Fertilizer prices remain high but crop protection prices have been falling as more and more products come off patent, an industry official says.
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Major farm chemicals are off patent
Prices for crop protection products are dropping as chemicals’ patents expire and generics proliferate
Conservative MP introduces bill to speed approvals of seeds, fertilizers
Bill aims to improve access to products already approved in trusted countries
Bill C-273, the Facilitating Agricultural Regulatory Modernization Act, would allow provisional approvals for new farm products like fertilizer and seed if they are already approved in trusted jurisdictions.
Symphony Nozzle system breathes new life into older sprayers
Precision Planting’s build-on system, featuring five-nozzle pulse-width modulation (PWM), provides precise droplet, speed and pressure control
Precision Planting’s Symphony system provides cost-effective pulse width modulation, nozzle control, real-time savings and yield increases for growers — without new machinery.
U.S. government investigates high input costs
Farmers tell U.S. senators that the lack of competition is leading to behavior that would otherwise not be possible
The USDA and DOJ are investigating high input costs, but nothing is happening in Canada.