

Peruvian Ministry of Agriculture bans agrochemicals containing Metamidophos

The Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (MINAGRI) of Peru, through the National Agrarian Health Service (SENASA), recently banned the importation and registration of new pesticides for agricultural use that contain the active ingredient,…

US EPA takes important step to reduce unnecessary pesticide testing on animals

On Wednesday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) took another important step carrying out Administrator Andrew Wheeler’s directive to reduce animal testing. The agency’s new science policy reduces testing on birds when the agency…

China, India to join hands to fight worst Locust outbreak in Pakistan

Pakistan declared a national emergency after the nation’s worst locust onslaught in two decades, which battered 40% of the crops in the country, which is already grappling with its highest inflation rate in 12 years. After considering importing…

DRAFT ORDER: Prohibition of Tricyclazole and Buprofezin in India

According to the Notification of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare on the 31st January, 2020 in New Delhi: Whereas the Central Government, in pursuance of the orders…