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E-commerce, IT, R&D

BASF Digital Farming and Pessl Instruments expect the pest recognition and monitoring service for grapes and pome fruit will be available from 2022. 

  BASF Digital Farming and Pessl Instruments have signed an agreement to collaborate globally on R&D activities to improve pest management in fruits and vegetables and thus boost the production.

The collaboration will pair the unique hardware and software capabilities of Pessl, specifically its automatized iSCOUT® pest trap, with the image recognition and analysis of BASF Digital Farming’s market-leading xarvio™ SCOUTING app. By combining the experience, precision data and advanced digital expertise offered by both companies in pest management, famers for the first time will get near real-time, field level observations to further optimize crop production.

The first project of the collaboration focusses on the development of comprehensive pest monitoring and modelling for grapes and pome fruits, specifically apples, targeting the activities of the grape berry moth and codling moth. This project began in early May 2021 and aims to create a fully automated pest recognition and monitoring service, which will initially be linked to xarvio SCOUTING in Argentina, Brazil, Europe and India.

The second planned joint activity will look extensively at the row crops of soybean, cotton and corn. It will focus on the observation and modelling of stink bugs, corn earworm and fall armyworm.

“One of the biggest challenges in fruit and vegetable production is getting timely field level pest monitoring data that can accurately identify the damaging or treatable stage within a pest life cycle,” says Bjoern Kiepe, Head of Agronomy xarvio, BASF Digital Farming. “By connecting xarvio SCOUTING’s image recognition and analysis with Pessl’s automatized iSCOUT pest trap we can solve this problem together. Precision farming helps ensure the more efficient use of crop protection applications, which is good for farmers, sustainability and biodiversity.”

“With monitoring pests, we aim to not just note the type of insects and the number of plants infected, but to help prevent the damage occurring in the first place. Precision farming equipment, backed with artificial intelligence, enables a more detailed focus on in-field stresses and supports better decision making. With the fully autonomous solar powered insect trap iSCOUT we can monitor the pest risk 24/7, process this data and send it in near real time to xarvio SCOUTING for image recognition. This provides farmers with a stepping-stone to improved insect monitoring and better control anytime, anywhere,” concludes Gottfried Pessl, founder and CEO of Pessl Instruments.

 

BASF Digital Farming and Pessl Instruments expect

AgroPolicy, Foodgrains, Oilseeds, Pulses

Estimated production 305.44 MT is higher by 7.94 MT than the production of food grain of 297.50 MT achieved during 2019-20

 The Third Advance Estimates of production of major agricultural crops for 2020-21 have been released by the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare. The total foodgrain production is estimated at 305.44 million tonnes.

The assessment of the production of different crops is based on the data received from States and validated with information available from other sources.

As per the Third Advance Estimates, the estimated production of major crops during 2020-21 is as under:

  • Foodgrains – 305.44 million tonnes.
  • Rice – 121.46 million tonnes.
  • Wheat – 108.75 million tonnes.
  • Nutri/Coarse Cereals – 49.66 million tonnes.
  • Maize – 30.24 million tonnes.
  • Pulses – 25.58 million tonnes.
  • Tur – 4.14 million tonnes.
  • Gram – 12.61 million tonnes.
  • Oilseeds– 36.57 million tonnes.
  • Groundnut – 10.12 million tonnes.
  • Soyabean – 13.41 million tonnes
  • Rapeseed and Mustard – 9.99 million tonnes
  • Sugarcane – 392.80 million tonnes
  • Cotton– 36.49 million bales
  • Jute & Mesta– 9.62 million bales

As per Third Advance Estimates for 2020-21, total Foodgrain production in the country is estimated at record 305.44 million tonnes which is higher by 7.94 million tonnes than the production of foodgrain of 297.50 million tonnes achieved during 2019-20.

Total production of Rice during 2020-21 is estimated at record 121.46 million tonnes. It is higher by 9.01 million tonnes than the last five years’ average production of 112.44 million tonnes.

Production of Nutri/Coarse Cereals estimated at 49.66 million tonnes is higher by 1.91 million tonnes than the production of 47.75 million tonnes achieved during 2019-20.

Total Pulses production during 2020-21 is estimated at 25.58 million tonnes which is higher by 3.64 million tonnes than the last five years’ average production of 21.93 million tonnes.

Total Oilseeds production in the country during 2020-21 is estimated at record 36.57 million tonnes which is higher by 3.35 million tonnes than the production of 33.22 million tonnes during 2019-20.

Total production of Sugarcane in the country during 2020-21 is estimated at 392.80 million tonnes.

Production of Cotton is estimated at 36.49 million bales (of 170 kg each) is higher by 4.59 million bales than the average cotton production. 

Estimated production 305.44 MT is higher by

Agrotech, IT, North America

Previously known as SilviaTerra, NCX is a data-driven forest carbon marketplace sourcing high-quality forest carbon credits from American landowners of all sizes.

NCX, a venture-backed climate tech company, announced the creation of the largest forest carbon project (by acreage) in the continental United States. Previously known as SilviaTerra, NCX (Natural Capital Exchange) is a data-driven forest carbon marketplace sourcing high-quality forest carbon credits from American landowners of all sizes.

Microsoft, South Pole, and Shell Environmental Products1 are among the initial participating buyers purchasing carbon credits from NCX, upon listing in the Verra offset registry. Stretching across an area of 1.17 million acres, NCX’s first project included over 100 landowners across 10 states.

CEO Zack Parisa said, “We’ve combined satellite imagery, forest economics, and cutting-edge statistics to build a data-driven marketplace for landowners of all sizes. NCX identifies forested acres that are likely to be harvested and rewards landowners that keep them growing. It’s a solution that connects landowners with net-zero pioneers to create climate impact with unprecedented scale and transparency.”

“Demand for US offsets is continuing to grow, particularly for nature-based solutions. NCX has found an innovative way to overcome the obstacles that have kept small landowners out of the offset market,” said South Pole’s Michael Malara, Senior Business Development & Account Manager, North America.

Previously known as SilviaTerra, NCX is a

Machinery – Post-harvesting

The scheme would cover approximately 1, 20,000 acres and will benefit around 50,000 farmers in Tamil Nadu.

  TAFE – Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited, a member of the Amalgamations Group, in a continuing effort to support the Government amidst the second wave of the COVID surge, announced its free tractor rental scheme to support small farmers of Tamil Nadu during this critical cropping season. This free tractor rental scheme is in addition to its earlier contribution of oxygen concentrators, procurement of oxygen cylinders and support to the planned mass immunisation program. The total outlay towards all of TAFE’s contributions to COVID relief isRs.15 Crores.

The free tractor rental scheme would cover approximately 1, 20,000 acres and will benefit around 50,000 farmers. It will be available from May 2021 through July2021 across Tamil Nadu. TAFE will offer its 16,500Massey Ferguson and Eicher tractors and 26,800 implements on a “free-of-cost” rental basis to small farmers owning 2 acres or less. Farmers can rent or hire tractors or farm implements using TAFE’sdigital platform on the TN Govt’s Uzhavan app or the toll-free helpline 1800-4200-100.The scheme will be implemented with the support of the Agriculture Department of Tamil Nadu and their district officials.

TAFE’s Chairman and Managing Director – Mallika Srinivasan said, “With the encouragement and support of the Tamil Nadu Government, TAFE is happy to offer free-of-cost rental services to the small and marginal farmers of Tamil Nadu. TAFE will offer its Massey Ferguson and Eicher tractors along with farm implements to support the small and marginal farmers through this critical time and crucial cropping season. We thank the Hon’ble Chief Minister for his focus on farmer welfare and the Hon’ble Agricultural Minister for their support towards the free tractor rental scheme.”

 

 

 

The scheme would cover approximately 1, 20,000

Agro chems – Chemicals, Agro chems – Pesticides, North America

The Company will immediately engage with partners to discuss the future of glyphosate-based products in the US residential market.

Bayer has recently announced a series of actions it plans to implement following the denial of the motion to preliminarily approve the Roundup class settlement agreement, designed to address potential future litigation, by Judge Vince Chhabria of the US District Court for the Northern District of California. The new package of measures, which combine a number of legal and commercial actions, is designed to help the company achieve a level of risk mitigation that is comparable to the previously proposed national class solution.

The five-point plan includes:

  1. Creation and promotion of a new website with scientific studies relevant to Roundup’s safety, and a request that EPA approves the corresponding language on Roundup labels- This will include a reference link to the label for all Roundup products that will take consumers and professional users to a website the company will maintain and promote containing scientific studies relevant to the safety concerns at issue in the litigation.
  2. While the Company will remain in the residential lawn and garden market, it will immediately engage with partners to discuss the future of glyphosate-based products in the US residential market, as the overwhelming majority of claimants in the Roundup litigation allege that they used Roundup Lawn and Garden products.
  3. Future claims settlements and independent science advisory panel- The company will explore alternative solutions aimed at addressing potential future Roundup claims. Any such programs would help bring resolution to potential future claims brought by individuals.
  4. Ongoing efforts to settle existing claims will be reassessed- The company will continue to be open to settlement discussions, as long as claimants are qualified and resolutions can be reached on appropriate terms.
  5. Continuing appeals- While not new actions, the appeals of the Hardemanand Pilliod cases will continue through the legal process and can also help manage future liability risk.

The Company will immediately engage with partners

Agrotech, Finance

Company to accelerate the expansion of its integrated technology platforms that will solve performance and delivery challenges facing the agriculture industry.

 Invaio Sciences, Inc., a Flagship Pioneering company focused on unlocking the potential of the planet’s interdependent natural systems to solve pressing agriculture, nutrition and environmental challenges announced the closing of a Series C financing round totalling $88.9 million. Joining founder and principal backer Flagship Pioneering is Stage 1 Ventures, Bluwave Capital, Alexandria Venture Investments, and others. With this financing, Invaio has raised more than $142 million since its founding in 2018.

 “Our ambition is to build the most impactful and valuable crop health company on the planet,” said Ignacio Martinez, Co-Founder and CEO of Invaio. “The world is changing quickly, and food production practices must adapt to keep pace with evolving consumer demands, changing environmental conditions and increased stress on ecological resources.” 

“This commitment by new and existing investors enables Invaio to accelerate the expansion of our integrated technology platforms that will solve performance and delivery challenges facing the agriculture industry. Our approach to reducing the use of fertilizers and chemicals will revolutionize the industry and guide the production of food to biological practices in less than a decade,” explained Martinez.

Teeming with pioneering technologies, extraordinary talent, and an insurgent mindset, Invaio Sciences has focused research and development in large addressable perennial, row crop and vegetable marketplaces. With this most recent financing, Invaio will continue to delve deep into diverse areas of discovery including tree nutritional health, insect management, vector and disease control, transformative herbicides and fungicides replacements, advanced seed technologies, carbon cycling, and more.

“This is an exciting time to be in agricultural science. Within the next decade, a new playbook for producing food will evolve and take root, and Invaio is at the forefront of this discovery, actively contributing to developing the model for agricultural production of the future,” said Gerardo Ramos, Chief Science Officer, Invaio Sciences.

Already addressing some of the biggest concerns plaguing crop health throughout the planet, Invaio Sciences is gaining a foothold within perennial production. Resources from the Series C capital raise will immediately be used to roll out solutions for problems including HLB in the citrus industry, Xylella in Olive production, and to institute more refined practices in managing vineyards and orchards. Invaio is also advancing a new carbon offering for perennial producers and is working with the USDA to bolster the vitality of beehives through ensuring pollinator health and the longevity of flowering real food trees in the future.

Company to accelerate the expansion of its

Agrotech, Start ups

Funds will drive user base growth, product development and scaling of market linkage capabilities

FarMart, a mobile-based, agritech platform, has raised Rs 17.7 crore or $2.4 million in a pre-series A funding round led by Omidyar Network India and Avaana Capital. Existing investors Indian Angel Network and LetsVenture also participated. The company will focus on product development, user base expansion and scaling its market linkage capabilities.

FarMart, founded by Alekh Sanghera and Mehtab Singh Hans, operates India’s first micro-SaaS led agritech platform. The platform helps agri-retailers serve farmers better by providing them with access to information, market linkages and input. FarMart aims to make the entire value chain – from input to output – streamlined and remunerative. It does this by leveraging technology, the trust of the agri business communities, and optimising under-utilised assets of the retailers.

Retailers can use the platform to digitise their workflow and grow their businesses by offering agri-marketing to farmers. Within nine months of launch, FarMart has onboarded 10,000 retailers and has access to 400,000+ farmers across 15 states in the country. End buyers also use the platform to source the best produce at the right price from farmers directly without involving multiple intermediaries. FarMart, thus coordinates pricing, logistics, quality control and payment via its platform.

“Through our product-first approach, we have been able to create a scalable, trust-based distribution network that helps us gain access to farmers at the first mile. With this funding round, we seek to further our mission to become the largest online platform connecting food businesses with over 10 million farmers through our nationwide retailer network by 2025,” explained Alekh Sanghera, Co-founder and CEO, FarMart

“Over the last year we have made significant strides in developing our platform and growing our trust in the agribusiness community. Madhav Tandan and Shruti Srivastava have both been incredible thought partners to us in our journey and we are honoured to strengthen and formalise our relationship with Omidyar Network India and Avaana Capital. With such valued partners at this early stage, we are well on our way to move the needle in Indian agriculture,” Mehtab Hans, Co-founder, FarMart.

“With its innovative tech-led, merchant-centric and distribution-first model, Farmart has set out on a journey to create an agri platform that helps increase value realisation and income for farmers. They enable better access to markets, aggregate produce using existing infrastructure and are using data at the core of their decision-making. Alekh and Mehtab’s vision of solving for the needs of this massive and underserved market comprising ~1M merchants and ~140M farmers, resonates strongly with our investment thesis for the Next Half Billion and we’re excited to partner with them,” Madhav Tandan, Director, Omidyar Network India.

“Alekh and Mehtab have created a business model that encapsulates our view on how technology can connect various stakeholders to improve realisations for farmers and offerings for buyers, while also building a scalable, defensible, and profitable business model. We are encouraged by the traction of their micro-entrepreneur-led market linkage platform and are confident in the team’s ability and knowledge to take this business to great heights as well as deliver a positive impact to the supply chain for semi-perishable agri produce,” Shruti Srivastava, Principal, Investments, Avaana Capital.

Funds will drive user base growth, product

Agro chems – Chemicals, Finance

For the full financial year 2020-21, Bayer Crop Science witnessed a 3.91 per cent growth in profit to Rs 493.1 crore as against Rs 474.5 crore in 2019-20.   

 

Agrochemical major Bayer Crop Science has reported doubling of its profit to Rs 61.9 crore for the March 2021 quarter. The company’s profit had stood at Rs 31.5 crore during the corresponding quarter of 2019-20, Bayer Crop Science said in a BSE filing.

Its revenue from operations during January-March 2021 jumped 59.95 per cent to Rs 733.7 crore, compared with Rs 458.7 crore in the year-ago period. For the full financial year 2020-21, Bayer Crop Science witnessed a 3.91 per cent growth in profit to Rs 493.1 crore as against Rs 474.5 crore in 2019-20. The firm’s revenue from operations witnessed an 18.06 per cent rise to Rs 4,261.3 crore in 2020-21, compared with Rs 3,609.4 crore a year ago.

In the fourth quarter ended March 2021, the company continued to deliver significant sales growth in crop protection, supported by strong farmer demand for agri-inputs and higher product liquidation.

 Bayer Crop Science Chief Operating Officer (India) Simon Wiebusch said, “This was partly offset by a decline in corn seed volumes from lower commodity prices and acreages. This impacted our portfolio mix for the quarter, negatively impacting our gross margins. Overall, we delivered a robust growth of 35 per cent in profit before exceptional items and tax in the fourth quarter supported by a well-diversified portfolio”.

Elaborating on the full-year results for 2020-21, Wiebusch said, “While the first half of the year witnessed short-term disruption due to COVID-19, the second-half saw the market normalise significantly with an increased demand for agri-inputs.”

He added that the company achieved “excellent growth” in crop protection products driven by a good monsoon, strong portfolio performance and new product launches. “Our strong growth in corn seeds in kharif 2020 was offset by weak corn prices, which in turn affected Rabi and spring corn sowing in key corn-producing markets.”

For the full financial year 2020-21, Bayer

Agro Universities, World

The research is underway to model the risk of plant-pathogen spread and help predict and then prevent outbreaks

Plant diseases don’t stop at national borders and miles of oceans don’t prevent their spread, either. That’s why plant disease surveillance, improved detection systems, and global predictive disease modeling are necessary to mitigate future disease outbreaks and protect the global food supply, according to a team of researchers at the McGill University in Canada, in a new commentary published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

The researchers say the efforts from a wide range of scholars – so-called convergence science – are needed to prevent plant disease pandemics. That means economists, engineers, crop scientists, crop disease specialists, geneticists, geographers, data analysts, statisticians and others working together to protect crops, the farmers growing crops and the people fed by those crops.

The research is underway to model the risk of plant-pathogen spread and help predict and then prevent outbreaks, they report in the paper. Modeling and forecasting disease spread can help mobilize mitigation strategies more precisely to stop pandemics.

Global plant disease outbreaks are increasing in frequency and threaten the global food supply, the researchers say. Mean losses to major food crops such as wheat, rice and maize ranged from 21 per cent to 30 per cent due to plant pests and diseases, according to a paper published in 2019.

The research is underway to model the

Agro chems – Chemicals, Agrotech

Solar geoengineering may be effective in alleviating impacts of global warming on crops

New research from the Harvard John A Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) finds that solar geoengineering may be surprisingly effective in alleviating some of the worst impacts of global warming on crops.

The research, a collaboration with the Norwegian Research Centre and the Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Seoul National University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, is published in Nature Food.

The team looked at three types of solar geoengineering- stratospheric aerosol injection, marine sky brightening, and cirrus cloud thinning- and their impact on the global yield of maize, sugarcane, wheat, rice, soy and cotton in a business-as-usual future where emissions continue at their current levels. The researchers found that all three potential solar geoengineering methods have a strong cooling effect that would benefit crop yields.

Previous research suggested that cooling temperatures brought on by stratospheric aerosol injection may also lead to less rainfall, which could result in yield loss for rainfed crops. But these studies didn’t look at one of the most important ecological factors in crop transpiration and productivity- humidity.

The researchers compared how agricultural productivity is affected by solar geoengineering and emissions reductions. The researchers found that while emissions reductions have strong cooling and humidity benefits, they may have a smaller benefit for crop yields than solar geoengineering because the reduction of CO2 fertilization reduces the productivity of most crops compared with solar geoengineering that achieves the same temperature reduction. The finding highlights the need to combine emissions reductions with other tools, including increasing the use of nitrogen fertilization and changes to land use.

 

Solar geoengineering may be effective in alleviating

AgroPolicy

ICAR-CIBA’s Kovalam Experimental Station, Farmer’s Facilitation Centre and Brackishwater Ornamental Fish Hatchery and Finfish Seed Rearing Unit were inaugurated on May 22, 2021.

The ICAR-Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture (CIBA), Chennai’s three additional infrastructures, viz., ICAR-CIBA’s Kovalam Experimental Station, Farmer’s Facilitation Centre and Brackishwater Ornamental Fish Hatchery and Finfish Seed Rearing Unit were inaugurated on May 22, 2021.

In his address, the Chief Guest, J Jayakanthan, IAS, Commissioner of Fisheries, Department of Fisheries, Government of Tamil Nadu lauded the ICAR-CIBA’s technological contributions and its support for developing aquaculture in Tamil Nadu.

Inaugurating the Farmer’s Facilitation Centre, he highlighted the Institute’s work done for the fish farmers’ societal empowerment and economic development.

Dr KK Vijayan, Director, ICAR-CIBA highlighted the possibilities of the Kovalam Experimental Station having 65 acres of land including potential Brackishwater areas, for the expansion of R&D, harmonising with the Muttukkadu Experimental Station.

Dr Vijayan stressed that the land having the access to estuarine/coastal/oceanic waters makes it ideally suitable for developing the diversified farming systems, brood & nursery banks and fisheries-based livelihood systems.

The Director emphasised that the Farmer’s Facilitation Centre established at the Muttukadu Experimental Station of ICAR-CIBA provides an opportunity to the stakeholders visiting the Institute’s hatcheries, farms, feed mill and other laboratories to stay and have hands-on-experience.

Dr Vijayan also stated that the newly opened Ornamental Hatchery and Finfish Seed Rearing Centre helps in promoting the Brackishwater Ornamental Fishes, with hatchery technology for 5 species of fishes including silver moony (angelfish), spotted scat, silverfish (milkfish), and Etroplus spp finfish hatchery complex.

ICAR-CIBA’s Kovalam Experimental Station, Farmer’s Facilitation Centre

Supply Chain, Transportation

Sonalika has pledged to extend vital support to the ongoing relief efforts at the St Stephen’s Hospital Patients Welfare Society

India’s fastest growing tractor brand, Sonalika Tractors has always been at the forefront in delivering farm prosperity as well as build a healthy society in the country. 

In a bid to support India’s fight against COVID-19, Sonalika has pledged to extend vital support to the ongoing relief efforts at the St Stephen’s Hospital Patients Welfare Society, New Delhi.

The hospital is making every possible effort in supporting the needy COVID-19 patients during the current challenging times and therefore, Sonalika is supporting the hospital to set up a PSA oxygen plant.

Sharing his views on the company’s commitment to support the society, Raman Mittal, Executive Director, Sonalika Tractors, said, “Difficult times demand collaborative and extraordinary efforts from all. There is a pressing need to step up the relief efforts and support the healthcare system to save everyone possible during these challenging times. By setting up a new oxygen plant at the St Stephen’s hospital in New Delhi, we have initiated a revolution and are calling every business family or industrialist to come forward and adopt a hospital in the country. Our dedicated efforts such as setting up oxygen plants at each hospital in India, we can ensure that we don’t have more fatalities due to oxygen shortage.”

 

Sonalika has pledged to extend vital support

Poultry

VAXXITEK HVT + IBD provides life-long immunity against Infectious Bursal Disease and Marek’s Disease 

 

 

Boehringer Ingelheim India has launched its poultry vaccine VAXXITEK HVT+IBD. An innovative recombinant vaccine, VAXXITEK HVT+IBD is a single shot vaccine, ensuring life-long protection for all types of production chickens, namely broiler, layer and breeder.

Designed to build and strengthen a stronger immune foundation in poultry, the vaccine enables better flock health and performance. VAXXITEK HVT+IBD protects against two major immunosuppressive diseases – IBD (Infectious Bursal Disease) and Marek’s Disease, both of which are known to cause significant losses to poultry businesses.

First launched in Brazil, VAXXITEK HVT+IBD is now available in 100 countries worldwide. With over 130 billion birds vaccinated globally, this is the first vector vaccine launched in the avian market. As the flagship poultry product of Boehringer Ingelheim, VAXXITEK HVT + IBD is the largest selling poultry vaccine globally in terms of revenue, contributing close to 26 per cent of sales in the poultry franchise globally. In India, the poultry vaccine market accounts for around $120 million.

Vani Manja, MD, Boehringer Ingelheim India said, “With the introduction of VAXXITEK HVT+IBD, we bring a simplified and effective solution to the Indian poultry market while providing producers with the flexibility and expected protection against two avian diseases in one product. An innovative single-dose recombinant vaccine, VAXXITEK HVT+IBD eliminates the need for any additional field vaccination. With our holistic solutions approach, veterinarians and poultry producers are assured of vaccination process convenience and improved performance of the flock.”

VAXXITEK HVT + IBD provides life-long immunity

Agro chems – Pesticides, Agrotech

The new kit adds to Bionema’s portfolio of products for the agriculture, horticulture, turf amenity and forestry sectors

UK-based biopesticide technology company Bionema has been granted a new patent (UK Patent No. 2581540) that provides this unique tri-component offering ‘in a box’. The pest control kit comprises a number of entomopathogenic nematodes from the Heterorhabditis or Steinernema genera (depending on the target pest), a wetting agent composition (comprising a solvent and a surfactant) and comprehensive instructions for use. The kit provides biological control of immature larval insects which can act as pests to plants, including agricultural, forestry, horticultural, turf and amenities, or home garden use. The new pest control kit aims to provide safe and sustainable insect protection for turf and plants all year round. 

Dr Minshad Ansari, CEO, Bionema said, “The technology associated with this product is both unique and cost-effective. Moreover, it is simple and user-friendly when used as part of this kit. We will always be there to support our customers and provide any advice they need, but this pest control kit is now available for people confident enough to go it alone, and it equips them to get the results they need from these beneficial nematodes.”

The new kit adds to Bionema’s portfolio of products for the agriculture, horticulture, turf amenity and forestry sectors.  

The new kit adds to Bionema’s portfolio