BASF signs agreement to acquire additional seeds and crop protection businesses and assets from Bayer.
- Closer insecticide has received PMRA approval for control of woolly apple aphid.
- Montreal’s local start-up, Motorleaf, will use a $2.85M investment to further develop the company’s machine-learning algorithms and environmental grow sensors that predict the yield of crops for greenhouse vegetable production.
- A University of Vermont researcher is conducting a Swede midge survey.
- Closer insecticide receives new label registration for control of Campylomma (mullein bug). It’s another tool to use in rotation of crop protection products in apple orchards.