b"recent years, with So Paulo, Minas Gerais, Paran, and EspritoSoybeans are the world's fourth-most grown crop and are used Santo being the main producing states. The Costa Rican marketfor foods like tofu and soy-based products but are primarily offers Brazilian producers a key opportunity to expand exports.grown for animal feed. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Abrafrutas highlights the importance of quality and health certi- projections show the global trade of soybeans is likely to fications for accessing international markets, ensuring productsincrease by as much as 22% in the coming years. The increased meet strict standards for food safety and consumer trust. Thedemand is fueled primarily by growing populations in the Global association plays a vital role in helping producers achieve theseSouth and the widespread use of biodiesel, which is made from certifications. soybean oil. SDSU researchers Senthil Subramanian and Bhanu Petla propose delaying the maturity of soybean root nodules to During proceedings before the Lige corporate court, Breedersextend biological nitrogen fixation, potentially maintaining high Trust reached a settlement with a Belgian farmer from Gembloux,yields without synthetic fertilizers.Wallonia, who had been using farm-saved seeds of the Innovator potato variety without paying the required royalties. This vari- BioConsortia, Inc. presented the latest SOLVARIX bionematicide ety is protected by plant breeders rights, and the farmer hadfield testing results at an industry meeting in Campinas, Brazil, consistently found new arguments to avoid meeting his paymentalong with yield findings from Brazilian trials of ALWAYS-N seed obligations. The potato grower had complied with both registra- treatments and held meetings with commercial partners. Dr. tion obligations but continued to refuse payment of royaltiesDebora Wilk, BioConsortias Director of Plant Pathology, pre-to Breeders Trust. This made legal action unavoidable, statedsented the latest SOLVARIX bionematicide testing results at the Corn van Beers, the general director of Breeders Trust. BioControl and BioStimulantLATAM meeting. She highlighted SOLVARIX's effectiveness in the Brazilian market, noting its New Zealand's Ministry of Business, Innovation, anddirect control of key nematode pests and an average corn yield Employment (MBIE) announced that revisions in theirincrease of 578 kg/ha (8.6 bushels/acre). The Brazilian bione-gene technology rules are being made to catch up with thematicide market is growing rapidly, from 160 million Brazilian advancements in science and technology, particularly geneReales in 2014 to 1.6 billion Reales in 2021. The growth reflects editing. Similar with Australia, New Zealand will establish athe emergence of nematodes as a critical yield-destroying pest regulator that will ensure the health and safety of peoplein Brazilian agriculture and a lack of sufficient chemical products and the environment. MBIE leads the task of updating theto meet the pest challenge. SWregulations, together with the Ministry for Primary Industries, Ministry of Health, the Ministry for the Environment, and the Department of Conservation.44/ SEEDWORLD.COMLATAM"