Jos\u00e9 Claudio Ara\u00fajo<\/b>\u00a0is the new commercial and industrial director of the agricultural inputs company Latam Agrosciences. (Latam Agrosciences)<\/p>\n
“Green fertilization” guarantees increases in soil organic matter\u00a0<\/b>and improvement of its quality, with the potential to store Carbon and Nitrogen in the soil, according to an article published by Maria de Sena Fernandes, professor at the Federal University of Vi\u00e7osa. “There are many benefits, in addition to the increase of organic matter, such as the potential for controlling erosion, minimizing the loss of soil, in addition to promoting the control of invasive plants and stimulating the biodiversity of insects that can impact the use of pesticides” (UFV)<\/p>\n
Fundecitrus launched a digital tool called ” Avalia Psil\u00eddeo” [Evaluate Psyllids], which aims to help citrus farmers\u00a0choose pesticides to control psyllids, the agent that transmits Greening<\/b> (HLB) in citrus. “Within this tool, we will have the results of insecticide efficacy tests on farm populations. This data will be constantly updated as the experiments are carried out, which will bring a great advantage to the farmer, who will be able to monitor, in a dynamic way, which product is most effective in controlling the insect”, according to Wellington Eduardo, Fundecitrus researcher. (Fundecitrus)<\/p>\n
Embrapa’s NT45\u00a0Technical\u00a0Note indicates\u00a0major impacts on Brazilian agricultural activities due to the Israel-Hamas and Russia-Ukraine conflicts in the fertilizer market<\/b>. In a note, it is indicated: “…the consequences could be felt in our country, particularly in the agribusiness sector, which is highly dependent on imported inputs and fertilizers.” In addition, it reinforces “the need for new incentives to improve resource efficiency, research options to chemical fertilizers, with emphasis on P and K.” (Embrapa)<\/p>\n
In research, Pesticide Atlas found that\u00a0Brazil allows a concentration of about 500 micrograms\/L of glyphosate in its waters<\/b>, an amount 5 thousand times higher than that allowed in the European Union, of 0.1 microgram. (Pesticide Atlas)<\/p>\n
Jos\u00e9 Eduardo Menegario<\/b>\u00a0is the new financial director for Latin America at Nutrien. (Nutrien)<\/p>\n
Ibama employees who carry out activities related to environmental quality are on strike over the restructuring of the environmental specialist career<\/b>. In a note, employees communicated actions that will be prioritized until the restructuring is completed: Identification of people and enterprises that carry out potentially polluting activities; Registration, evaluation and reevaluation of pesticides; Control of pesticides in environmental matrices; etc. (Asibama)<\/p>\n
Association of State Inspectors for Agricultural and Forestry Defense of the State of Mato Grosso (Sinfa), requests court recognition of the risk activities that inspectors carry out due to exposure to chemical products<\/strong>, based on benefits such as a 40% increase in salary for additional hazard pay and special retirement, with a shorter contribution time, depending on the degree of danger of the activity. (Sinfa MT)<\/p>\n New Receiving Center for Empty Agricultural Pesticide Packaging opened in Nova Santa Helena, State of Mato Grosso, which will serve 14 municipalities, with a capacity of one thousand tonnes of packaging per year<\/b>. (inpEV)<\/p>\n Adama\u00a0is investing in the use of biodegradable materials, which can represent 30 to 80% of the solutions\u2019 content. The company is also\u00a0replacing organic solvents with water. \u201cThis innovation allows us to have a solution with less impact and, at the same time, increases the performance of active ingredients in a different formulation\u201d, explains the company’s portfolio manager, Fabr\u00edcio Pacheco. In addition, they are carrying out tests with components of plant origin. \u201cWe observed an opportunity to reduce the amount of the active ingredient by 25% when combining these natural components<\/b>, which have the capacity to enhance the action of this active ingredient, delivering more efficiency in smaller doses\u201d, explains the manager, who says that the expectation is to bring these solutions to the market in three years. (Adama<\/a>)<\/p>\n According to Jeferson Souza, market intelligence analyst at Agrinvest Commodities, the 14% growth in the price of urea<\/b> in January and its strengthening in the international market have directly impacted local consumers, with the price per tonne increasing by US$ 30 to 40<\/b>. Souza says: “Even knowing that we will have a reduction in area and also a lower use of fertilizers in our “off-season” corn, I think that we still have farmers who intend to plant but have not yet purchased their input demands. Not only fertilizer, but also seeds and pesticides. So, with a short window and prices rising, the alert needs to be made…” (Agrinvest Commodities)<\/p>\n Around 214.9 million plants were inspected against Greening (HLB) and citrus canker in the State of S\u00e3o Paulo<\/b> during inspections carried out by farmers to submit disease reports to the computerized Animal and Plant Management system of the S\u00e3o Paulo Department of Agriculture and Supply. 96.6% of the farmers have already reported the results of inspections for the 2H of 2023 and more than two million plants with Greening symptoms have been eradicated. (Gevade; SAA)<\/p>\n SpeedAgro from Argentina, an adjuvant products company, is\u00a0developing products with technology based on ribonucleic acid (RNA)<\/b>, in partnership with the company Apolo Biotech. The use of RNA helps plants defend against pathogens and reduce dependence on phytosanitary products. \u201cIt is a very disruptive megaproject at a global level that is being carried out from Argentina,\u201d said the company\u2019s president, V\u00edctor Escalas. The product will first be presented in fungicides and insecticides and later in herbicides. (SpeedAgro)<\/p>\n It is estimated that there will be an\u00a0increase between 10 and 15% in the use of biological products in Argentina<\/b>\u00a0in\u00a0the next two years, given that in the last two\u00a0seasons, more than 60 new bioinputs have been registered in the country. (EnBio 2024)<\/p>\n Diego Agust\u00edn \u00c1lvarez, agronomist, and Nicolas Spinelli, technician at Syngenta Argentina, recommend\u00a0precautions against the corn leafhopper (Dalbulus maidis<\/i>)<\/b>, such as intensifying monitoring: \u201cIt is a pest that does not yet have thresholds. There is still no registration of an insecticide to treat this pest.\u201d They also warn about the possibility of transmission of pathogens such as phytoplasma, spiroplasma and Maize rayado fine virus \u2013 MRFV. \u201cDamage can be severe if leafhoppers are infected and bite plants between V2 and V8.\u201d, causing medium and long-term symptoms such as corn stunting and significant yield losses. (Diego \u00c1lvarez; Nicolas Spinelli)<\/p>\n Claudio Balbont\u00edn<\/b> is the new regional director of the INIA Intihuasi Chile’s Agricultural Research Institute. (INIA)<\/p>\n Peru’s National Agricultural Health Service has\u00a0benefited more than 200 thousand farmers through pest control actions<\/b>, including phytosanitary surveillance and locust control on more than 61 thousand ha, chemical control against coffee rust on 12 thousand ha and sanitary pruning on 11 thousand ha, in addition to evaluation, farm monitoring and training for around 37 thousand coffee growers. (Senasa)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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