Agrolab A/S is excited to announce that we are kicking off 2024 with a reorganization of our management and implementing new roles to support our future endeavors.

In response to the evolving demands of the industry, Agrolab is presenting some changes to its leadership team. The goal is to ensure focused attention on important areas and align the company with its new strategic direction.

The new Northern Zone guidance document, version 11.1, has become applicable from November 2023 and needs to be followed in all new submissions. Some cMS however are asking for national addenda to be compliant with the new version, even if the zonal submission was done before it entered into force.   Below is a summary of…

The Swedish Chemicals Agency, Kemikalieinspektionen, has announced that they will be requiring more information about adjuvants in applications for authorization of plant protection products from January 1, 2024. This will include the complete composition of the adjuvant and proof of its compatibility with the plant protection product. The use of an adjuvant will in the…

The requirements for the registration of biostimulants in Finland will change from January 1, 2024.   From that date, microbial-based biostimulants registered through national authorisation must comply with the EU Fertilising Products Regulation 2019/1009 and EU standards.  As an example, only products containing the following 4 microorganisms can be registered:   Azotobacter spp.   Mycorrhizal fungi   Rhizobium spp.  …

Since 2011, a significant guidance document has streamlined the authorization process for plant protection products in the Northern European zone.  In this cooperative effort, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden, and Norway join forces to evaluate applications for pesticide approval, aligning with the Pesticide Ordinance to alleviate the application workload and harmonize the evaluation process. …

Agrolab has been informed about a temporary pause in the registration of certain biostimulants due to potential pesticide effects. This development has led to a comprehensive review of these biostimulants by the European Union (EU) Commission.  According to Agrolab’s sources, the Danish Environmental Protection Agency, Miljøstyrelsen, has initiated this inquiry with the EU commission, prompting…

These past weeks, our Regulatory Affairs Specialist Mandy has been out and about visiting field trials in the Nordic and Baltic countries. This is in the scope of an on-site consultancy agreement with our regular client Corteva, where she is covering a part of the work of a technical specialist during his parental leave. Her…

Agrolab would like to take the opportunity update you on the drought situation in the EU Northern Zone; i.e. Scandinavia and the Baltic Countries.  As you are likely aware, we have been facing an extended period of drought in our region. The resulting water shortage has had an impact on crops. However, our field stations…

Even though it is still cold, the field team at Agrolab Lithuania is beginning to establish trials for the 2023 Season.

The 2023 Season is getting started. Sunny days go along with some snow and frost. In sunny days field teams at Agrolab’s Field Stations in Latvia are already out in the fields locating trial sites and checking conditions of autumn trials.