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Anvisa has approved the toxicological evaluation of two new formulated products\u00a0(isopyrazam + cyproconazole), from Syngenta, and\u00a0rejected the toxicological evaluations of aluminum phosphide, from AAZ UTILIDADES, and thiamethoxam, from REAL FERT.\u00a0<\/strong>(Anvisa)<\/p>\n Product developed by Embrapa and Innova Agrotecnologia might obtain a\u00a0“dual” registration (inoculant and pesticide).<\/strong>\u00a0The objective is for this product to replace part of the chemical fungicides in soybeans. The product, which was already\u00a0granted a\u00a0temporary\u00a0use permit, is a combination of three bacterial strains that act in biological nitrogen fixation and promote plant growth: BR 29 (Bradyrhizobium elkani<\/em>), BR 10788 (Bacilus subtilis<\/em>) and BR 10141\u00a0(Paraburkholderia nodosa<\/em>). (Embrapa; Innova Agrotecnologia)<\/p>\n Research indicated the Araguaia River, which\u00a0flows\u00a0through the states of Goi\u00e1s, Mato Grosso, Tocantins and Par\u00e1,\u00a0has high levels of atrazine, carbendazim, cyanazine, imidacloprid, 2,4-D, clomazone, chlorpyrifos-ethyl\u00a0and imazalil.<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cIt was evident that the majority of sub-basins had concentrations of pesticides in the water that exceeded safe levels for human consumption,\u201d according to an article published by researchers from the Federal and State Universities of Mato Grosso, Federal University of Goi\u00e1s and Federal University of Santa Maria. \u201cThe pesticides detected were associated with anomalies in ontogenetic development, disease and mortality of organisms.\u201d (Environmental Advances)<\/p>\n “In a similar way to the previous legislation, the new Pesticide Law continues to provide for a system of triple responsibility (administrative, civil and criminal) in its articles 49 to 57 with regards to damage caused to people’s health and the environment by pesticides”, according to Giovani Ferri, prosecutor at the Public Ministry of the State of Paran\u00e1, and Luciano Loubet, prosecutor at the Public Ministry of the State of Mato Grosso do Sul. “By differentiating permitted pesticides from unregistered or unauthorized pesticides, the\u00a0new law seeks to more severely punish\u00a0crimes\u00a0involving illegal pesticides<\/strong>\u00a0that commonly enter Brazil through its extensive border”.\u00a0(Conjur; Public Ministry of PR; Public Ministry of MS)<\/p>\n Fertilizer market is close to resuming its trajectory of records<\/strong>\u00a0seen before the 2022 crisis. Sales are expected to increase 4% in 2024, reaching 47 million tonnes. (The Mosaic Company)<\/p>\n According to Lucas Alves, key account manager at Kynetec\u00a0Brazil,\u00a0the bioinputs market is consolidating\u00a0<\/strong>m<\/strong>ore and more.\u00a0<\/strong>“Even with all the progress in recent years, this market is still far from reaching its maximum potential and should continue to show a positive trend in the coming seasons”, said Alves. Investments in R&D and more familiarity and trust on the part of farmers are some of the factors highlighted by Alves for the growth of the bioinputs market. (Kynetec)<\/p>\n In this season,\u00a0fertilizer purchases are moving more slowly<\/strong>\u00a0when compared to previous years. “So far, fertilizer purchases for the 2024\/25 soybean in Brazil are around 20%, whereas in the same period in 2023 almost 33% of the soybeans was already purchased”, said Jeferson Souza, market analyst at Agrinvest Commodities . “If I were to list one factor to justify this delay, it would be the sharp drop in oilseed prices and, more than that, a very sudden drop in the farmer’s profitability. I think that this greatly interferes when it comes to deciding when to purchase”. (Agrinvest Commodities)<\/p>\n Crop-livestock integration can reduce the use of fertilizers and mitigate climate impacts, according to a study by Embrapa Cerrado. Integrated systems can be beneficial for reducing nitrous oxide (N2<\/sub>O) emissions and reducing phosphorus and potassium applications, compared to continuous cropping systems fertilized with the normally recommended doses of these nutrients. \u201cOur results suggest that\u00a0integrated systems, which include crops and pasture, with half\u00a0<\/strong>the dose of P and K, are more effective in mitigating N2<\/sub>O emissions<\/strong>, which, in the current context of the climate crisis and the global fertilizer industry, is an aspect of great relevance for agriculture\u201d, according to Arminda Carvalho, Alexsandra de Oliveira and Rob\u00e9lio March\u00e3o,\u00a0researchers at Embrapa. (Embrapa Cerrado)<\/p>\n The Federal Senate’s Agriculture and Agrarian Reform Committee should vote\u00a0on\u00a0Bill No. 699\/2023, which establishes the Fertilizer Industry Development Program – Profert. This\u00a0project seeks to grant tax benefits to encourage fertilizer production in Brazil.<\/strong>\u00a0“The focus of the plan is the production of fertilizers in the Brazilian territory, seeking to reduce the scarcity of the product due to failures in the supply chains and price volatility. Fertilizers in Brazil are a matter of national sovereignty and food security. It is unacceptable for Brazil to have such a huge agricultural sector and live with this vulnerability”, said senator La\u00e9rcio Oliveira. (Senate Agency)<\/p>\n Sell Agro, an adjuvant company, highlights the\u00a0use\u00a0of\u00a0adjuvants as fundamental to improve pesticide spraying on cotton.<\/strong>\u00a0“They also increase the physiological stimulus of the plant, providing an optimization in the applications of herbicides, fungicides and insecticides. The performance of agricultural products is increased\u00a0[by using adjuvants], with more coverage, retention, spreading, wetness and penetration of the products in the leaves, as a result of the standardization and durability of the drops in agricultural spraying”, said the company’s commercial director, Alexandre Gazon. (Sell Agro)<\/p>\n Eurochem facility built in Serra do Salitre, in the State of Minas Gerais, will begin operating\u00a0on March 13th and should\u00a0manufacture 500 thousand tonnes of fertilizers in 2024.<\/strong>\u00a0This is the largest project of the Eurochem group outside Europe,\u00a0demanding\u00a0investments of US$ 1 billion. \u201cThis allows us to be competitive in Brazil and overcome logistics\u00a0issues. As there is a reduction in the cost of importing potash-based\u00a0products, we will have more competitiveness in the country\u201d, said Gustavo Horbach, president of Eurochem in South America. (Eurochem)<\/p>\n The non-profit research organization 2Blades, and Bayer, have identified resistan<\/strong>ce genes against\u00a0<\/strong>soybean Asian rust<\/strong>, which may help\u00a0to\u00a0develop better strategies to control the disease. Furthermore, the project made advances in understanding the fungus\u00a0Phakopsora pachyrhizi<\/em>, which causes soybean Asian rust, by carrying out its complete genomic sequencing. Project was supported by The Sainsbury Laboratory, from the UK, and the Federal University of Vi\u00e7osa, from the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. (2Blades<\/a>; Bayer Crop Science)<\/p>\n Federal Police and\u00a0Border Police Battalion\u00a0seized a\u00a0ship\u00a0with 700 kg of smuggled pesticides<\/strong>\u00a0in Pato Bragado, State of Paran\u00e1. 28 bags of the product were found in a\u00a0ship\u00a0at Itaipu Lake. (Federal Police)<\/p>\n Atlas Agro plans to invest US$ 867.6 million for the construction of the\u00a0first nitrogen fertilizer plant from green hydrogen in Brazil<\/strong>, in Uberaba, State of Minas Gerais. Operations are expected to start in 2028, with the objective\u00a0to\u00a0produce\u00a0green hydrogen, green ammonia and green ammonium nitrate.\u00a0The company just announced the hiring of two engineering and construction consortiums that will carry out the development of the engineering project for the construction of the factory.\u00a0(Atlas Agro)<\/p>\n On February\u00a02nd<\/sup>, Anvisa will hold a video conference to present the main points of Guideline No. 69\/2023, which provides\u00a0guidance to companies on how Anvisa evaluates the neurotoxicity of the active ingredients of pesticides<\/strong>. (Anvisa)<\/p>\n State Agency for Animal and Plant Health Defense of the State of Mato Grosso do Sul – Iagro issued a warning\u00a0in regards to\u00a0the\u00a0danger of buying irregular citrus seedlings due to the HLB disease (greening)<\/strong>\u00a0in the State. “Iagro issued a phytosanitary alert about the risks of buying and planting seedlings without proper origin… These seedlings have no guarantee of identity, nor of quality for use in domestic or commercial orchards. They\u00a0represent\u00a0a serious danger to the state’s orchards”, said Glaucy Ortiz, manager of plant health inspection and defense at Iagro. (Iagro)<\/p>\n Fertilizer injector guarantees more precision in fertigation.<\/strong>\u00a0According to researchers Luis dos Reis, from the\u00a0Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of the South of Minas Gerais, and Jos\u00e9 Neto, from\u00a0Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture, “farmers can now\u00a0count on fertilizer injector equipment, which provides practicality and precision in fertigation”. This equipment doses liquid fertilizers following the recommendation, and directly into the irrigation line. In this way, the injector makes it possible “to program the area to be irrigated, the fertigation recommendation and the concentration in the fertilizer solution (electrical conductivity) through a graphic display and a keyboard”. (Esalq; Ifsuldeminas)<\/p>\n Petrobras from Brazil, and TBEA Group from China are expressing interest in the production of potassium fertilizers in\u00a0Bolivia.<\/strong>\u00a0According to the country’s minister of hydrocarbons and energy, Franklin Molina, the company “Yacimientos de Litio Bolivianos” is receiving technical proposals for projects related to evaporite resources from national and international companies. In this sense, YLB recently received proposals from the companies Petrobras and TBEA, which consist of projects of interest for potash fertilizer factories\u201d. The companies are interested in the salt mines in the departments of Potos\u00ed and Oruro. (Ministry of Hydrocarbons and Energy)<\/p>\n Ministry\u00a0of Agriculture of\u00a0Colombia<\/strong>\u00a0has\u00a0launched an incentive program for the purchase of fertilizers by small coffee farmers.<\/strong>\u00a0Subsidies of up to 30% will be given through the Agricultural Inputs Access Fund. The program benefits small coffee farmers in the departments of Magdalena, Bol\u00edvar, Antioquia, Tolima, Valle del Cauca, Cauca, Nari\u00f1o, La Guajira, Cesar, Norte de Santander, Arauca, Huila, Santander and Cundinamarca, with farms under\u00a0five hectares. 93 municipalities will benefit, in 14 departments. (Ministry of Agriculture)<\/p>\n Luis Osorio, executive director of the Crop Protection, Science and Technology Association – Proccyt, from\u00a0Mexico<\/strong>, said that the\u00a0ban on glyphosate, which comes into force in March of 2024, not only affects the pesticide industry, but the entire agrifood chain in the country<\/strong>. Lack of a viable substitute for the herbicide raises concerns, as glyphosate has played a crucial role in protecting Mexico’s crops and in food production for more than 40 years. (Proccyt)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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