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Biome Makers increased the accessibility of BeCrop® Technology to farmers and advisors across the globe. Through strategic partnerships with multiple laboratories, Biome Makers extends its reach to key agricultural regions like Australia and Brazil. This expansion guarantees wider availability of BeCrop® Technology, the industry’s standard soil health assessment tool, empowering a broader reach of agricultural…

After three-quarters of the 2023 financial year, Novozymes sees increasing demand for sustainable biosolutions and delivers 5% organic sales growth. The company’s full-year organic sales growth outlook is maintained at 4-6%. During the first nine months of the 2023 financial year, Novozymes launched 10 new products, four of which were public. Novozyme is close to the…

Certis Belchim has been working in strategic alliance with the main producers or farmers’ associations in both areas with the aim of harvesting production to meet the requirements of European supermarkets regarding the reduction of synthetic active substances and residue levels below the established Maximum Residue Level (MRL). Since then the development and contribution of Certis…

M3 Agriculture Technologies received a $1 million grant from the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) Office of Radiological Security (ORS). The grant is intended to drive the development of a groundbreaking X-ray based approach to Insect Pest Management, transforming the landscape of pest control in agriculture. ORS works with Sandia National Laboratories (Sandia) to identify…

Renaissance BioScience, a leader in bioengineering microbes, entered into a joint development agreement (JDA) with Certis Belchim, a global leader in crop-protecting biocontrol agents’ development. Under the agreement, the two industry leaders will collaboratively harness Renaissance’s innovative yeast-based RNA interference (RNAi) platform technology to develop and commercialize an environmentally friendly biopesticide.  This collaboration demonstrates the businesses’…

Brandon Bioscience’s plant biostimulant technology, PSI®362 Precision Technology, has been approved under the EU Fertilising Products Regulation (FPR) 2019/1009.  PSI®362 Precision Technology is designed to improve nutrient use efficiency in grass and cereal crops. PSI®362  is the third biostimulant in Brandon Bioscience’s portfolio to receive CE Certification. The justification of PSI®362 Precision Technology claim was verified by an independent…

DPH Biologicals and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) recently announced a research collaboration. The collaboration will validate the impact biologicals make to accelerate the decomposition of crop residue. Starting in spring of 2023, the UIUC Crop Physiology Lab began researching the impact of microbial solutions in crop residue management including the use of TerraTrove® Residuce®, technology…

Bayer, a global life science company, has unveiled a groundbreaking agricultural system for direct-seeded rice (DSR) that has the potential to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and water usage in rice cultivation. This innovative system, introduced on UN World Food Day, aims to transition farmers in India and the Philippines from traditional transplanted puddled rice…

Two United Nations agencies, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), have joined forces to launch the Atoms4Food initiative. Unveiled during the World Food Forum 2023 in Rome, this collaborative effort aims to address the growing global challenges of hunger, malnutrition, and food security by harnessing innovative nuclear techniques…