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draft assessment reports (DARs)<br />

have been PEOPLE set ASIA ASIA/AUSTRALASIA for NEWS four more ROUND-UP <strong>new</strong> NEWS active IN ingredients. BRIEF EU member<br />

states have until AMERICAS April 2nd NEWS to IN comment BRIEF on: Bayer CropScience’s<br />

herbicide, tembotrione;<br />

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EUROPE NEWS Kureha’s IN BRIEF fungicide, ipconazole;<br />

Biological Crop ASIA/AUSTRALASIA Protection’s insecticide/acaricide, NEWS IN BRIEF<br />

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ASIA/AFRICA NEWS ROUND-UP maltodextrin;<br />

<strong>and</strong> DuPont’s insecticide, chlorantraniliprole. The DARs were<br />

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circulated at ASIA/AUSTRALASIA the beginning of this NEWS month. IN BRIEF<br />

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The <strong>ais</strong> join MEETING 16 others, for which deadlines have been set in<br />

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recent months PEOPLE NEWS IN BRIEF<br />

in a bid to speed up the registration process<br />

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(<strong>Agrow</strong> No 630,<br />

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COMPANIES p 7). They<br />

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PEOPLE COMPANIES years, NEWS mainly IN due BRIEF to the time needed to<br />

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in BRIEF 2006 IN BRIEF for tembotrione, in<br />

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2007 for chlorantraniliprole, <strong>and</strong> in 2008 for ipconazole <strong>and</strong><br />

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maltodextrin. PRODUCTS Three-year NEWS national IN BRIEF provisional approvals have<br />

already had to MEETING<br />

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be extended for tembotrione, ipconazole <strong>and</strong><br />

chlorantraniliprole.<br />

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n EFSA seeks views on tests for agchem dietary risks<br />

AMERICAS AMERICAS MEETING<br />

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The European Food Safety Authority<br />

BRIEF<br />

(EFSA) has opened a<br />

ASIA NEWS AMERICAS IN BRIEF<br />

second consultation on NEWS draft IN guidance BRIEF on methods to assess<br />

AMERICAS NEWS IN BRIEF<br />

dietary exposure to pesticide residues. The document considers<br />

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EUROPE<br />

COMPANIES<br />

NEWS<br />

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IN BRIEF<br />

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PRODUCTS NEWS AGROW IN BRIEF | | No No 633 564 | | February March 27th 8th 2012 2009<br />

EUROPE COMPANIES NEWS NEWS IN BRIEF IN BRIEF<br />

PRODUCTS NEWS IN BRIEF<br />

AMERICAS EUROPE COMPANIES NEWS NEWS NEWS IN IN BRIEF IN BRIEF BRIEF<br />

Denmark COMPANIES to impose NEWS IN BRIEF <strong>new</strong> tax on<br />

PRODUCTS NEWS IN BRIEF<br />

pesticides AGBIOTECH/RESEARCH AMERICAS EUROPE Products<br />

NEWS NEWS IN IN BRIEF BRIEF NEWS IN BRIEF<br />

Denmark is PRODUCTS considering NEWS the IN introduction BRIEF<br />

PRODUCTS NEWS IN BRIEF of a <strong>new</strong> pesticide<br />

ASIA ASIA/AUSTRALASIA NEWS IN BRIEFNEWS<br />

IN BRIEF<br />

tax on farmers AMERICAS to “encourage” NEWS IN BRIEF them to use fewer <strong>and</strong><br />

less harmful EUROPE pesticides. NEWS The IN BRIEF<br />

COMPANIES NEWS Ministry IN BRIEF of Environment<br />

has prepared ASIA/AUSTRALASIA/WORLD ASIA/AUSTRALASIA the proposal with NEWS the IN intention NEWS BRIEFIN<br />

BRIEF of cutting<br />

applications AMERICAS<br />

EUROPE by a third. NEWS<br />

NEWS The IN<br />

IN<br />

BRIEF “intelligent” BRIEF tax would make<br />

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the most harmful ASIA/AUSTRALASIA PEOPLE<br />

ASIA/AUSTRALASIA<br />

pesticides NEWS<br />

the most IN ROUND-UP BRIEF expensive, <strong>and</strong><br />

the least harmful PRODUCTS ones NEWS the cheapest. IN BRIEF Some insecticides<br />

could increase<br />

AMERICAS<br />

in cost<br />

NEWS<br />

from<br />

IN<br />

DKK ©Informa BRIEFUK<br />

Ltd 2009<br />

PEOPLE<br />

60 ($10) per ha to DKK<br />

400 ($70) ASIA ASIA/AUSTRALASIA per ha, NEWS while ROUND-UP other NEWS “environmentally IN BRIEF friendly”<br />

technologies AMERICAS would become NEWS IN cheaper. ©Informa BRIEFUK<br />

Ltd The 2009country’s<br />

food<br />

economics<br />

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institute EUROPE NEWS has calculated IN BRIEF the business impact<br />

of the tax, estimating ASIA/AFRICA ASIA/AUSTRALASIA the NEWS additional NEWS ROUND-UP IN costs BRIEFfor<br />

individual<br />

©Informa UK Ltd 2009<br />

holdings would be “limited”.<br />

PEOPLE MEETING<br />

A fact sheet ASIA/AUSTRALASIA published by the NEWS Ministry IN BRIEF<br />

www.agrow.com AFRICA ASIA/AUSTRALASIA NEWS IN BRIEF NEWS IN BRIEF provides estimates<br />

of the impact MEETING of the tax on various ©Informa UK kinds Ltd 2009 of farmers. The<br />

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calculations PEOPLE NEWS IN BRIEF<br />

have a proviso in the assumption that farmers<br />

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would “change<br />

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their behaviour”<br />

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<strong>and</strong> BRIEF choose the least<br />

©Informa UK Ltd 2009<br />

burdensome<br />

MEETING<br />

PEOPLE COMPANIES pesticides. NEWS For a IN typical BRIEFpotato<br />

grower, the costs<br />

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would likely COMPANIES increase by NEWS DKK IN 140 BRIEF ($24) per ha. In the case<br />

of high-value ASIA/AFRICA PRODUCTS ASIA/AUSTRALASIA<br />

PRODUCTS crops, cost NEWS NEWS per IN ha ©Informa NEWS IN BRIEF<br />

for BRIEF IN farmers UK Ltd BRIEF 2009 of blackcurrants<br />

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would grow by DKK 1,000 ($174) to DKK 8,000 ($1,392)<br />

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per ha, while PRODUCTS that for strawberries NEWS IN BRIEF <strong>and</strong> apples would decrease<br />

by DKK 2,000 MEETING<br />

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($348) to DKK 11,000 ($1,916) per ha <strong>and</strong><br />

DKK 17,000 EUROPE ($2,961) per ha, respectively.<br />

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techniques<br />

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estimates<br />

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to be made for<br />

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multiple consumers. The currently used IN BRIEF deterministic methods<br />

are simpler, but ASIA/AUSTRALASIA only estimate exposure NEWS IN for BRIEF one consumer. The<br />

EFSA has been ASIA/AUSTRALASIA working to improve NEWS the IN draft BRIEF over the last year,<br />

after respondents PRODUCTS to the NEWS first consultation IN BRIEF in 2010 called for<br />

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n Monsanto not to sell GM seed in France<br />

AMERICAS MEETING<br />

AMERICAS NEWS<br />

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IN BRIEF<br />

Monsanto has declared that it does<br />

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not intend to market<br />

more practical PEOPLE PEOPLE<br />

PEOPLE<br />

<strong>and</strong> prescriptive guidance (<strong>Agrow</strong> No 605, p 9).<br />

Comments are requested by March 7th. The document is on the<br />

PEOPLE ©Informa UK Ltd 2009<br />

EFSA’s website PEOPLE at: http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/consultations/<br />

call/120125.htm. EUROPE NEWS IN BRIEF<br />

genetically modified AMERICAS insect-resistant NEWS IN BRIEFMON810<br />

maize seed<br />

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in France so long as the country does not have a regulatory<br />

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approach based<br />

ASIA/AUSTRALASIA COMPANIES<br />

on science,<br />

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reports<br />

IN NEWS<br />

ASIA/AUSTRALASIA NEWS BRIEF<br />

French<br />

IN<br />

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<strong>new</strong>swire Agrisalon.<br />

It will, however, continue to offer non-GM IN BRIEF seed to French<br />

n Spanish MEETING MEETING<br />

MEETING winter cereal area to inch higher<br />

www.agrow.com 1<br />

Early official MEETING estimates show Spanish small-grain cereal farmers<br />

planting a similar<br />

MEETING<br />

area to last year’s winter cereal acreage. The<br />

area is to rise AMERICAS by 0.6% NEWS on a like-for-like IN BRIEF basis compared with<br />

www.agrow.com www.agrow.com 2011. The area for all wheat is expected to rise by 2% to just<br />

www.agrow.com over 2 million ha. That includes the soft wheat area dipping by<br />

www.agrow.com 1% to just under 1.6 million ha, while the durum wheat acreage<br />

is to climb by ASIA/AUSTRALASIA almost 15% to some NEWS 437,100 IN BRIEFha.<br />

The “very<br />

farmers. France ASIA/AUSTRALASIA banned cultivation NEWS of IN MON810 BRIEF in 2008 (<strong>Agrow</strong><br />

No 535, p 11). ASIA/AUSTRALASIA But last November, NEWS the IN French BRIEF council of<br />

state, the Conseil PRODUCTS d’État, NEWS cancelled IN BRIEF the order of the Minister of<br />

Agriculture <strong>and</strong> PEOPLE<br />

PEOPLE<br />

Fisheries (<strong>Agrow</strong> No 630, p 11). The Minister<br />

of Ecology has reportedly cautioned farmers against buying<br />

PEOPLE<br />

©Informa<br />

©Informa<br />

UK<br />

©Informa<br />

UK<br />

Ltd<br />

UK<br />

Ltd<br />

2009<br />

seed of the GM PEOPLE line as the country is going Ltd<br />

2009<br />

2009 to re-impose a ban<br />

soon. Meanwhile, EUROPE a group NEWS of IN activists BRIEF entered a Monsanto site<br />

©Informa UK Ltd 2009<br />

near Carcassonne in France’s Aude ©Informa region UK Ltd 2009 <strong>and</strong> emptied bags<br />

MEETING<br />

containing MON810 MEETING MEETINGseed.<br />

preliminary” figures predict a 2% dip in the oat area to 479,800<br />

ha, <strong>and</strong> rises of 1% for rye (150,600 ha) <strong>and</strong> over 2% for<br />

triticale (102,400 ha). The figures for barley only compare sixrow<br />

barley, with the area falling by 3.2%. The total barley area<br />

PEOPLE<br />

for last year was expected to have reached almost 2.9 million ha<br />

(<strong>Agrow</strong> No 615, p 14).<br />

MEETING<br />

n Portuguese MEETING agchem <strong>sales</strong> up 7% in 2011<br />

The Portuguese AMERICAS agrochemical NEWS IN market BRIEFrose<br />

by 6.6% in 2011<br />

www.agrow.com<br />

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to some €130.6 million ($166.9 million at the current rate),<br />

www.agrow.com<br />

according to official estimates from Statistics Portugal. That<br />

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would include a 5% increase in volumes <strong>and</strong> 1.6% higher<br />

prices. The national ASIA/AUSTRALASIA agrochemical NEWS association, IN BRIEF the Anipla, has<br />

Visit <strong>Agrow</strong>’s website at<br />

MEETING<br />

www.agrow.com<br />

yet to issue its market estimate. It reported almost €119 million<br />

($152 million) in <strong>sales</strong> for 2010 among its members (<strong>Agrow</strong> No<br />

611, p 14).<br />

www.agrow.com ©Informa UK Ltd 2009<br />

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www.agrow.com 12 www.agrow.com ©Informa UK Ltd 2009 ©Informa UK Ltd 2012

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