Kynetec<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\nGalvani announces investments of\u00a0US$ 116.48 million in mining projects\u00a0to\u00a0produce\u00a0fertilizers in the State of Bahia<\/b>. Company will invest US$ 57.29 million in its phosphate mining facility, in the city of Irec\u00ea. It will also invest US$ 49.65 million in its industrial complex in Lu\u00eds Eduardo Magalh\u00e3es and US$ 9.55 million in the city of Campo Alegre de Lourdes, where it produces phosphate rock.\u00a0(Grupo Galvani; Companhia Baiana de Pesquisa Mineral)<\/span><\/p>\nState of Paran\u00e1’s Government discusses\u00a0partnerships with Canada to increase fertilizer imports<\/b>. Acting Governor, Darci Piana, met with the Consul General of Canada in S\u00e3o Paulo, Heather Cameron, to discuss investments. “We are happy with the development of the partnership with the Government of Paran\u00e1 in recent years and we want to intensify this relationship with the technological development for agriculture…”, said Cameron.\u00a0(Government of Paran\u00e1 State)<\/span><\/p>\nOrion and Koppert announce an agreement\u00a0for the spraying of\u00a0bioinputs\u00a0directly in the\u00a0sowing\u00a0furrow<\/strong> of grain crops, through Orion’s spraying technology.\u00a0Orion will lease\u00a0equipments to Koppert’s customers\u00a0to guarantee increase in yields, that can reach up to 6 bags\/ha of soybean, according to the companies. Ricardo Cunha, CEO of Orion, said that the correct application of bioinputs in the sowing furrow can generate greater plant health, yields, and profits.\u00a0(Orion; Koppert)<\/span><\/p>\nRodrigo Eg\u00e9a de Miranda is Plant Health Care’s\u00a0new global marketing director<\/b>.\u00a0Flavio Enor Prezzi is the new\u00a0managing director for South America.\u00a0(Plant Health Care)<\/span><\/p>\nIncorrect\u00a0<\/b>pesticide packaging disposal\u00a0may\u00a0cause fines<\/b>\u00a0of at least US$ 954.13 in the State of Paran\u00e1. Offenders can be fined US$ 19.08 for each product found in violation. Penalties are provided for in ordinance published on 03\/13, in the Official State Gazette. State has 12 centers and 58 stations for receiving pesticide packages.\u00a0(Instituto \u00c1gua e Terra)<\/p>\n
\u00c1guia Fertilizantes intends to invest US$ 11.45 million to start work on an industrial site in the city of Lavras do Sul, State of Rio Grande do Sul. According to Fernando Tallarico, CEO of \u00c1guia Fertilizantes, earthworks\u00a0should start between August and September. After this,\u00a0the phosphate mine and fertilizer factory should be operational within 12 months<\/b>, with a capacity for 300,000 tonnes\/year, able to meet 15% of the state’s demand. (\u00c1guia Fertilizantes)<\/p>\n
Rodrigo Oliveira is the\u00a0new general manager\u00a0of Stoller, and will report to Frederic Beudot, who leads Corteva’s\u00a0biologics business<\/b>. Guillermo de la Borda will be the new advisor to the General Manager of Corteva Biologicals Business, stepping down as CEO of Stoller.\u00a0(Stoller; Corteva)<\/span><\/p>\n
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Although chlorpyrifos sales and imports are canceled\u00a0in\u00a0Colombia<\/b>, farmers\u00a0can still use the\u00a0inventory.\u00a0Chlorpyrifos\u00a0prohibition was\u00a0a decision of the Constitutional Court<\/b>, on 10\/05\/2022, determining a period of six months for the Colombian Agricultural Institute to\u00a0phase out\u00a0the product. There is enough\u00a0product inventory\u00a0for at least one year\u00a0of use. Until the date of its ban, chlorpyrifos was the fourth most\u00a0used\u00a0pesticide in Colombia, used mainly to control coffee berry borer (Hypothenemus hampei<\/i>).\u00a0(Universidad del Rosario; Instituto Agropecuario Colombiano)<\/span><\/p>\nAccording to the minister of regional production of Santa F\u00e9, Daniel Costamagna, the\u00a0Argentine<\/b>\u00a0province intends to\u00a0close a\u00a0cooperation agreement in the fertilizer sector\u00a0<\/b>with the OCP Group, from Morocco. \u201cWe are going to put all our energy and all the potential of our policy to encourage agro-industrial production in the province of Santa F\u00e9, so that our relations with Morocco can develop…”, said Costamagna.\u00a0(OCP Group; Government of Santa F\u00e9)<\/span><\/p>\nIn 2022, Nutrien\u00a0hired more than 750 new employees<\/b>\u00a0in\u00a0Argentina<\/b>, doubling the company’s headcount.\u00a0(Nutrien)<\/span><\/p>\nBASF\u00a0invested US$2.69 million in its inoculant and biological products\u00a0factory<\/b>\u00a0in Santo Tom\u00e9,\u00a0Argentina<\/b>, over three years. According to the company, investments increased the\u00a0factory’s production capacity by 30%.\u00a0(BASF)<\/span><\/p>\nYara announced plans to\u00a0invest US$ 100 million over a year and a half to increase production of NPK fertilizers<\/b>\u00a0in\u00a0Colombia<\/b>\u00a0by 80 thousand tonnes and reduce carbon emissions equivalent to 500 thousand tonnes\/year. “400,000 tonnes are manufactured here.\u00a0Approximately\u00a050,000 are exported. 40% of what is sold is imported and the rest is produced here”, said Pedro Parenti, Yara’s senior vice president for Latin America (Yara Fertilizantes)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
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