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VIEWPOINT

GoodAgro: Innovative Pesticide Formulation


Making Changes to Agriculture

Nanjing GoodAgro Co., Ltd. was founded in 1995, and in 2001


began its agrochemical formulation product processing for exports.
Over the last 15-years of technical preparations, the company
has today grown into an internationally high-quality pesticide
formulation manufacturer. In 2016, GoodAgro successfully
switched from a OEM manufacturer to an independent brand
owner for supplying domestic and international markets.

WDG granulation technology

For WDG formulation, GoodAgro gave up China’s mainstream


fluidized-bed granulation in 2010 and built China’s first continuous
and clean rotary granulation production line, which became
a model in the industry. In 2013, the company made a large
Mr. Shenjie Wang, general manager of GoodAgro
investment in introducing an international automatic spraying and
drying flow granulation process, which is a pioneer in the change
of process from dry-type granulation to wet-type granulation.
This process is a totally closed, automatic, continuous and clean The Gengshangpao floating macrogranule was developed

granulation system, where granule size is controllable and granule based upon 2 active ingredients - pretilachlor and pyrazosulfuron-

strength is excellent. The pyraclostrobin so processed has a ethyl, which are both safe and have a price advantage due to use

high product fineness, which can reach a nanoscale degree. use of technical materials. When using the product, farmers just

The product’s suspension percentage reaches as high as 95%, toss the water-soluble bag containing granules onto water surfaces

exceeding the product standard of multinationals. This raises liquid along field ridges, as the macrogranule immediately disintegrates

granulation in the pesticide industry to an advanced international in a radial pattern and disperses evenly on water surfaces, thus

level. giving full play to the pesticide’s efficacy.

In 2017, GoodAgro will still provide WDG formulations on an As a follow up to Gengshangpao, GoodAgro begins another

OEM basis using its own brands - pyraclostrobin + polyram 62.5% innovation which seeks to control the direct sowing of rice fields,

WDG, thiamethoxam 25% WDG, dinotefuran 25% SG. Further, paddy rice malignant weed and resistant weed, having developed

glufosinate-ammonium 88% SG will become available in the a floating macrogranule using benzobicylon and pyraclonil as main

domestic market. ingredients. As regards the control of rice sheath blight disease
and rice blast, GoodAgro has made a great advancement in
developing a floating macrogranule using thifluzamide, fenoxanil
Floating macrogranule technology
and azoxystrobin as main ingredients, which can kill bacteria
parasites on water surfaces and systemically prevent the formation
Being backed up by its innovative and differentiated strategies
of bacteria in rice. This is a creative method for controlling rice
and technical preparations, GoodAgro has created an innovative
sheath blight disease and rice blast, with the focus on “prevention,
formulation which drives a revolutionary herbicide application for
rather than control”, which calls for changing traditional spraying
China’s paddy rice, being China’s first floating macrogranule. This
methods in the field.
is Gengshangpao.

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