Wet weather has not significantly impacted Tasmania’s pyrethrum crop, despite some waterlogging occurring in flood-affected areas. I have worked in the Tasmanian digital/print media for 11 years, ...

A challenging growing season was not enough to stop one Tasmanian pyrethrum grower setting a new global benchmark for crop yields. Botanical Resources Australia has recently completed its Tasmanian ...

Now Botanical Resources Australia – which produces 80 per cent of the world’s pyrethrin-based insecticides – is hoping to more than double the production of the active ingredient in Victoria and is on ...

NAKURU, KENYA: Two agriculture-based companies have entered into a joint venture to process pyrethrum in a bid to attract more farmers to the sector. Botanical Extracts EPZ Limited and Highchem East ...

A research team has elucidated the biosynthetic pathways of pyrethrum (Tanacetum cinerariifolium), identifying key genes responsible for pyrethrin production. These findings highlight pyrethrum's ...

The Pyrethrum Directorate has kicked off decontrol of the tightly regulated sub-sector by licensing Africhem Botanical to produce, process and export the crop. In a gazette notice dated July 28, the ...

The Pyrethrum Directorate has licensed a second privately-owned processing firm, boosting competition in the industry that was liberalised four years ago. The Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) said ...