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Biocontrol, Biostimulants, Controlled Release Fertilizers, Irrigation, Fertigation:

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WILL DATANOMICS MEET AGRONOMICS? The food and agriculture industry must increase production, availability and access to food significantly over the next ten years. Against a backdrop of uneven growth and soft commodity prices, this will require all in the Food & Agri industry to embrace the opportunity provided by data and technology according to Building a Smarter Food System, a report presented by Rabobank at Expo Milano 2015.

The research makes clear this is not achievable through a 'business as usual' approach. Instead, the combination of technology, big data, and more advanced algorithms represents a powerful opportunity to improve outcomes.

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The research identifies technology use in farming, processing, and logistics, where tangible steps are already being made towards creating the industry of the future. Examples include drones: Increasingly used to monitor and boost livestock and crops, and measure pasture and grass growth. However, these are currently a 'work in progress' due to challenges such as real-time decision making and systems reliability. Will we see drones able to apply pesticides economically? Can we learn more about the ins and outs of soil and environment interaction with crop genetics and seeds so that every field is the most productive it can be?

Another example is smart irrigation: GPS, plant and soil sensors providing real-time data to application systems to optimise the delivery of water and fertilisers.

“A game changer is the ability to manage water in the soil and sunlight falling on the plant. If I can manage the water, I can manage the fertility. Great value could come from the ability to precisely apply crop inputs within the root zone during the growing season without disturbing either the roots or the residue. We are growing sunlight factories, remember”, says a grower who recently answered a survey conducted by the Precision Ag Institute. Growers are actually more interested in boosting yields than cost cutting! And the above mentioned technologies are the type of technology these growers see as yield game changers. It’s a big challenge for industry and inventors alike. However, the biggest challenge is to have qualified human resources who can synthesize and aggregate all this so that one day Datanomics meet Agronomics!

Datanomics and IoT (Internet of Things) are coming but agronomy is also back, do not forget this! Watch our initiatives during the last quarter of this year!

This issue of the magazine mainly reports on The 14th New Ag International Conference & Exhibition held in Beijing earlier in April. Attended by more than 700 delegates of 55 countries, it covered as usual a number of technical issues relating to irrigation, fertigation, greenhouse technology, plant nutrition, biocontrol and biostimulants. Our delegates, including a number of the Chinese delegates, also discovered through two keynotes lectures the mechanisms of adoption (and non-adoption!) of new technology by Chinese farmers, as well as the various channels used by Chinese distributors and growers to access information on technology. But most interesting was the mindset during the conference: The old time of foreign companies coming to china mainly to buy cheap raw material is over. And so is the time of Chinese companies only growing by exporting products at discounted prices that were just pale copies of foreign products. Today is the time of sustainably growing the domestic Chinese market by combining talents of Chinese and non-Chinese companies! China wants to go high tech: quality and efficiency!

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Headline News: An exclusive interview with Terje Knutsen, Head of Crop Nutrition, Yara International.

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New products, new technologies, new books.

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Silicon Phosphites: A clear potential for Pest and Disease Control of Trees. By G Percival, from Bartlett Tree Research Laboratory, University of Reading (UK).

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Crop protection and other additives technologies applied to crop nutrition formulatons: Climate change and food security, new specialty fertilizers: Report from the New Ag International conference in Beijing.

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Hortau: The Canadian company specializing in precision management of irrigation systems, attracts attention and investors. An exclusive interview with Jocelyn Boudreau, Founder and CEO.

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Fertigation in closed soilless growing systems and in Chinese Sun Greenhouses; Fertigation of Almonds; Management of Phosphorus in Fertigation: Report from Beijing.

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China: The key figures for irrigation, fertigation, micronutrients, biocontrol and information channels for distributors and growers.

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Best Plant Nutrition Practices, Biostimulants for China: A report from the New Ag International conference in Beijing.

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An interview with

Terje Knutsen, Head of Crop Nutrition, Yara International the nutrients needed for those crops and developed tools and services to help the farmer with optimal application. Now we are embarking on the next phase of our development, which will be all about the farmer. Our aspiration is to be the leading provider of sustainable crop nutrition solutions, supporting farmer profitability through knowledge, quality and productivity.

Terje Knutsen

On the occasion of the IFA conference in Moscow, New Ag International went for an exclusive interview with one of the most important executives in the fertilizer industry.

From the new approach on crop nutrition to specialties and biostimulants, from Precision Ag to distribution agreements all the way to recent acquisitions and strategy going forward, Yara expresses its vision.

You have served as Senior VP and Head of Crop Nutrition (previously “Downstream”) since May 2015. Your previous positions in the company include, among others: President of Yara Asia, Head of Downstream Marketing, Vice President, Head of Yara Specialties. During your almost 30 years with Yara, when and where would you position the milestones in the evolution of the fertilizer industry?

When I started working for Yara in 1987, we were very production orientated and the commercial approach was centered around the physical product. But around 20 years ago we started shifting our focus to specific crop segments and began to develop our crop knowledge. We extended our product portfolio to include all of

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You have recently outlined a direction in your recently developed strategy for crop nutrition at Yara.

Can you highlight the main points of this strategy?

In addition to focusing on the crop we want to put the farmer in the middle of our activity and embark on a farmer-centric strategy. The strategy has four key pillars: The focus is on the farmer and their profitability; we want to be the farmer’s crop nutrition partner.

Secondly, we want to increasingly offer sustainable crop nutrition solutions, incorporating precision farming and other farm management tools. Thirdly, we will continue to invest in providing superior knowledge of crop nutrition.

Knowledge is a key differentiator, as indicated by our tagline ‘Knowledge Grows’. Finally, we are aiming to take a leading position with the number one brand in crop nutrition.

Specialities are not a separate entity in this approach. What made you change your approach since 2001-2005 when you successfully built and headed Yara Specialties?

We have not changed our approach, but rather incorporated our leading position into our total offering. Yara is a leader today in fertigation, we have a leading position in micronutrients, and we have targets for products that

are sometimes referred to as “specialties”. By integrating these products into our cropspecific offering, we can build unique combinations targeting improved farmer profitability. We can then benefit from our scale and find synergies in both intensive and extensive crops.

Under agreements signed in 2001 and renewed in 2008 for the period 2008-2016, SQM has utilized Yara’s distribution chain to sell plant nutrients in markets where Yara’s commercial presence and infrastructure are greater than SQM’s, and Yara utilized SQM’s distribution chain to sell plant nutrients in markets where SQM’s commercial presence and infrastructure are greater than Yara’s.

How is the integrated approach impacting your distribution networks and agreements for specialties with third parties such as SQM and also AKZO for their chelated micronutrients line?

We renewed our agreement with Akzo Nobel in 2015 and are currently in the process of renewing the SQM agreement. The fact that we have continued strong cooperation in respectively 11 and 16 years shows that these partnerships are based on sound logic.

These products are now an integrated part of our crop nutrition approach which makes the mutual benefits to the parties even stronger. We have also developed new partnerships with other companies in different parts of the world allowing us to offer complete and cost-efficient crop nutrition solutions in all parts of the world.

Is Yara planning to enter directly or through acquisitions, the developing

field of biostimulants, which are going to have their dedicated segment in the reshaped 2003/2003 European fertilizer legislation?

We are aiming to improve productivity and quality by combining crop nutrition, water and soil.

Biostimulants is just one of the areas we follow closely in this field.

Yara provides not only crop nutrition, but also solutions and tools for precision farming, in particular Yara N-Sensor and Yara N-Tester that allow farmers to adjust Nitrogen fertilization to the exact needs of plants at every spot on the field.

Can you tell us a bit more about these tools?

Yara is a pioneer in precision farming with the N-Sensor and its calibration. The first prototype was built in 1997 and the commercial launch took place in 2000. Since then we are continuously improving the calibration work and the technical capability of the device, with success. Today around 1.6 Mio ha of land is fertilized using the Yara N-Sensor. The stable growth rate indicates a bright future for this product. We now have N-Sensors in 35 coun-

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tries and we see potential for further growth as we develop new models.

The Variable Rate Application is developing worldwide.

How does it impact your sales volume and does it substantially impact the type of Nitrogen product that is applied by growers using the technology?

The key for Yara is not to sell as much as possible, but to provide optimal solutions for the farmer.

That is what will build trust and strong farmer relationships over time. Farmers are exposed to environmental pressures and regulations and it is important that we help them manage their farm in an optimal and sustainable way.

Yara recommends the nitrate form of nitrogen and we incorporate our nitrate based nitrogen products, the YaraBela range and the N-Sensor in our crop programs and farm management systems.

You have also acquired Zim Plant Technology, a continuous, non-destructive and remote measurement of plant water status in real time via the Internet with a dendrometer. Where do you commercially stand with this technology that was seen at the time of purchase end 2013 as a strategic step for Yara into a new segment of the precision farming business?

The Zim acquisition was a strategic move and we have great expectations in the years to come for this technology. We are now commercializing the technology in olives and in citrus, while the R&D work continues at full speed.

Are you planning to expand your presence in the Precision Ag business or just planning to, for example, sign supply

agreements with drones or satellites-based data sets to measure biomass variability on which the VR Nitrogen Application is mainly based?

Our competence is crop nutrition and to transform readings – whether from sensors, satellite images or drones – into accurate and crop-specific recommendations. We want to be a global leader in precision farming related to crop nutrition and we are presently investing significantly in taking steps toward strengthening our position.

You also provide Megalab, an internet-based, secure system offering interpretation and biometric data services from agricultural analysis. When a sample is entered into the system a comparison is made with the guideline level and an interpretation and recommendation is given.

Is this tool free of charge for qualified users and is it becoming popular?

Megalab has been a great success. Put simply, it removes the guess work and allows us to give very specific advice to the farmer.

The number of samples analyzed is increasing every year at our main laboratory in the UK and in 2015 we surpassed 200,000 samples. The Megalab system is now incorporated into our offering in more and more countries and we

expect to launch Megalab to 1015 new countries in 2016 alone.

But the analysis itself is not necessarily the key. The key is to convert the findings into recommendations that drive farm profitability.

That is what we are focused on.

In December 2015: Yara has signed an agreement to acquire Greenbelt Fertilizers, a leading distributor of fertilizers in Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique for USD 51 million. Has this deal now been completed and what were the main drivers for it. A price of 10 times the EBITDA of Greenbelt could be a big amount to just buy market share down there?

The deal was completed in midApril this year and Greenbelt has now been fully integrated into Yara. The acquisition is an integral part of our strategy for Sub-Saharan Africa, where we focus on three regions: West Africa, East Africa and South Africa. Yara has been in Africa more than 25 years and we expect to continue to grow our presence there. I do not want to enter into any details around the valuation of Greenbelt other than mentioning that the purchase price also includes net working capital of USD 32 million.

We are very happy with the purchase of Greenbelt and look forward to welcoming our new colleagues to Yara.

Earlier in 2014, you made a number of acquisitions in Latin America: Galvani in Brazil and OFD Holding comprising of production facilities in Colombia- notably for compound NPKs and Calcium Nitrate but also of distribution companies in Peru (Misti), Mexico, Costa Rica, Bolivia and Panama. Was this move already a sign that the downstream integration and the reorganization of your portfolio in one basket was going to be the strategy going forward?

In addition to providing an attractive production asset, the OFD acquisition allowed us to expand our footprint in Latin America and therefore accelerate the introduction of our Crop Nutrition concept into more countries. This is a proven model which we also used in other acquisitions, such as Bunge Fertilizers in Brazil. We have managed to rapidly grow our premium products in Brazil, reaching more than 1 million tonnes in 2015. By focusing on key crop segments with a strong product portfolio and a highly competent team we see a lot of potential in Latin America – a continent that has surpassed Europe in volume sold.

In the foreseeable future, do you see any big “revolution”e.g. controlled release technology integrating nanotech, disrupting the existing “law” of manufacturing, distributing and/or applying fertilizers?

No, but we should always watch out for newcomers to the industry.

If we are going to be challenged as an industry, I think that will not happen from inside, but rather from outside the industry.

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Valagro Group Opens its Subsidiary in Shanghai AT THE 14TH EDITION of New Ag International Conference, being held April 6 to 8 in Beijing, China, Valagro, a global leader in the production and commercialization of biostimulants and specialty nutrients, has chosen this opportunity to announce the opening of its Chinese subsidiary.

The new subsidiary of Valagro Group, Valagro (Shanghai) Trading Co., Ltd., is based in Shanghai and will be led by Derek Fang as Country Manager.

"By opening a subsidiary in China, we have taken another step forward in our Far East agricultural market expansion strategy and, more broadly, towards the international establishment of Valagro Group.” Giuseppe Natale, Group CEO, has affirmed,” along with India, China is a strategic market for Valagro: the strong expansion of the Chinese agricultural market is driven by the need to obtain very high yields to meet the soaring population's demand for food".

Among the many speakers from all

around the world speaking at the scheduled conferences, Benoit Genot, Valagro's Global Marketing Director, explained how biostimulants can significantly contribute to productivity in the agricultural sector, combining innovation and sustainability in a market as dynamic as the Far East’s.

"China, and more extensively the Asian market - states Benoit Genot - are showing a rapid and substantial development in cutting-edge technologies and modern farming techniques, with greater attention paid to sustainability. Asian farmers' access to biostimulants amounts to the possibility of obtaining higher yields and better quality, increasing farming efficiency and reducing the environmental impact. Valagro intends to meet these new and growing needs with concrete and constant commitment to research and development, in order to provide highly effective and innovative solutions for a wide selection of crop nutrition requirements”.

Agronutrition: Toward 100 million Euros Turnover AFTER HAVING REACHED a turnover of 55 mio Euros in 2015, Agronutrition has recently launched the second phase of its strategic plan 2016-2020 based on innovation and internationalization. The objective is to reach 100 million turnover in 2020 of which 70% coming from exports (vs 48% in 2015). To achieve such ambitious results the French company, based near Toulouse and a member of the De Sangosse Group, will base growth on its biofertilizer Connectis, as well as on its Solactiv service that consists in re-introducing endogenic microorganisms consortia (azotobacter family) in soils.

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Haifa Opens a CRF Manufacturing Facility in Savannah, Georgia

HAIFA GROUP on May 9th officially commissioned a new stateof-the-art Controlled Release Fertilizer (CRF) plant in Savannah, Georgia, USA. The new production facility is expected to produce 20,000 MTPA of Haifa’s Multicote™ and CoteN™ CRF. Based on Haifa’s proprietary polymer coating technology, the new CRF facility significantly increases the Group’s fertilizer coating capacity, and enables it to effectively serve the North American market. It brings both enhanced production capabilities and the supply chain closer to its business partners. The new facility reflects an investment of over $10 Million, and has the potential to create 20 jobs in the Savannah market. The design and location of the new plant facilitates also offers a future option to increase the production capacity by 50%, to meet growing customer demand.

"Our decision to construct a CRF production facility in Savannah, Georgia is part of our global strategy, aiming to meet a rapidly growing demand for Haifa’s advanced Multicote™ controlled release fertilizers, and to better service our customers in the turf,

horticulture and agriculture industries,” said Mr. Nadav Shachar, CEO Haifa Group. "We are proud to be the only multinational CRF producer with production facilities located in three continents. This significant step reassures the confidence in our long-term growth plans, aiming to expand both presence and offerings to growers worldwide.”

The new plant is made up of three buildings totaling 100,000 square feet. The facility has been purpose built and designed to facilitate Haifa’s unique and proprietary manufacturing process. The facility houses a fully integrated laboratory to maintain the highest real-time quality control, in line with Haifa’s stringent global standards.

The Savannah plant will be supplying North American customers with Haifa’s Controlled Release Fertilizer products. This is accomplished by encapsulating the granules in a polymeric coating using Haifa’s Multicote™ technology. The patented technology optimizes nutrition in a single application, minimizes fertilizer loses by leaching, eliminates contamination of ground water and removes the dependency on irrigation.

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COMPO GmbH sold to Kingenta, COMPO Expert to remain part of Xio Group COMPO EXPERT, producer of special fertilizers and biostimulants for professional use, took notice that there will be a change of ownership at COMPO GmbH, a supplier of branded goods for home and garden consumer use, as announced on April 1st 2016. At the same time, the company wanted to make things clear as there was some confusion when the news was announced by Kingenta Vice President and COO Zhai Jidong on the occasion of the New Ag International conference in Beijing early april.

While having common roots, COMPO EXPERT and COMPO GmbH have been two separate legal entities already as of October,

1st 2012. Both companies remained under the same ownership until May 2015, when COMPO EXPERT was acquired by XIO Group, a global alternative investments firm.

Now, in April 2016, the owner of COMPO GmbH announced to sell the business to Kingenta Ecological Engineering Group. Going forward, both companies will therefore operate separately in its core markets and under separate ownership.

For a transitional period until January 31, 2019, both companies will continue to use the famous COMPO flower logo. While COMPO GmbH as a brand is focusing on consumer markets for home and

garden, COMPO EXPERT as a brand produces and markets special fertilizers and biostimulants for professional use. ln China, the COMPO EXPERT brand is complemented exclusively by the well-established Chinese brand 'Kang Pu'.

COMPO EXPERT will continue to serve its customers in the professional use market by providing high quality products and technical support with full dedication. Rapid progress is being made in establishing COMPO EXPERT's independent presence. ln the last business year, the company generated a revenue growth of around 10 percent. COMPO EXPERT, headquartered in Münster, Germany, is an international company with lo-

cations in Europe, North and South America, Asia and South Africa. It produces and markets special fertilizers and biostimulants for all areas of cultivation. COMPO EXPERT offers a broad range of high-quality, innovative special fertilizers for professional users. Its product range encompasses innovative slow- release fertilizers, special mineral fertilizers, coated fertilizers, nutrient salts, liquid fertilizers, trace nutrients, soil improvers, and plant care products. With this range, COMPO Expert GmbH holds a leading market position in Europe. ln 2015, COMPO EXPERT was acquired by XIO Group, a global alternative investments firm. It currently employs around 500 people.

Organic farming increasing in the EU TODAY, ORGANIC FARMING plays an increasingly bigger role on the world’s agricultural stage. In the

European Union, the use of organic agricultural land has almost doubled in recent years. Austria, the

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Czech Republic and Estonia have the highest proportion of organically farmed land in Europe.

EU citizens are also increasing their demand for organic products. Europe is the second largest market in the world, worth €22.7 billion.

Germans, French and British are the biggest consumers.

Organic farming is often seen as a solution to feeding a growing global population and reducing the environmental impact of agriculture.

Critics, however, suggest that organic yields are on average 20 to 25% lower than those of conventional farms. More land to produce the same amount of food is needed, resulting in more deforestation and biodiversity loss.

The European Commission, the European Parliament, and EU member states are currently discussing how to regulate the organic farming sector. The outcome of the negotiations will be crucial for its future.

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Netafim™ Takes Major Step in Increasing Investment in China NETAFIM INAUGURATED IN MAY its first production plant in China. Israel's Ambassador to China Matan Vilnai, Ningxia Vice Governor Zeng Yichun, and Director of the Ningxia Water Bureau Wu Hongxiang were among those attending the inauguration ceremony.

Located in Yinchuan, capital of the northwest Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (Ningxia), the facility will leverage Netafim's latest patented technology to produce the world's most advanced drip lines along with full irrigation solutions. Underscoring Netafim's greater commitment to China, the new plant will serve the country's fast-growing water-saving irriga-

tion industry; more and more farmers are investing in highquality systems that enhance crop yield and quality, while reducing water, fertilizer and labor costs.

The Chinese market maintains huge potential given that government policies favor agricultural and water-saving irrigation technologies – which are at the core of Netafim's expertise – that aim to meet the population's increasing demand for high-quality food.

Incorporating Netafim's state-ofthe-art technology, the ISO-certified Ningxia plant includes a training center for irrigation design and agronomy, as well as a quality laboratory to ensure that

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its products meet the highest international standards.

With low annual rainfall of 200mm on the one hand, and easy access to the Yellow River on the other, Ningxia is a key target for government investments in water-saving technologies. Reflecting this policy, Ningxia officials visited Netafim in 2014 to discuss its agricultural vision for the region. Based on these discussions and subsequent studies of the region, Netafim built the cutting-edge manufacturing plant in Ningxia, which will serve as the company's initial base for investments in the region and in North West China.

Ningxia is home to a promising

wine industry that is rapidly gaining an international reputation, and has received massive investments in an effort to create a solid base for producing high-quality wines. Given the importance of first-rate and well-managed irrigation and fertigation technology in producing quality wines, together with Netafim's exceedingly high share of the global wine irrigation market, the company's decision to invest in Ningxia is a natural step. Netafim has already collaborated with the US winery Domaine Chandon in building a high-end vineyard in Ningxia, and is partnering with a regional wine producer that serves Chinese embassies worldwide.

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Mastering greenhouse efficiency with robotics IMAGINE TECHNOLOGY that could preemptively find disease in plants, allowing growers to address it proactively. Or sensors that could help irrigate more resourcefully. Or robots that could selectively harvest ripe crops. At Vineland Research and Innovation Centre in Niagara, it seems as though the future is now.

Vineland’s Robotics & Automation team – comprises of 5 PhDs and 6 engineers who work closely with a biology team. It is currently working on a wide spectrum of projects that will improve a number of efficien-

cies in the greenhouse, possibly changing the way we think of greenhouse growing and packaging.

Robotics and automation both entail a variety of projects at Vineland, and though diverse in nature and complexity, they’re all in the name of increasing yield and/or reducing costly resources, thus increasing revenue.

The Manager in charge there, Dr. Avigad, estimates that approximately 10-15% of yield in greenhouse vegetables is lost due to disease, re-

sulting in a large amount of lost revenue. A system to detect disease before it’s too late can help growers proactively increase their yield, by identifying health issues and removing those plants (which also decreases the amount of pesticide needed).

The Vineland team is also working on an irrigation project, using sensors that scan the canopy to monitor when the plants are in stress before they wilt. Once again, robotics are making intelligent ‘decisions’, analyzing data to know when and how

to irrigate – saving money, water and energy.

These innovative solutions are found through a very collaborative process.

Dr. Avigad explains that engineers are invigorated by technology, but don’t have the mind of a biologist, so it’s important they work closely with the biology team, as well as with the growers themselves. “At the end of the day, we’re designing these for the customers… and the growers are helping us to define the problem so we can find the right solution,” shared Dr. Avigad.

Xenemetrix Announces MOU With Netafim for Entry Into the Precision Agriculture Industry EUROCONTROL TECHNICS GROUP INC., a Canadian public company specializing in the acquisition, development and commercialization of innovative authentication, verification and certification technologies, announced that its subsidiary, Xenemetrix Ltd. , has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Netafim, the leading player in drip and micro-irrigation solutions for sustainable agricultural productivity, to develop a unique and innovative testing system utilizing Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence (EDXRF) technology for farmers and the greater farming community.

The solution that will be developed through the collaboration between Netafim and Xenemetrix will be offered as an innovative service to Netafim's farming client base for performing immediate tests of crops, soil and water in the field to replace the traditional method of sending samples to laboratories and waiting days for results. Xenemetrix will leverage its ED-XRFbased spectroscopy expertise to develop a dedicated mobile and compact system for performing atsite (in-field) testing and analysis of

material elements, primarily N, P and K (Nitrogen, Phosphorous and Potassium) in the soil, water and critical parts of the crops, at set intervals.

The MOU also provides for an exclusivity term of two years for the initial commercialization phase to ensure the rapid time-to-market and launch of a mature solution for farmers. A critical added value is the risk avoidance that will be achieved by this highly accelerated testing process that will result in increased sustainability through im-

proved yields and a decrease in waste. The Xenemetrix system will also allow for the collection of measured data and GPS coordinates that will be fed into a cloudbased repository that over time will form a big-data base that can be offered as a service to agro-companies and organizations to enable insights into patterns and trends on as wide a geography as required.

Bruce Rowlands, Chief Executive Officer of Eurocontrol stated, "Precision agriculture is an area we have long seen as a perfect fit for

our ED-XRF mobile technology. We are thrilled to be collaborating with Netafim, a world player in farming innovation, in the development of a mobile testing solution for farmers worldwide in this developing market.

Dr. Yoav Zeif, Vice President, Americas of Netafim added, "Netafim is seeking to give its clients innovative and holistic solutions. Doing the right analysis will ensure the efficient and economical input application. We believe in our moto, 'Grow more with less'."

BRANDT ACQUIRES MAJORITY INTEREST IN UTAH-BASED BAICOR BRANDT HAS ACQUIRED a majority interest in BAICOR, L.C. BAICOR, based in Logan, Utah, USA, manufactures and distributes specialty fertilizers, focusing on liquids for foliar and soil applications.

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search at the forefront of plant nutrition.

Founded in 1989, BAICOR manufactures products for agriculture, greenhouse, turf and lawn & garden growers. The company distributes more than 40 proprietary specialty agriculture inputs under the BAICOR brand, some of them biostimulants based (amino-acids in particular) in addition to exten-

sive private label manufacturing.

BAICOR products are distributed globally.

BAICOR will operate as a BRANDT subsidiary, part of the company’s Specialty Formulations division under the direction of EVP Bill Engel.

BAICOR employees will be retained and BAICOR management will continue to operate the company day-to-day.

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How to turn trash into tomatoes and flowers WASTE-MANAGEMENT company Toyama Kankyo Seibi K.K. (TKS) in Honshu, Japan, is using 21st Century technology to produce tomatoes, strawberries and flowers.

Founded in 1973, TKS collects 300,000 tons of trash from in and around Toyama city on the Japan Sea coast annually and sorts it into three types of waste: recyclable, combustible and non-combustible trash.

Combustible materials are incinerated, while non-combustible waste is transported to an adjacent landfill that will eventually be used as a site for greenhouses.

Incineration takes place in a rotary kiln – picture a long tubular tumbler-clothes-dryer, but instead of drying your washing, it burns trash at 1,000 degrees C for 90 minutes. A secondary incinerator is used to remove toxic substances such as dioxin and nitrogen oxide. By-products from incineration are buried in the landfill.

The heat from the incineration is used to generate electricity via a steam turbine.

TKS decided to use the residual heat from the pressurized steam to create a side business in greenhouse horticulture. The project is part of a government scheme to

help the country become a leader in hothouse horticulture using advanced technology.

TKS currently has 28 greenhouses of different sizes in operation, the largest covering 2,500 square meters. Tomatoes represent the biggest crop, followed by flowers, then strawberries.

In some greenhouses, tomatoes are grown using the Imec soilless technology method. Waterproof sheeting is laid down on the concrete floor of the greenhouse, over which is placed a drip tube that gradually dispenses and spreads liquid nutrients. A felt sheet is laid over the pipe and then comes the all-important hydrogel (water gel) membrane film developed by Imec, which absorbs the water and nutrients through nano-sized holes while blocking out germs and viruses. This is the base upon which the seeds are placed to grow.

The technique reduced consumption of water and fertilizer while accelerating sugar synthesis. According to TKS, this process leads to tomatoes with a high sugar content that are unusually sweet.

By using advanced environmental control technology, tomatoes can be harvested at any time of the year. For instance, sensors distrib-

ERRATUM In our article "Slow- and Controlled-Release and Stabilized Fertilizers", published in the March-April issue of New Ag International, page 41, when mentioning the role of Koch USA in developing a unique controlled-release technique, the text should read as follows: As of 1988, Pursell Industries, Inc., later- Agrium, and as of July 2014, Koch's PolyonÂŽ employs a reactive layer coating (RLC) process, which polymerizes two reactive monomers, simultaneously applied onto the fertilizer substrate granules, in a continuous coating drum, forming an ultra-thin polyurethane membrane coating that weighs (on urea prills) 1.5%-15%, of the total mass, depending on the release-duration desired.

uted throughout a greenhouse and a mobile monitoring robot constantly record the growth process, enabling TKS to judge

the best time to ship a crop.

Combined sales of tomatoes and flowers last year exceeded $6 million.

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Yara strengthens its digital offering by acquiring farm management system company YARA INTERNATIONAL ASA has reached an agreement with the Bulgarian company MicroAccount to acquire their Farm Management System business in Bulgaria and Romania.

"By combining Yara's extensive crop nutrition knowledge with a broad portfolio of digital farm management tools and services, we will have a unique platform from which to support our customers, far beyond the geographical area this business currently serves," says Yara's Head of Crop Nutrition, Terje Knutsen.

Last year Yara introduced a new farmer centric strategy for the Crop Nutrition segment. Digital tools and services like Farm Management Systems are becoming an increasingly important part of modern farming, and Yara has sought to strengthen its position in this area. "We want to be the farmer's crop nutrition partner and deliver complete crop nutrition solutions, not only fertilizer.

By expanding our digital tools and services portfolio we can help the farmer increase productivity and improve crop quality further, while at the same time contributing to

reduce the environmental impact of agriculture," says Knutsen.

For a number of years, Yara has invested in R&D and innovation to convert crop based agronomy and application knowledge into a digital format, through development of precision farming tools and

services. The current portfolio includes the Yara N-Sensor which helps optimize the application of nitrogen fertilizers, smartphone apps designed to identify nutrient status and deficiencies in crops, and the knowledge bank Megalab where farmers' leaf or soil

samples are used to give a complete recommendation for a Crop Nutrition Solution.

The acquired business will be operated from Varna in Bulgaria and become an integrated part of Yara Crop Nutrition's global footprint.

Bayer and Trendlines establish Ag Innovation Fund BAYER AND TRENDLINES, an Israeli innovation commercialization company, announced a partnership to invest in agricultural technologies through the establishment of the Bayer Trendlines Ag Innovation Fund.

The flexible five-year partnership agreement includes a $10 million investment from Bayer, which will be managed by Trendlines.

The partnership couples Bayer’s decades of experience in agricultural science, innovation and regulatory affairs with Trendlines’ specialization in investing in cutting-edge, early-stage medical and agricultural technologies.

"Israel is a hotspot of innovation and Trendlines offers the right combination of regional knowhow and technical experience to be a compelling partner for us," said Adrian Percy, Head of Research & Development at Bayer’s division Crop Science. Extreme climatic conditions, weed resistance and pest pressure are just some of the challenges facing agriculture today. At the same time, farmers are under pressure to produce sufficient, safe and healthy food in a sustainable manner. Through the Ag Innovation Fund, Trendlines and Bayer aim to identify cutting-edge solutions to

these challenges and thereby contribute to shaping the future of agriculture.

"We are thrilled at the establishment of the Fund and the future partnership with Bayer. It provides our companies with the professional and financial backing that they need for development and business growth and is another step in our ongoing work to build a burgeoning Israeli agtech ecosystem. The Fund provides a great opportunity for Israeli agtech entrepreneurs to fund their revolutionary ideas," remarked Dr. Nitza Kardish, CEO of Trendlines Agtech.

Kingenta acquired Ekompany Agro B.V. in the Netherlands and COMPO GmbH in Germany EKOMPANY INTERNATIONAL B.V. Ekompany recently was acquired by the Chinese company Kingenta Ecological Engineering Group Co. LTD. Founder and former co-owner Eric van Kaathoven and a large part of the staff will be involved in the new organization. Ekompany International BV is the first controlled release fertiliser (CRF) production

and sales organization of Kingenta in Europe. Mr Zhai Jidong, Chief Operating Officer of Kingenta, commented: 'The Ekompany acquistion has a strategic long term fit within Kingenta: expansion worldwide and at the same time Ekompany has a good technology fit within the Group. R&D will be strengthened in Europe at Ekompany to suit the long term strategy

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of Kingenta and Ekompany.'Mr. Eric van Kaathoven: 'The delay in the construction of the new factory of the company resulted in a bankruptcy on October 23, 2015. Kingenta was looking for an opportunity to enter the European market and reported to Ekompany with no knowledge of the bankruptcy.

Ekompany products are a solid addition to the product range of Kin-

genta and vice versa. The aim is to restart operations as soon as possible and to strengthen customer relationships.In a similar move at few days interval Kingenta acquired COMPO GmbH, the retail Branch of the world famous name active in Europe, not to be confused with totally separate company COMPO Expert, the Profi branch (see other news).

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The 14th New Ag International Conference and Exhibition took place early April in Beijing, China. It followed the 4th IFA-New Ag International Conference on Slow-, Controlled-Release and Stabilized Fertilizers that took place at the same venue earlier in the same week. A very good place to ideally combine business and social gathering in an extremely busy but relaxed atmosphere. More than 700 delegates and visitors from 55 countries made the trip to hear speakers originating from 20 countries, to meet with 50 exhibitors from every corner of the world and to acquire or consolidate knowledge on the latest trends in plant nutrition, biostimulants, biocontrol and irrigation in China and Greater Asia.

Again this year the events were granted the great support from a number of prestigious sponsors: Bioiberica (Spain), Brandt (USA), Cytozyme (USA), Doktor Tarsa (Turkey), Haifa Group (Israel), ICL Speciality Fertilizer (Netherlands), Italpollina (Italy), Koppert (Netherlands), Kingenta (China), Leili Marine Bioindustry (China), Prayon (Belgium), SC Larderello (Italy), TBIO Crop Science (China), Valagro (Italy) and Van Iperen (Netherlands) sponsored the New Ag International Conference, while the IFA-New Ag International Event was sponsored by Agrium Advanced Technologies (USA), Haifa Group (Israel), ICL Specialty Fertilizers (Netherlands), Kingenta (China), Koch Agronomic Services (USA), and Plantacote from the Netherlands.

Both events benefited from the great support of the leading Chinese Agriculture Newspaper AgriGoods Herald. In the following pages, we bring you summaries of papers given in Beijing at the 14th New Ag International Conference and Exhibition.

The full presentations of the conference are available for download from www.newaginternational.com and those at the IFA-New Ag conference from www.fertilizer.org.

The 15th New Ag International Conference & Exhibition will take place in Berlin (Germany) end March 2017. The exact venue will be announced soon.

One can expect that the gathering of Research and Business leaders from around the world but Central, Eastern and Northern Europe in particular as well as the Baltic countries will make the 2017 event an even greater success than the 14 preceding editions. On this occasion New Ag International will have a part of the conference fully dedicated to Precision Agriculture, which we would like to entitle “When Datanomics meet Agronomics�!

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New Products, New Trends The New Ag International Conference was again the favoured place for not only the leading companies in plant nutrition to introduce new concepts and new products such as the links between crop nutrition, climate change and food security all the way to the use of crop protection technologies applied to the new generation of crop nutrition formulations. New granulated fertilizers were also introduced as well as adjuvants to enhance the manufacturing, performance and appeal of fertilizers

CARBON FOOTPRINT AND THE LIFE-CYCLE OF FERTILIZERS AND CROPS "It is now undebatable that the increase in production of greenhouse gases has brought about global climate changes, which, in turn, negatively affect agriculture, as demonstrated in several world regions, which already face extreme weather events, including dangerous changes in rainfall patterns and temperature regimes. These harsh changes shake global agriculture and food security". These were the

Mr. Wilson Goto conclusive claims made by Mr. Wilson Goto, Fertigation Specialist, Product Management, Yara International ASA, Norway. And these changes take place right concurrently with the acute need to produce more food, to support a continuously growing world population, with less available land.

While just fifteen years ago the world's population was ~6 billion people, and there were about 0.25 hectares in use per capita, the forecast for year 2050 takes into account a world population of over 9 billion people that should make

their living on less than 0.2 ha/person, (Source: FAO, UN Population Division). It is clear, therefore, that more food needs to be produced, but by releasing less greenhouse gases, making it crystal clear that the global challenges of food security, and climate change need to be addressed simultaneously.

It is assumed that the total current emission of greenhouse gases is roughly 49 billion MT of CO2 equivalent per-annum. The term 'CO2 equivalent' leans on the following conversion factors: 1 kg of nitrous oxide (N2O) = 298 kg CO2, and 1 kg of methane (CH4) is equivalent to 25 kg CO2.

It is believed that globally, agriculture contributes about 26% of the total man-made greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions, and its sub-division can be seen in figure 1. It can be seen in this figure that it is the conversion of natural land into cropland that contributes about half of the total agricultural emissions, and because the production of fertilizers currently accounts for only 3 percent of total GHGs' agricultural emissions, the best way for reducing the agricultural emissions, is by diminishing that land conversion, and by increasing the utilization efficiency of the existing farmland. So, increasing the usage of mineral fertilizers, actually prevents huge amounts of GHG emissions, because it enables higher yields with less land use change.This fact should motivate world decision- makers to the adoption of the concept of intensifying the usage of high efficacy fertilizers.

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energy-intensive process, utilizing fossil fuels as the major energy source, as well as their feedstock.

Later on, during the life-cycle of the fertilizers, every stage, i.e. transportation, storage, application, crop growth, harvest, processing, consumption and the disintegration of mineral fertilizers, contribute directly and indirectly to emissions of greenhouse gases, notably carbon dioxide (CO2) and nitrous oxide (N2O).

Taking these into account, allows for a better analysis of what can, and should be done, to improve the overall carbon balance. For example, when the carbon footprint of the same fertilizer is compared in different production plants in the world, very distinct figures pop up. As can be seen in figure 2, when granulat-

ed ammonium nitrate (AN) is produced in Europe, its environmental price is 1.2 kg CO2 equivalent per kg AN. But this price increases to 2.88 kg CO2 equivalent, when this fertilizer is produced in Russia, and it is as high as 3.74 kg CO2 equivalent, when the fertilizer is produced in China, using coal for energy, but then, it is much lower (2.58 kg CO2 eq.) when this fertilizer is produced in China, using natural gas for energy. Mr. Goto demonstrated that this absolute advantage of Yara's production process, stems from the unique high- temperature catalyst and pellets of cobalt and cerium oxide in Yara's process. The pellets have an expected minimum lifetime of three years, with no adverse effect on the production process, nor do

Figure 1: Total-, and agriculture-related greenhouses gases production, classified by main sources

Figure 2: Carbon footprint of granulated AN in different world regions and production methods

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