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In a strategic move to fortify its presence in the realm of biostimulants, Rovensa has recently completed the acquisition of Agro-K. This significant development not only marks a key expansion for Rovensa but also underscores the company’s commitment to advancing its capabilities in the field of agricultural biosolutions. The integration of Agro-K into Rovensa’s portfolio…

Biotalys (Euronext – BTLS),  provided a company update following a strategic review of the company by CEO Kevin Helash and the board of directors. The review leads to a shift to the second-generation AGROBODY™ technology to develop protein-based biocontrols for crop and food protection. This move to AGROBODY 2.0 entails organizational changes to concentrate resources…

Farmland often harbours a multitude of pathogens which can attack plants and reduce yields. A Swiss research team comprised of Agroscope, the Universities of Basel and Zurich as well as FiBL has now shown that inoculating soil with mycorrhizal fungi can help maintain or even improve yields without the use of additional fertilizers or pesticides.…

The recognition of its ten-year milestone, the European Bee Award gathered various projects and initiatives dedicated to safeguarding pollinators and bees. Inaugurated in 2014 by the European Landowners’ Organization (ELO) and the European Agricultural Industry Association (CEMA), the award aims to commend inventive, effective, and scalable projects that protect bees and pollinators. This initiative underscores…

In a recent appearance on CNBC-TV18, DeHaat’s CEO, Shashank Kumar, took center stage to share his valuable insights and thoughts on the company’s significant acquisition of Freshtrop. This strategic move has sent ripples through the industry, and Kumar’s appearance shed light on the vision and rationale behind this groundbreaking decision. During the interview, Shashank Kumar…

DeHaat, the leading AgTech platform in India providing comprehensive agricultural services for farmers, announced today that it has entered into a Business Transfer Agreement (BTA) with Freshtrop Fruits Ltd., paving way the company to absorb Freshtrop Fruit’s export network and grading, packing & precooling centers as well as manpower including the top leadership team into…

American Vanguard Company (NYSE: AVD) today announced that OHP® Inc., a leading provider of technology-based solutions for greenhouse and nursery production applications, has agreed to become master distributor in U.S. non-crop markets of biological technologies developed by Certis® Biologicals. With the agreement, OHP, an American Vanguard® Company and a vital part of the AMGUARD™ Environmental Technologies specialty brand, becomes…

Agri-biomolecule developer Fyteko has announced the appointment of Rico Christensen to its board An experienced crop protection executive, Mr Christensen joins the Belgian agtech start-up’s board at a significant time. September saw Fyteko sign a distribution agreement with Janssen PMP Crop Management that will take the company’s novel ‘drought proofing’ biostimulant to farmers on four…

An agreement has been reached between Certis Belchim and Danish company, Novozymes, for the development and distribution of a promising new biorational fungicide product throughout the European crop protection market. The product will control or suppress a broad range of soil-borne and foliar diseases across a wide variety of fruits, vegetables and ornamental crops. Based…