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The T6.180 Methane Power tractor marks a first in the industry

New Holland Agriculture, US has announced the launch of the world’s first production T6 Methane Power tractor on February 8, 2022. The T6.180 Methane Power tractor marks a first in the industry, designed to minimise emissions while maximising the profitability and productivity with unimpeded performance.

The launch is a culmination of a multiyear development project to create and bring to market a tractor line-up that furthers the use of more sustainable fuel sources in US agriculture. From livestock farms to municipalities with roadside mowing crews, T6 Series tractors are the definition of flexibility and versatility.

“The T6.180 Methane Power is the result of New Holland’s pioneering work on the use of alternative fuels through our Clean Energy Leader strategy. It is a significant step forward on the path to decarbonizing agriculture, and it is happening now, as the development of this sustainable tractor has reached its production phase. It is commercially available to our customers beginning this 2022 season,” commented Michael Cornman, Livestock and Dairy Segment Manager for New Holland Agriculture North America.

The T6 Methane Power features an all-new NEF 6.7 liter engine specifically developed for agricultural applications by FPT Industrial and benefits from the company’s 20+ years of experience in natural gas powertrain technology development. To date, FPT Industrial has produced more than 50,000 natural gas engines.

The T6.180 Methane Power tractor marks a

AgroPolicy, Interaction

Acharya Devvrat, Governor of Gujarat underlined the components of the natural farming like use of Bijamrut, Jeevamrut, Ghan Jeevamrut, Mulching and multiple cropping systems

The ICAR-Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Pune, Maharashtra organise Virtual Sensitisation Workshop on “Natural Farming for Healthy Nation for Krishi Vigyan Kendras” on February 10, 2022.

Inaugurating the Workshop, the Chief Guest, Acharya Devvrat, Governor of Gujarat underlined the components of the natural farming like use of Bijamrut, Jeevamrut, Ghan Jeevamrut, Mulching and multiple cropping systems. He stressed that by using these methods, the natural farming can be done without affecting the yield and dependency on the import of agriculture fertilisers and other inputs can be reduced.

Devvrat highlighted the concept and philosophy of the natural farming. He stated that the natural farming helps in reducing the cultivation cost, enhancing the soil fertility and yields and protecting from uncertainties of climate change by adopting agro-ecology based principles.

The Special Guest, Jagdish Vishwakarma Panchal, Minister of State for Cooperation and Cottage Industries, Government of Gujarat underlined the Department’s working towards providing the marketing facilities to the farmers practicing natural farming in the state. He also urged the participants for taking the concept of natural farming at the village level too.

Dr CK Timbadia, Director of Extension Education, Navsari Agriculture University, Navsari, Gujarat outlined the success of forming the natural farming groups and master trainers for orienting the farmers and development functionaries.

Acharya Devvrat, Governor of Gujarat underlined the

Company News, Environment

This expansion increases the Initiative’s footprint to a total of 28 states and 19 crop types

Corteva Agriscience announced recently an expansion of the Corteva Carbon Initiative to 17 new states and 2 new qualifying crop types. This expansion increases the Initiative’s footprint to a total of 28 states and 19 crop types, bringing opportunity to even more US farmers to participate in the fast-developing carbon market.

Newly approved states include: Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont and Virginia.

The Initiative has also expanded its list of eligible crops to include peanuts and sugar beets, two key crops for farmer eligibility in multiple states.

“Farmers need proven solutions to support decision making and improve their bottom line,” shared Casey Onstot, US Commercial Leader for Digital at Corteva. “We continue to expand and improve our carbon offerings with science-backed programs that provide the greatest positive impact for farmers and their advisors.”

The Corteva Carbon Initiative first launched as a pilot program in April 2021 to corn and soybean farmers in Illinois, Indiana and Iowa, then announced its first major expansion in August 2021 through a joint effort with Indigo Ag, whose ongoing investments in science and technology have continued to expand eligibility and improve the process of generating rigorous, registry-issued carbon credits at scale for farmers.

The Initiative’s core focus remains to help farmers produce high quality carbon credits simply and for a fair price, with programmatic and agronomic support from a Corteva Agriscience advisor.

This expansion increases the Initiative's footprint to

Organic, Schemes - NABARD

The new programme christened as ‘JIVA’ has been launched virtually on February 9, 2022

The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has launched an agroecology-based programme JIVA on February 9, 2022, that will promote natural farming under its existing watershed and wadi programmes in 11 states.

In order to stimulate a long-term wider scale transformation of food and agriculture systems in these areas and for ensuring sustainability of interventions made so far, it is proposed to introduce agroecological approaches in Natural Resource Management (NRM) portfolio of NABARD.

The new programme christened as ‘JIVA’ (meaning “a living being or entity imbued with a life force”) has been launched virtually between 3 PM to 4 PM on February 9, 2022. The event will be graced by Dr G R Chintala, Chairman, NABARD. P V S Suryakumar, DMD, NABARD, Dr Rajiv Kumar, Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog, Sanjay Agarwal, Secretary, MoA&FW, Dr S K Chaudhari, DDG (NRM), ICAR, Heads/representatives of GiZ and KfW in the country will be sharing their thoughts.

“We will invest Rs 50,000 per hectare under this programme,” NABARD Chairman G R Chintala said in the virtual launching event.

“While the best practices will be implemented on 200 hectares in each project, these 200 hectares will be a learning and proselytising platform to the whole village,” he added.

The new programme christened as ‘JIVA’

Agrotech

The company plans to impact the lives of 1 crore farmers by 2025 by leveraging its tech infrastructure

Unnati, a FinTech-driven agriculture ecosystem, however, has stayed well ahead in terms of utilising FPOs and robust tech infrastructure to enhance farmers’ lives and revolutionise the agriculture sector. The latest announcements by the government will help further the platform’s work and create a robust Agri ecosystem in India.

Giving farmers access to tech-led business solutions to enhance their economic strengths and market linkages, Unnati empowers them through FPOs, thereby increasing farmers’ overall income. The platform equips FPOs to leverage their collective strengths and bargaining power to access financial and non-financial farm inputs, services, and technologies to optimise transaction costs and tap into high-value markets.

Furthermore, Unnati has envisaged impacting small farmers by directly supporting FPOs through a host of services, including digital payments, banking, output sale, loans, brand promotions, and agri advisory and farm predictions.

Commenting on Unnati’s FPO partnership and the government’s latest policies, Amit Sinha, Co-Founder of Unnati, said, “Unnati has been committed to building a robust ecosystem where farmers can gain easy access to the market, know their inputs and increase the quality of their yield. We have partnered with FPOs to do the same. The latest policies announced by the government will help us take this to the next level and create a robust agriculture ecosystem where farmers can reap the benefits of having access to a technologically sound working system. On the back of the Budget, we will continue to work towards the betterment of farmers’ lives through a digital agri network.”

Unnati plans to partner with 10k+ FPOs which will subsequently impact the lives of 1 crore farmers by the year 2025.

The company plans to impact the lives

Finance

Year-over-year sales grew 25 per cent organically

FMC Corporation has recently reported a record of fourth quarter 2021 results with revenue of $1.41 billion, an increase of 23 per cent versus fourth quarter 2020, driven by strong demand and pricing actions. Excluding the impact of foreign exchange, year-over-year sales grew 25 per cent organically. On a GAAP basis, the company reported earnings of $1.52 per diluted share in the fourth quarter, compared to $0.38 per diluted share in the fourth quarter 2020. Adjusted earnings were $2.16 per diluted share, an increase of 52 per cent versus fourth quarter 2020, and 16 cents above the midpoint of guidance.

“Our financial performance reflects the strength of our synthetic and biological portfolios, a healthy demand environment as well as accelerating price increases. Revenue growth was particularly robust in North America and Latin America,” said Mark Douglas, FMC president and chief executive officer.

Fourth quarter revenue growth was driven by 21 per cent contribution from volume and 4 per cent contribution from price with a 2 per cent currency headwind. FMC achieved higher pricing in all regions, with the highest benefit in the quarter coming from North America and Latin America. 

In Asia, revenue was down 3 per cent compared to fourth quarter 2020, primarily due to weather challenges in several countries, including China. This offset solid growth in Australia and India, as well as broad-based pricing actions in the region.

Year-over-year sales grew 25 per cent organicallyFMC

Oilseeds

The order aims at regulating storage and distribution of edible oils and oilseeds besides, keeping check over hoarding in the country

Centre has chaired a meeting with States/UTs to implement Stock Limit Order of edible oils and oilseeds. The Government of India has notified an order on February 3, 2022, specifying the stock limit quantities on edible oils and oilseeds upto June 30, 2022 with a view to provide impetus to the various steps taken by the Government to cool the prices of edible oil in the country.

The Stock Limit Order empowers the Union Government and all States/UTs to regulate storage and distribution of edible oils and oilseeds. This would also help the Government in checking hoarding of edible oils and oilseeds in the country. A Meeting was held by the Department of Food & Public Distribution on February 8, 2022, with all States/UTs for discussing the implementation plan of the above order dated 3rd February, 2022.

During the meeting it was emphasised that States/UTs authorities may enforce Stock Limit Quantities Order without causing any disruption in the supply chain and also any undue hardship to bonafide trade.

For edible oils, the stock limit specified is 30 quintals for retailers, 500 quintals for wholesalers, 30 quintals for retail outlets of bulk consumers i.e., big chain retailers and shops and 1000 quintals for its depots. Processors of edible oils would be able to stock 90 days of their storage capacities.

For edible oilseeds, the stock limit is 100 quintals for retailers, 2000 quintals for wholesalers. Processors of edible oilseeds would be able to stock 90 days production of edible oils as per daily input production capacity. Exporters and importers have been kept outside the purview of this Order with some caveats.

The order aims at regulating storage and

Agrotech, Interaction

Bayer will present three new bio technologies, crop protection innovations, digital solutions and new business models during the 34th edition of the Rural Coopavel Show

Bayer, a global company focussed on Life sciences has announced that it will present three new biotechnologies, crop protection innovations, digital solutions and new business models during the 34th edition of the Rural Coopavel Show. The event will be the first opportunity to share in person at a fair – since the beginning of the pandemic – the solutions developed to contribute to a more productive and sustainable agriculture, in addition to showing what will be built collaboratively with farmers in the coming years.

According to Fábio Prata, marketing director for Bayer’s clients in Brazil, “One of our missions as an organisation is to support producers to produce more, in the same area and in a more sustainable way. During the Show Rural Coopavel, we will have the opportunity to show up close, albeit with restrictions due to the moment we are going through.”

Between February 7th and 11th, visitors to the event will be able to check out the new digital model that Bayer has developed for its customers through Espaço Bayer, a virtual platform that offers an immersive and fully customised experience based on the needs and peculiarities of the producer. 

“Our priority is to be closer and closer to our customers, regardless of the channel, so that we can understand the producer’s pain and deliver solutions that generate value”, says Bayer’s marketing director. In addition to exploring the benefits of the program, producers will have the opportunity to learn more about exclusive experiences, as well as access services redeemable through their program points, which can be accumulated by purchasing solutions from any of the brands on display.

During the Rural Coopavel Show, visitors will be able to follow this path of digital transformation of the countryside and experience the features of Climate FieldView, Bayer’s digital agriculture platform that already maps more than 22 million hectares in Brazil. 

Bayer will present three new bio technologies,

AgroPolicy, Foodgrains

The minister stated that the planned inter modal terminal at Kalughat, Bihar with Rs 78 crore will provide boost to region’s socio-economic development

Union Minister Piyush Goyal, Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Textiles and Commerce & Industry has said that the Pilot movement of food grains on vessel from Patna (Bihar) to Pandu (Guwahati) will open a new gate to the ‘Gateway of North East’. Addressing virtually on the occasion of “Flagging off of vessel” MV Lal Bahadur Shastri carrying food grains from Patna to Pandu and unveiling of foundation stone for terminal at Kalughat (Bihar) on February 5, 2022.

Piyush Goyal said that this 2,350 km voyage will open a new gate to the ‘Gateway of North East’ (Assam) and ensure seamless waterways connectivity to NE Region through Ganga & Brahmaputra rivers. He said that flagging of the vessel named ‘MV Lal Bahadur Shastri’ reminds me of Shastriji’s slogan “Jai Jawan Jai Kisan”.

The minister stated that the planned intermodal terminal at Kalughat, Bihar with Rs 78 crore will provide boost to region’s socio-economic development and create multiple job opportunities. This will also help decongest the roads of North Bihar and provide an alternative route for transportation of cargo in this area. He further said that this route from Patna can prove to be a viable alternative to the conventional mode of movement of foodgrains & goods for NE region.

The Minister also mentioned that India-Bangladesh friendship is reaching new heights under Prime Minister Narendra Modi & HE Sheikh Hasina. This event is another milestone and a testament to ever-growing friendship between India and Bangladesh, he said. This first food grain movement will be an integrated IWT movement via National Waterway-1 (river Ganga), NW-97 (Sunderbans), Indo-Bangladesh Protocol (IBP) route and NW-2 (river Brahmaputra).

The minister stated that the planned inter

R&D

The MoU is aimed to facilitate a close cooperation in the research and academic activities between both the organisations

The ICAR-Central Citrus Research Institute, Nagpur, Maharashtra signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, Maharashtra for facilitating the Students’ Training and Research on February 4, 2022.

Dr Dilip Ghosh, Director, ICAR-CCRI, Nagpur and Dr VM Bhale, Vice-Chancellor, Dr PDKV, Akola signed the MoU on the behalf of their respective organisations.

The MoU is aimed to facilitate a close cooperation in the research and academic activities between both the organisations and open a new chapter for research and development of the citriculture through the collaboration and linkages.

The MoU is aimed to facilitate a

Agro chems – Chemicals

The manufacturing capacity of the facility is 18,000 MTPA

Best Agrolife Limited (BAL), one of the leading agrochemicals in India, announced the commencement of production at its fully automated formulation facility Seedling India Private Limited. After the successful commissioning of the formulation facility, the production of high-end formulations has started well in time there. The manufacturing capacity of the facility is 18,000 MTPA.

Seedling India Private Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Best Agrolife Limited is a technology-savvy integrated research and development centre located in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh. It will be a one-stop site offering products based on WG, SG, ZC, and EC.

BAL set up this integrated research and development centre to strengthen the farming community. The company will work on in-house developed combinations for effective pest management and crop protection. Equipped with one fully automated WDG plant, one large capacity SC unit, and one modern GR formulation unit, this facility will act as a base for BAL for bringing in more innovative formulations in the form of one-shot solutions for the farming community.  

Set up with an investment of Rs 50 crore, Seedling India is the innovation powerhouse to redefine conventional agriculture models and accelerate the translation of innovative ideas and concepts into sustainable, tangible prototypes and products.

To ensure the security and safety of the products and to accommodate raw materials, packing materials, and finished products separately, this facility also houses 4 fully-equipped warehouses with the best infrastructure.

The manufacturing capacity of the facility is

Agro chems – Chemicals, Company News

Timeline FX ensures flexibility for growers by giving the widest application window of any herbicide for controlling broadleaf and grass weeds for cereal crops

ADAMA Limited, one of the world’s leading crop protection companies, has announced the launch of Timeline FX, the industry’s most advanced cross-spectrum spring foliar herbicide for cereals.

Engineered with three Active Ingredients with complementary modes of action together with a built-in adjuvant, Timeline FX ensures flexibility for growers by giving the widest application window of any herbicide for controlling broadleaf and grass weeds for cereal crops. 

“Farmers shared with us that they were looking for more convenient, effective solutions to control weeds across a range of cereals, and throughout a wide time frame during the busy spring season. We listened and delivered with Timeline FX, which helps save costs, reduces the risk of mistakes during mixing, and delivers powerful performance,” said Rob Williams, SVP ADAMA Europe.

Tests throughout Europe have demonstrated Timeline FX’s consistent control on a wide range of broadleaf weeds and improved management of grassweeds, compared with the competitor standard. There is no herbicide antagonism, so farmers can use other crop protection products in tandem with Timeline FX. 

Timeline FX is registered in Lithuania, Latvia and Sweden for use on wheat crops such as Winter/Spring Wheat, Durum Wheat, Rye, Triticale, and Spelt. Registrations in over 20 additional countries is expected to follow suit with registration label extension for barley crops expected. Ingredients included in Timeline FX are Pinoxaden, Florasulam and Fluroxypyr.

Timeline FX ensures flexibility for growers by

Company News

The company’s total sales rose 0.16 per cent in January 2022 from 3,640 units sold in December 2021

VST Tillers Tractors a manufacturer of agricultural multipurpose power tillers and tractors in India has announced that the tractors’ total sales have jumped 25.50 per cent to 3,646 units in January 2022 from 2,905 units sold in January 2021.

Sequentially, the company’s total sales rose 0.16 per cent in January 2022 from 3,640 units sold in December 2021.

Further, the company’s power tillers sales grew 40.74 per cent to 3,178 units in January 2022 from 2,258 units in January 2021. Total tractor sales stood at 468 units in January 2022, 27.66 per cent lower than 647 units sold in January 2021.

VST Tillers & Tractors’ net profit rose 7.4 per cent to Rs 32.15 crore on a 5.9 per cent surge in net sales to Rs 233.46 crore in Q2 FY22 over Q2 FY21. Shares of the company fell 1.86 per cent to 3,030 on BSE.

The company's total sales rose 0.16 per

Environment

UPL Limited has been recognised for its strong performance in environmental, social and governance risk management

UPL Limited has been included in the S&P Global Sustainability Yearbook 2022 for the second year running in recognition of its strong performance in environmental, social and governance risk management.

The Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA) is issued annually by S&P Global and UPL’s inclusion recognises its achievements in Reimagining Sustainability within the global food industry. The CSA offers insights alongside highlighting opportunities and risks deriving from economic, environmental, and social trends and developments that have an impact on the competitive position of companies in 61 industrial sectors analysed.

Jai Shroff, Global CEO of UPL Ltd, said, “Over the past few years, UPL has made a concerted effort to take a leadership role in reshaping the contribution of world agriculture to a climate positive future. With a focus on Reimagining Sustainability, we are striving to drive innovation to make global food production more sustainable, and more secure. We are proud to be recognised by S&P, but UPL’s leadership position across many of the major sustainability rankings is not only testament to the progress that has been made, but to how

UPL’s continued inclusion in the S&P Global Sustainability Yearbook, follows recent recognition of the company’s strong sustainability performance across other major global indices in 2021: Sustainalytics, one of the world’s most respected ESG indices, ranked UPL as the highest performing top-tier global crop protection company for overall sustainability performance.

To further support its mission to Reimagine Sustainability, UPL announced in December 2021 that it had completed the conversion of a $700 million acquisition loan to a sustainability loan.

UPL Limited has been recognised for its