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By combining the platforms, users will get a streamlined accounting process for optimizing their equipment fleet and gain a better understanding of their equipment productivity, costs and replacement needs.

Kevin Malchine of Waterford, Wisconsin will serve as chairman effective immediately.

Under an exclusive multi-year agreement, the partnership will focus on developing new solutions for controlling key herbicide-resistant weeds in corn and soybeans.

Will U.S. corn growers face corn rootworm CRW pressures in 2023 comparable to what they've experienced in recent years?

A percentage of ag retail facilities will be randomly selected to participate every year, with liaisons traveling to these selected facilities in the months of January through March to conduct the survey.

SOURCE has seen rapid adoption since its launch in 2020, with 4.3x growth in 2022 and use on more than one million U.S. acres.

To meet the rising demand of biological crop protection, Certis Biologicals today announced that it is strengthening its innovation pipeline by naming Mike Allan Vice President of Business Development and Licensing.

The five product leads ready for partnering from the BioConsortia nematicide pipeline are each based on single-strain, spore-forming beneficial bacteria.

AgVend Digital Finance gives third-party finance providers the ability to take full advantage of the digital enablement solution by making services more accessible and available at a retailer’s digital point of sale.

“It was amazing to see how easy it was to set up a Wallet account,” Mike Hainline, grain merchandiser at ASB said.

The addition of Owensboro Grain Company enhances Cargill's efforts to modernize and increase capacity across its North American oilseeds network

Custom applicators or growers applying their own pesticides can now capture real-time weather conditions at the field or crop site and include this important information in the spray records.

Tim Riley joined Certis Biologicals in 2020 as Key Account Manager, supporting the company’s business partnerships with distribution leaders.

G-Mac’s AgTeam has 15 retail stores that will now be Simplot Grower Solutions locations.

Scoular’s new Grainton shuttle loader provides high-speed loading and unloading capabilities and has track capacity for 110 cars.

Sabanto, founded in 2018, is working to allow farmers and ag retailers to convert any make and model into an autonomous tractor through an equipment retrofit kit.

Ben Sauder says, “We’re going to have to really work hard in the next several years to get these weeds back under control because we’ve lost 20 years of weed control in just this one past year."

Deer Creek Seed, founded by Bill and Bonnie Leakey, has served forage, turf, cover crop, and food plot customers since 1980.   

Three rural community groups are set to receive $5,000 in financial support, as Lallemand Plant Care today announced the winners of the Hometown Roots Family Contest in Iowa, Montana, and North Dakota.

In late July, Atticus announced EcoCore, an expanding portfolio of pest management products serving a growing number of markets including turf and ornamental, greenhouse and nursery, vegetation management and aquatic.

Integration will offer drone application service providers streamlined workflow and compliance data

"We look forward to welcoming the Emmert team and we're excited about the capabilities this acquisition provides," said Matt Fanta, President of Wilbur-Ellis Nutrition.

"We are pleased to welcome Big Cob Hybrids as the newest member of our Rob-See-Co family," said Rob Robinson, Rob-See-Co CEO. "Rob-See-Co and Big Cob Hybrids are family-owned companies with similar cultures and values.

Field trials are currently underway that will test combinations of Certis Biologicals’ innovative biofungicide active ingredient with new Novozymes actives recently registered for use in the marketplace.

Tim McArdle, immediate past chair of ResponsibleAg and retired COO with Brandt, will serve as ResponsibleAg Industry Ambassador

Crystal Green, by Ostara, has an analysis of 5-28-0 with 10% magnesium to provide crops access to nutrients that remain plant available all season long.

The Reviton label expansion will increase aerial spring burndown options and soybean plant back intervals which have been troublesome for many growers.

The collaboration with Agrauxine broadens the biological offerings that UPL will deliver in the United States.

Drexel Chemical Company announces the addition of Blaine Strnadel as Southwest Sales Representative, responsible for sales in Oklahoma, New Mexico and Texas.

“After an extensive CEO search, in which we saw some very elite candidates, we are excited to announce that our internal candidate rose to the top against the stiff competition,” says Board Chairman Rick Osterday

When it was completed in 2014, the Osage plant was the world’s largest purpose-built biorational manufacturing facility.

From recruitment to retention to building trust in the workplace, AgCareers.com will host their annual HR Roundtable on June 15, discussing current trends and issues in the agriculture industry workforce.

While the idea that agricultural co-ops should take the lead in developing private wireless networks sounds aggressive, CoBank analysts say co-ops are in a much better position than individual farmers to do so

Belchim Crop Protection USA, LLC has completed an asset purchase agreement with Bayer Crop Science LP that will see Belchim continue to manufacture and sell the post-emergent herbicide, Spin-Aid Herbicide

This addition marks new commercial partnering and product launch focus for the R&D company

Green Reaper is a non-ionic adjuvant that extends the ability of the product to stay on the leaf for an extended period of time

Larry Taylor said, “Sackett-Waconia’s success is its partnership with its customers. I look forward to continuing what has made us successful for so long as part of the PVS family.”

“MBI and Bioceres have a shared culture of innovation and entrepreneurial spirit. With complementary R&D capabilities, the combination unlocks many additional possibilities."

IFCA shares that Ron’s lifelong passion and commitment to the industry will be remembered.  

The Pesticide Stewardship Alliance (TPSA) held its annual conference virtually in February and Jay Mirsky, Avalon Associates, received the President’s Award from Kimberly Gilbert.

With the Energy Business Unit, ag retailers can provide all energy customers (agriculture, commercial, and residential) with centralized, on-demand, account management.

“The combination of rising fertilizer prices and the desire to impart more on-farm stewardship practices piqued my interest in this program,” said Kasey Bamberger, Partner, Bryant Agricultural Enterprise.

Founded in 2000, the organization includes governmental agencies, educational and research institutions, public organizations, private corporations and individuals actively involved in pesticide stewardship.

AMVAC and Azotic North America are collaborating to develop and commercialize nitrogen-fixation product Envita as an exciting addition to the expanding SIMPAS-applied Solutions portfolio.

OreGro’s proprietary cool-season forage grass, forage legume, turfgrass, cover crop, and small grain varieties are now offered exclusively through DLF and its distribution partners in the U.S. and abroad.

With Randy Wright’s retirement, the Marcus Construction team welcomes Jeff Speckman to fill the Business Development position and take over Randy’s territory.

When closed, the transaction will establish a 50/50 joint venture.   JFC III’s production will be marketed by OCP and Koch Fertilizer, LLC.

The merger unites supply chain, agronomy, and risk management solutions for dairy, livestock, crops, and agribusiness into one unparalleled portfolio.

Valent BioSciences LLC announced a new operating unit to expand its biostimulant line with new internally and externally developed products for the U.S. and global markets

“CPDA certifies adjuvant products to verify label integrity,” according to Terry Kippley, CPDA president.