Biologicals

Actinovate can be used to protect crops against diseases including downy mildew, fusarium, phytophthora and many more. Actinovate becomes active in the soil when the temperature is above 45 F.
“This is an efficiency play. It’s a better way of doing it. It’s the future of Meristem,” says Peter Rousonelos, VP Business Development at Meristem.
GreenSolutions biological product portfolio supports North American growers
Accolade contains Azospirillum brasilense – which the company says is a well-studied, free-living, nitrogen-fixing bacteria.
The products are being introduced for the first time in the Midwest row crop market for 2023.
AmpliFYR is being launched for spring 2023 use in corn, soybeans, wheat, and other row crops.
“Biologicals are gaining momentum on a daily basis,” says Mike Allan with Certis Biologicals.
SOURCE has seen rapid adoption since its launch in 2020, with 4.3x growth in 2022 and use on more than one million U.S. acres.
The five product leads ready for partnering from the BioConsortia nematicide pipeline are each based on single-strain, spore-forming beneficial bacteria.
With operations and sales in more than 60 countries and 2022 forecasted revenues of more than $400 million, Stoller provides immediate scale and profitability, Corteva said in a company press release.
Marketed as the all-in-one biological planter box solution, BioWake is a seed lubricant delivering both enhanced seed flow and nutrient uptake It is available for the 2023 growing season.
Indigo boasts biotrinsic x19 has three modes of action to help protect against disease.
Matt Brincks’ average yields have climbed 30 bushels in corn and 12 bushels in soybeans, while his nitrogen fertilizer use has dipped by half, along with a two-thirds drop in phosphorus and potassium.
Partnership will bolster AMVAC’s growing GreenSolutions biological portfolio; NewLeaf Symbiotics set to gain wider market access
Bayer has announced the company has closed its previously announced transaction with Ginkgo Bioworks to begin a multiyear strategic partnership to accelerate research and development of ag biological products.
With even more extensive testing in Arkansas and Tennessee this past year, the company says they are finding a sweet spot for product performance particularly in the mid-south.
NewLeaf’s line of Terrasym biological products for corn and soybean include state regulated products that consistently provide enhanced nutrient uptake throughout the growing season.
10 things top executives had to say about their vision for Corteva in the near future.
The acquisition includes Symborg’s portfolio of microbiological technologies, its biocontrol pipeline and employees with technical knowledge and expertise.
In a partnership announced in mid-June, Helm Agro will provide marketing, distribution and technical support for Alltech Crop Science’s biological products.
The company has seven commercially available products, which were used on more than 2 million acres of U.S. farmland in 2022.
First commercial sales of the FMC pheromone products will be launched as early as 2024. BioPhero has five products in its pipeline with launch dates in the next five years.
As Rob Gibson, Certis Biologicals Global Portfolio Manager, says this partnership brings together the individual strengths, and the companies hope to have product approved in the market by September 2024.
Field trials are currently underway that will test combinations of Certis Biologicals’ innovative biofungicide active ingredient with new Novozymes actives recently registered for use in the marketplace.
This addition marks new commercial partnering and product launch focus for the R&D company
Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists have tested a technology to make temporary genetic modifications in mosquitoes that may reduce risks associated with invasive genetic elements.
Here is a guide to the products available in the corn and soybean markets.
Bayer announced it will close the joint venture created between Leaps by Bayer and Ginkgo Bioworks in 2017. And moving forward, Ginkgo Bioworks will become a multi-year microbial strategic partner with Bayer.
This one-on-one with a leader in the biologicals industry details what’s next for this growing market.
A non-selective contact herbicide, Harpe targets multiple sites of action including plant cell and organelle membranes. The products have multiple modes of action.
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