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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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The Agoro Carbon program is a 10-year contract which pays for a change practice aiming to increase carbon sequestration. These include cover crops, no-till, reduced tillage, nitrogen management and rotational grazing.
“The closing of this acquisition marks Koch’s first substantial investment on the African continent,” said Brad Razook, Executive VP of Koch Industries and CEO, Resources.
Monarch Tractor says it has the first fully electric, driver-optional, smart tractor, but the leading edge company has bumped against state regulations limiting its expansion.
NCGA sees the new labeling requirements as a way to “impose arduous new restrictions and mitigation measures on the herbicide, limiting how much of the product farmers use.”
AutoTrac equipped Gator utility vehicles can be used for grid sampling, spraying and field boundary creation
First commercial sales of the FMC pheromone products will be launched as early as 2024. BioPhero has five products in its pipeline with launch dates in the next five years.
Via 175 participating farmers, Indigo announces its Carbon by Indigo program has generated, verified and sold 20,000 credits to 17 buyers.
No more settlement checks in the mailboxes. Bushel continues to roll out its tools to digitize grain transactions for the industry and farmers.
Using its six decade legacy as a springboard, Outward Ag LLC will be relaunching Crow’s Seed in the eastern corn belt.
As Rob Gibson, Certis Biologicals Global Portfolio Manager, says this partnership brings together the individual strengths, and the companies hope to have product approved in the market by September 2024.