News - Defensives

CCAS advisor talks about the project that regulates pesticides

"Many products that are currently used in other countries could be approved here", said lawyer Lídia Cristina Jorge dos Santos

21.12.2022 | 16:58 (UTC -3)

Defensive

Albaugh Registered Ace Fungicide for Seed Treatment in the US

Product has been assigned number 45002-40 by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

19.12.2022 | 17:50 (UTC -3)

Plant Health

Helicoverpa outbreaks put pressure on Intacta crops at the beginning of the 2022-23 harvest

Problem is being observed, at least, in Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso and Maranhão

14.12.2022 | 13:50 (UTC -3)

Smuggled and counterfeit pesticides are incinerated in MT

The process is carried out by registered companies that collaborate with the collection of pesticides to carry out incineration in special chambers

12.12.2022 | 17:01 (UTC -3)

CCAS warns of fake news involving the use of pesticides

Combating misinformation and the dissemination of false news, so-called fake news, is one of the priorities of the Sustainable Agro Scientific Council

09.12.2022 | 14:35 (UTC -3)

CCAS stands in favor of reducing bureaucracy in agrochemical approval processes

“The question is not whether or not to avoid pesticides, but how to use them and make them increasingly safer”, Caio Carbonari

09.12.2022 | 10:09 (UTC -3)

Defensive

ADAMA invests R$300 million in new factory in the south of the country

Company will launch 8 products in the short term; with more sustainable production, the unit will mean less external dependence

07.12.2022 | 15:38 (UTC -3)

Defensive

Corteva acquires Stoller for US$1,2 billion

It is the company's second major acquisition this year; recently announced the purchase of Symborg, a specialist in microbiological technologies

30.11.2022 | 09:53 (UTC -3)

Defensive

Syngenta and Scheffer sign agreement to develop biological solutions

The companies will use their complementary capabilities to jointly develop products derived from microorganisms

09.11.2022 | 09:53 (UTC -3)

Defensive

Crop Science sales increased by 8,4% at Bayer

Third quarter results were presented today

08.11.2022 | 08:09 (UTC -3)

Defensive

AMVAC do Brasil announces the registration of Counter nematicide for soybeans

As it is a selective nematicide, the solution can be used effectively in conjunction with other pesticides

07.11.2022 | 14:31 (UTC -3)

Defensive

Registration of low-impact pesticides breaks record in 2022

Today, 55 more product registrations were published

30.12.2022 | 17:19 (UTC -3)

EPA proposes review of registration of four pesticides

The products under analysis are dichloran, etofenprox, thiophanate-methyl + carbendazim and norflurazon

23.12.2022 | 15:41 (UTC -3)

Inspection

Union studies measures to counter articles in the Autocontrol PL

The entity's Executive Board will evaluate measures to review points such as career outsourcing

21.12.2022 | 08:41 (UTC -3)

Defensive

Bill amending pesticide law is approved by Senate committee

The matter now goes to a vote in the Senate plenary

19.12.2022 | 16:43 (UTC -3)

Defensive

Congress overturns veto and allows presumptive credit to the rural sector

Rejection of vetoes benefits companies that are unable to use presumed PIS and COFINS credit in the import and sale of fertilizers and pesticides

16.12.2022 | 08:24 (UTC -3)

Defensive

Chamber Committee approves disclosure of profits from pesticide sales

Proposal will be submitted to the Constitution, Justice and Citizenship Commission (CCJ) and the Plenary

16.12.2022 | 08:02 (UTC -3)

Defensive

EPA works to reduce exposure to chlorpyrifos

The insecticide is also used for non-food related uses, which are not affected by these actions.

14.12.2022 | 15:32 (UTC -3)

Defensive

CCJ approves regulation of the production of agricultural bioinputs

The approved text requires the registration, with the Ministry of Agriculture, of establishments that produce or import bio-inputs for commercial purposes

08.12.2022 | 14:36 (UTC -3)

Farmers have new pesticide alternatives

These are products that will effectively be available for use by farmers; of these, 22 are products considered low impact

07.12.2022 | 14:01 (UTC -3)

Defensive: Gurgacz confirms postponement of vote on bill

There is now no confirmed date for the resumption of voting in the Senate Agriculture Committee

30.11.2022 | 09:14 (UTC -3)

Anvisa excludes 70 monographs of active pesticide ingredients

Measure results from a systematic evaluation regarding pesticides that are authorized for use in Brazil

27.11.2022 | 14:15 (UTC -3)

Packaging

Sustainable program supported by Sumitomo Chemical breaks record in the collection of empty packaging

53,6 thousand tons of pesticide packaging were properly disposed of in 2021, an increase of 7% compared to the previous year

17.11.2022 | 15:21 (UTC -3)

Defensive

Regulation published for tax on phytosanitary products

Normative Instruction 13/2022 takes effect from December 1st

08.11.2022 | 12:08 (UTC -3)