Crop Protection South America Monthly Report 1302

With the increasing price of agricultural commodities in recent years, South America becomes more and more important for the supply of agricultural commodities such as soybean and corn in the world, as the region has greater potential for agricultural land than most other regions in the world, especially for counties like Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay, which has already become great food power in the world.

Besides, the planting area of biotech crops in South American countries witnessed huge increase. For the fourth consecutive year, Brazil was the engine of growth globally in 2012, increasing its area of biotech crops more than any other country in the world.

The fast development of agricultural production in South America becomes the rigid support for seed and pesticide market, where witnessed an increase in both volume and price. In 2012, the tycoons, such as Monsanto, Syngenta, DuPont, etc., all achieved good performance in the region, which boosted the whole business of them.

The fast development of seed and pesticide market in South America has attracted more and more attention from many multinational corporations. They launch new products in the region, build new production bases or take over companies in the region. The positive environment in South America is expected to continue to support these companies' business.

Editor's Note 1
Market Dynamics 3
Latin America boosts tycoons’ business 3
Overview of Argentina crops 2012 5
Fertilizer sales in Brazil to set new record in 2013 8
Brazil ANVISA approves flutolanil 9
GM Crops 9
Brazil: the engine for global biotech crop growth 9
Discussion of transgenic crops back in Ecuador 10
Paraguay approves Monsanto’s Intacta RR2 Pro soybean 11
Paraguay supports Monsanto in royalty dispute 12
Company Dynamics 12
Syngenta to expand corn seed production capacity in Formosa, Brazil 12
Nufarm explores seed business in Brazil 12
Arysta LifeScience partnership training Brazilian farmers for proper use of agrochemicals 13
Crops 13
Argentina will get the biggest corn production in 13 years 13
ICA surveys the health of carnauba in Colombia 14
Wheat to compete with corn in Brazil in the planting season of 2012/13 14
Weed Amaranthus puts Argentina on alert 15
Pests and rain to affect Argentina’s honey production in 2013 16
Drought and pests affect bean production in Minas Gerais, Brazil 17
Soybean harvest will end in Mato Grosso do Sul 18
A new method for disposing carrot discards in Argentina 19
Brief News 19
Logistics impedes recollection of empty agrochemical containers in Mato Grosso 19
Smuggling was the target of Operation 20
Producers to join the battle against HLB in Paraguay 20
Chilean vegetable production to decline in 2013 20
SNA requests some measures for defending corn industry in Chile 21