Sustainability News

  1. ADAMA Secures First EU Registration For Innovative Ferrabait® Molluscicide 9/9/2026

    ADAMA Ltd., a leading global crop protection company, announced that Ferrabait®, its innovative molluscicide based on the novel Feralla® active ingredient, has received its first product registration in the European Union.

  2. Corteva, Globachem Enter Into Definitive Agreement To Form A Joint Venture To Advance Development, Commercialization Of New Formulated Crop Protection Solutions 9/9/2026

    Corteva (NYSE: CTVA), a global leader in seed and crop protection technology, and Globachem N.V., a private company based in Belgium specializing in developing and globally marketing a wide range of crop protection products, today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement to launch a 50/50 joint venture (JV) to support the development and delivery of new, differentiated crop protection solutions to meet evolving needs of farmers in Europe and the Americas.

  3. Locus Agriculture's Unpac® Tackles Soil Compaction To Support Stronger Crop Performance 9/9/2026

    Locus Agriculture is expanding the use of Unpac®, its glycolipid-based soil conditioner, across row and specialty crop production systems where soil compaction and restricted water movement can limit root development and crop performance.

  4. BASF Agricultural Solutions And IRRI Extend Partnership To Further Advance Sustainable Rice Cultivation 9/9/2026

    BASF Agricultural Solutions and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) have extended their scientific collaboration named “Optimizing Management for Reduction of Greenhouse Gases in Rice” (“OPTIMA Rice”) to further advance sustainable rice cultivation, targeting reductions of methane and other greenhouse gases.

  5. Morocco's New Durum Wheat Varieties Developed For A Drier Climate 9/6/2026

    After years of drought pushed durum wheat out of parts of Morocco, ICARDA, Morocco’s National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), farmers and the Crop Trust are working together to bring the crop back with new varieties bred for a hotter, drier and more unpredictable climate.

  6. DA Studies China Smart Farms To Modernize Agriculture 9/3/2026

    The Department of Agriculture is studying China’s smart farming technologies as the Philippines looks for ways to modernize production, improve farm productivity, and leapfrog technological gaps.

  7. ZenaTech's ZenaDrone Advances Precision Agriculture Solutions With Initial Prototype And Start Of Testing Of IQ Octo Designed For Autonomous Drone-Based Spraying And Seeding 9/3/2026

    ZenaTech, Inc. (Nasdaq: ZENA) (FSE: 49Q) (BMV: ZENA) (“ZenaTech”), a technology solution provider specializing in AI (Artificial Intelligence) drone, Drone as a Service (DaaS), enterprise SaaS, and Quantum Computing solutions, announces that its ZenaDrone subsidiary has completed an initial Version 1 prototype of the IQ Octo, its new autonomous drone purpose-built for precision spraying and seeding via Drone as a Service.

  8. Beneficial Bacteria To Protect Tomatoes And Promote Their Growth 9/3/2026

    Reducing the use of chemical inputs while protecting crops against disease is one of the major challenges of modern agriculture.

  9. CWRC And CBRC Join Forces To Transform Wheat And Barley Breeding 9/3/2026

    The Canadian Wheat Research Coalition (CWRC) and Canadian Barley Research Coalition (CBRC) have entered a formal, strategic partnership to transform the Canadian wheat and barley breeding system.

  10. Giving Farmers A More Sustainable Way To Protect Crops 9/3/2026

    Each year, farmers around the world spend $80B on pesticides for their crops. Those pesticides impact not only harmful insects but also bees and beneficial bacteria in the soil.