National Union of\u00a0Agricultural Aviation Companies filed a motion\u00a0against\u00a0the Supreme Court\u00a0regarding the\u00a0decision that considered as constitutional the State of Cear\u00e1’s law that banned aerial spraying<\/b>. According to Sindag’s executive director, Gabriel Colle, the ban is based on prejudices against agricultural aviation, and not on the reality of safety on farms. (Sindag)<\/p>\n
Consumption of fertilizers should increase in 2023.<\/b>\u00a0Projections vary from 2.5% to 10% of increase. StoneX estimates an increase of 2.5%\u00a0to\u00a05% in fertilizer deliveries to the market in 2023. Ita\u00fa BBA estimates a 7% increase in deliveries, that should reach 43.592 million tonnes throughout the year. Rabobank estimates a 10% growth in the amount delivered to the market, that should reach 45.2 million tonnes. (StoneX; Ita\u00fa BBA; Rabobank)<\/p>\n
State of Mato Grosso presented the State Fertilizer Plan, seeking\u00a0to end the dependence on imports in the State. Among the proposed actions are\u00a0incentives for the implementation of a local fertilizer industrial facility,\u00a0phosphate mining, production of nitrogenous fertilizers<\/b>\u00a0and studies for the use of other sources of potassium, minerals, limestone and bioinputs. “The project in Mirassol D’Oeste stands out, with a reserve of 314 million tonnes of phosphate…”, said the superintendent of agribusiness and credit at Sedec, Linacis Silva. (Sedec)<\/p>\n
Petrobras president, Jean Paul Prates,\u00a0denied the possibility of a subsidy to enable production\u00a0in\u00a0the fertilizer factories leased by Unigel<\/b>\u00a0in the States of Bahia and Sergipe. Prates indicated that Unigel should seek a solution through the market. \u201cIt is nobody’s order to subsidize a private company in this regard. Those who bought assets privatized by other governments have to deal with this reality. This goes for several assets…\u201d, said Prates. (Petrobras; Unigel)<\/p>\n
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Ban on<\/b>\u00a0the use of pesticides chlorpyrifos ethyl and methyl\u00a0<\/b>in\u00a0Argentina<\/b>. On 08\/06\/2021, a period of 455 working days was foreseen for\u00a0phase-out. According to the National Agro-Food Health and Quality Service, the ban stems from an extensive review about the human health risks associated with chlorpyrifos and takes into account the processes carried out by different regulatory agencies around the world. (Senasa)<\/p>\n
Province of Misiones,\u00a0Argentina<\/b>, approved a law banning the use of glyphosate. \u201cThe use of glyphosate, its components and related products is prohibited in the province<\/b>. It is established that this ban comes into force after 2 (two) years of its official publication for the purpose of progressive transition of the change in the productive systems\u201d, according to the regulation. The measure was harshly rejected by farmers that make up the Commission for the Articulation of Agricultural Entities, who considered it “an attack against agriculture and the country”. (Chamber of Representatives of Misiones; CEEA)<\/p>\n
\u201cFor more than 20 years,\u00a0Costa Rica<\/b>\u00a0has not updated itself and has not had a serious debate about the use of pesticides… in the world we are the country that uses the most pesticides per hectare of production…\u00a0Costa Rica is pointed by FAO as the largest consumer of pesticides in the world<\/b>, with 51.2 kg per hectare…\u201d, according to congresswoman Kattia Cambronero. (Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica)<\/p>\n
Inauguration of the Regional Center of Excellence for Latin America and the Caribbean in Pesticide Science, in Bogot\u00e1,\u00a0Colombia<\/b>. Objective is the\u00a0technical training of professionals to carry out studies about pesticides<\/b>. Initially, researchers from Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, Dominican Republic and Peru will be trained. (IICA)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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