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Sencor crop protection products now available from SipCam Agro Canada

By Alexis Kienlen March 9, 2026

Sipcam Agro announced a new commercial agreement that gives the company the exclusive rights to sell and distribute Sencor 75 DF and Sencor 480 F herbicides in Canada. The transition was completed in partnership with Sumitomo Corporation, who acquired Sencor from Bayer in 24 countries including Canada.

Kochia is among the herbicide-resistant weeds FMC Canada’s 2026 crop protection lineup aims to control. File photo

Crops

FMC Canada unveils 2026 crop protection roster

By Jeff Melchior January 16, 2026

FMC Canada’s crop protection lineup for 2026 will include four products marketed for control of kochia.

Giorgos Zeikos, apple farmer and president of the Agia apple producers’ cooperative checks the fruits at an apple orchard in the village of Agia, in Thessaly, Greece, June 12, 2025. Photo: Reuters/Alexandros Avramidis

Europe’s illegal pesticide trade surges as farmers cut costs

At least 14 per cent of pesticides used on EU fields today are illegal

By Karolina Tagaris, Reuters July 10, 2025

As the cost of spraying crops with pesticides becomes increasingly expensive, farmers in Greece's agricultural heartland have turned to a cheaper alternative: liquids in unlabeled plastic bottles smuggled over land and sea.

Crops, Reuters

Cash-strapped US farmers switch to generic crop chemicals, in blow to big manufacturers

By Heather Schlitz, P.J. Huffstutter, Reuters November 14, 2024

U.S. farmers struggling with slumping incomes and depressed grain prices have been switching to cheaper generic pesticides and fungicides as they plan for spring planting next year, which market analysts said could hit the bottom lines of agrichemical companies like Bayer.

News, Spring Wheat

Herbicide approved for industrial use by drone

By Mary MacArthur July 17, 2024

Canada’s Pest Management Review Agency approved Garlon XRT herbicide, the first industrial vegetation product with drone application on the label.

Bayer’s Ashley Smith says Huskie PRE “fills that critical gap” for cereal growers trying to control resistant weeds in the West.

Cereals, Crops

Bayer offers up new herbicide combo to dog resistant weeds early

By Dave Bedard July 16, 2024

Bayer launches Huskie, a new herbicide blend.

Crops, General

Pesticides under fire in U.S.

Recent court decisions have threatened farmers' abilities to use some herbicides

By Sean Pratt, GFM Network News March 15, 2024

Pesticides are increasingly under attack in the United States and that is keeping farm leaders awake at night.

General, Reuters

US allows farmers to use existing supplies of dicamba weedkillers

An Arizona court decision vacated the EPA's registration of dicamba-based herbicides

By Reuters, Tom Polansek, GFM Network News February 14, 2024

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Wednesday that farmers can use some existing supplies of herbicides based on the chemical dicamba, despite a federal court ruling last week that halted sprayings.

(FMC Corp. video screengrab via YouTube)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Ag chem maker FMC looks to sell non-core assets

By Reuters, GFM Network News November 18, 2023

Reuters — Crop protection products maker FMC Corp. has launched a strategic review of its non-core assets, including a potential sale of its non-crop business. A slowdown in demand for herbicide and pesticides as well as excess inventories had resulted in large destocking in South America, denting the U.S.-based company’s earnings for much of the […] Read more

Dirk Vandenhirtz, CEO and founder, left, and Darrell Bailey, North American business development lead with Crop.zone. Photo: John Greig

Machinery

Agritechnica update: Give a big shock to weeds

By Glacier FarmMedia, GFM Network News November 15, 2023

Farmers are being pushed to find an alternative to desiccants to burn down crops, as companies are increasingly leery of herbicides approved close to harvest. People have been shocking weeds with electricity for 100 years, but the return on the electricity invested and the technology required to do so safely haven’t always worked. Crop.zone is […] Read more

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Sencor crop protection products now available from SipCam Agro Canada

FMC Canada unveils 2026 crop protection roster

Europe’s illegal pesticide trade surges as farmers cut costs

Cash-strapped US farmers switch to generic crop chemicals, in blow to big manufacturers

Herbicide approved for industrial use by drone

Bayer offers up new herbicide combo to dog resistant weeds early

Pesticides under fire in U.S.

US allows farmers to use existing supplies of dicamba weedkillers

Ag chem maker FMC looks to sell non-core assets

Agritechnica update: Give a big shock to weeds

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