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Celebrating farmers and the ag industry, Luke Bryan and Fendt collaborate to produce a new “hit” outside of the music and tractor and equipment industries.

Legend 5L ST is a broad-spectrum insecticide with activity on both soil and foliar pests.

A major expansion is planned for the Biorational Research Center in Libertyville, Illinois.

Since 2013, FMC has built a biologicals business with more than 50 biological products offering protection for multiple high-value specialty crops and row crops across 50 countries.

When introducing Hydrovant, the team at Corbet Scientific says it aims to bring a whole new category of adjuvants to the market.

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.

Both parties agree that valid intellectual property rights are important to the industry and should be respected. Atticus will continue to offer for sale its azoxystrobin products.

Originally launched in 2013, the company sought investment and support to help develop its business with expertise in fuels, soybean crushing, logistics and crop sciences.

“If we cut 20 seconds on every fill, and we do 50 fill ups in a day— we save 25 minutes,” Cody Ray says. “That could be another 10 acres a day.”

The company branches out to provide crop consultants with a suite of tools: soil testing software, in-field automation and on-site soil analysis

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

In what AgVend co-founder and CEO Alexander Reichert calls, “a no-brainer” collaboration, WinField United retailers will now be able to streamline WinField United proprietary programs in the AgVend interface.

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.

AutoTrac equipped Gator utility vehicles can be used for grid sampling, spraying and field boundary creation

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.”

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.

Reducing herbicide usage by 97% in pre-emergence and 88% in post-emergence spraying, Greeneye Technology might be the ‘next-big-thing’ in sprayer technology.

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.

Bayer has argued that the cancer claims over Roundup and glyphosate go against sound science and product clearance from the EPA.

Since the chlorpyrifos tolerances have expired, chlorpyrifos products with food uses are currently misbranded, and it is a violation of FIFRA to sell and distribute misbranded pesticides.

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.

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

Through a collaboration with Ford Pro, Ford Motor Company’s commercial division, Wilbur-Ellis will initially integrate 10 of the new Ford F-150 Lightning electric pickup trucks into its fleet in California.

“DispatchTrack was able to help Centerra plan routes that allowed tanks to refill when they were two-thirds empty, resulting in fewer trips and real cost savings,” Satish Natarajan says.

The new packaging is designed to be disposable, so the SIMPAS Smart Cartridges aren’t re-used with microbial products.

“In areas of resistance, we are giving extra control to help farmers have a new tool to control those resistant weeds,” says Tom Wood, Belchim USA. “It’ll get the weeds you won’t have control of otherwise.”

The program is open for corn, cotton and wheat growers, and outlines a specific parameter for participation: a 5% reduction in nitrogen rates.

Cat dealers are currently able to place orders. Cat representatives say the factory builds of the Next Generation machines will begin later this year, with expected delivery to the U.S. as early as October. 

Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists have tested a technology to make temporary genetic modifications in mosquitoes that may reduce risks associated with invasive genetic elements.

“We think this is a unique proactive way to assess disease risk and disease developments in the season to change the way fungicides can be applied,” says Matt Free agronomy department manager at Evergreen FS

Don't overlook planter applied nitrogen when thinking about nitrogen stabilizers.

Post-emergent herbicide supplies can be hard to find this year. To overcome this challenge, make a plan and consider a new approach to weed management.

Bayer announced it will close the joint venture created between Leaps by Bayer and Ginkgo Bioworks in 2017. And moving forward, Ginkgo Bioworks will become a multi-year microbial strategic partner with Bayer.

This three-way premix features S-metolachlor, metribuzin and cloransulam-methyl. The formulation controls 70 small- and large-seeded broadleaf weeds and grasses, including Palmer amaranth, waterhemp and lambsquarters.

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

GUSS is based in Kingsburg, California and has engineered a semi-autonomous orchard and vineyard sprayer.

Scientists in Ohio are testing a new product to be mounted on the rear of combines, effectively killing weed seeds on-site to reduce weed populations year-over-year.

An adjuvant based on wood waste reduces herbicide drift.

Heartland, a biotech company, says it has solved the Traveling Salesman Problem and intends to put the software in an app they’re calling ReMap that "saves farmers fuel and time.”

Here is a guide to the products available in the corn and soybean markets.

Historic prices of fertilizer have farmers looking for alternative solutions in 2022. Here are four possibilities that one day may change the way agriculture thinks about N.

“Technology is here, and it’s never going to go away. It’ll only advance more,” says Matthew Boomsma, Agtegra.

A non-selective contact herbicide, Harpe targets multiple sites of action including plant cell and organelle membranes. The products have multiple modes of action.

In order to get ahead of weeds, you need to know what weeds you’re up against. There are several weed identifying apps available, but how accurate are they? Researchers at MSU have the answers.

“We just finished the in-depth testing with retailers on this product, and as has been our process, their feedback and really helped drive the improvements and new features we are offering,” Kevin Krieg says. 

Let’s take a look at some of the common myths about spinner spreaders.

“Compared to 10 years ago, this segment of the market is up—significantly. With new technologies, new products and the understanding of crop fertility issues, it’s all added up," says Tim Swanson.

The recent action means Enlist One and Enlist Duo can now be used in all counties of Arkansas, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, and South Dakota.

Cotton growers have a convenient new tool to battle nematodes in-furrow with Averland FC nematicide/insecticide/miticide from Vive Crop Protection.