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Margy Eckelkamp

Margy Eckelkamp is an award-winning journalist who serves as the Editor of The Scoop magazine, Top Producer magazine, and The Daily Scoop newsletter. She also the host of The Scoop Podcast and is a key contributor to AgWeb and other Farm Journal publications.

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“In just two years, Agoro Carbon Alliance has seen immense growth and success throughout the United States and we could not have done it without the farmers and ranchers who partner with us to increase the longevity of their operations,” Agoro Carbon interim CEO, Elliot Formal said in the company’s announcement.
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Agoro Carbon Marks Two-Year Milestone Totaling $15 Million in Payments
Last year the company said its payments totaled $9 million so far.
June 12, 2023 09:58 AM
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What can organizations do to elevate their entire team’s performance? Dave Mitchell, Founder of The Leadership Difference, says the answer lies in your company’s culture.
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The Scoop Podcast: Compete On The Acre, But Partner In The Field
Amy Asmus shares the value of coming together with peers across the industry as part of the Agricultural Retailers Association and more.
June 09, 2023 04:06 PM
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Huma Chief Marketing Officer, Fred Nichols (pictured left), along with Huma Regional Agronomist, Barrett Smith (at right), study the plant health of this year's wheat crop.
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New Name For Its 50th Anniversary: Bio Huma Netics is Now Huma
“We’re merging our family of brands to streamline our offerings, and ultimately, demonstrate a consistent company fabric across all the industries we touch,” said Huma CEO Lyndon Smith in the company’s announcement.
June 08, 2023 02:23 PM
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“With Innliven, we wanted to offer growers something they can’t find anywhere else,” Nick Dame, Director of Innvictis Crop Care said in the product release.
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Innvictis Adds Three Innliven Fungicides to 2023 Line-Up
“With Innliven, we wanted to offer growers something they can’t find anywhere else,” Nick Dame, Director of Innvictis Crop Care said in the product release.
June 02, 2023 03:06 PM
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In high-nematode-stress trials, biotrinsic Z15 increased corn yields by 2.8 bu/acre and soybean yields by more than 1.0 bu/acre.
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Indigo Expands Field Trials, Readies To Launch New Seed Treatment
The new bionematicide will combine multiple defense actions, including systemically induced plant protections to fight nematodes.
June 01, 2023 03:38 PM
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This year marks the launch of a new alliance between Nutrien Ag Solutions and Bunge focusing on low carbon intensity soybeans. For 2023, the geographic focus is to enroll 100,000 acres around two Bunge crush facilities: Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Decatur, Indiana. 
Nutrien Ag Solutions and Bunge Announce Soybean Program to Connect the Value of Sustainabilty
For 2023, the geographic focus is to enroll 100,000 acres around two Bunge crush facilities: Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Decatur, Indiana.
May 30, 2023 02:45 PM
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What can organizations do to elevate their entire team’s performance? Dave Mitchell, Founder of The Leadership Difference, says the answer lies in your company’s culture.
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The Scoop Podcast: Take One Thing Off Your Plate
“The advocacy that the ARA does in Washington is very important for us to have our voice heard and have our collective voices heard with our partner companies,” Gates says.
May 22, 2023 08:49 AM
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In the soy-based carrier is a microbe, which colonizes once it’s delivered in the soil. BioWake is a dry product and is stable on the seed for 180 days. Application rate is ½ ounce per unit of seed for both corn and soybeans.
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BioWake: Layering Seed Lubrication With A Biological
BioWake is a dry product and is stable on the seed for 180 days. Application rate is ½ ounce per unit of seed for both corn and soybeans.
May 20, 2023 06:00 AM
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For four years, the team at InnerPlant has been working developing transgenic soybeans that display a color change within several days of being infected by a disease.
InnerPlant–Tech That Visualizes Plant Stress–Names Germplasm Partner
Today, the company has announced a partnership with Mertec, an Iowa-based breeder and developer of soybean germplasm for the seed trade.
May 18, 2023 08:00 AM
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ag tech - agriculture technology - artificial intelligence - agronomic advisers - Photo by Lindsey Pound
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What Do Chat GPT and Other Language Learning Models Mean for Agronomic Advisers?
“I think the agriculture industry has the potential to become more efficient and deliver better outcomes to farms through basic LLMs—not even considering what potential breakthroughs will come,” said Shane Thomas.
May 17, 2023 02:03 PM
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