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“The John Deere Operations Center is a pivotal milestone integration to continue Razor Tracking’s rising momentum," said Eric Mauch, Managing Partner of Razor Tracking.

Plan for a normal crop – hope for the biggest crop of your career – and then mitigate the risk of a drought or crop failure.

While the Millennial generation is the fastest growing group of farm operators in Kansas, Gen Z farm operators today want technology automated, and companies have one chance to get the technology right.

For the last four years, Planet and Corteva have been building and providing joint solutions to growers allowing them to more seamlessly monitor crop health and boost productivity.

The company is expanding their multi-year global agreement to include a new biofungicide.

The blade on the updated cutter head contacts the corn sooner to improve cut quality compared to previous models.

Raven is putting the spotlight on its autonomous product lineup and debuting the Omnidrive installed on a Case IH Magnum tractor. It was announced in June that CNH Industrial was acquiring Raven for $2.1 billion

Included with MaveriX, the new M7 and M10 terminals with proven 7” and 10” form factors are the centerpiece of the solution.

Farmer beware: The future impact of herbicide-resistant weeds is a question within a greater Pandora’s Box.

These new products include solutions for common herbicides concerns such as volatility, drift and water conditioning and are made specifically for glufonsinate, glyphosase and dicamba herbicides.

Sustainability is being built as a separate pillar of focus within most every agriculture-related organization today.

It costs beef producers about 45 cents a day to feed a cow or steer on pasture, making it the most cost-effective way to pack on pounds.

Loftness has added the F810 to its FertiLogix line of fertilizer spreaders. This new 8-ton spreader comes standard with variable rate capabilities and offers multiple wheel and tire options to meet a wide range of needs

With versatility to be outfitted with an air boom, dry spinner-spreader and liquid systems, John Deere introduces the 800R Floater for model year 2022, which replaces the previous F4365 high-capacity nutrient applicator

With its latest design of the 2430C nutrient applicator John Deere reduced the transport height of 25-row (62.5’ working width) 2430C model by 2.5’---now at 14’.

“It’s early days for microbes to deliver on these promises, but we have set a product specification that we want to replace 40 to 50% of the nitrogen inputs,” says CEO Michael Miille.

For almost 10 years, Nutrien has provided the eKonomics tools to help retailers and growers have conversations around optimizing their agronomic decisions, and it's now expanded to be available on a mobile app.

“We definitely want to pull the best thing from the previous generation of Rogators. And this gives a full line of equipment for the Fendt brand globally," says AGCO's David Fickel.

"Our biggest advantage is building everything around a mobile environment," said Jeff Dearborn, Traction’s Business Development Director.

Sporando early alert system is helping farmers optimize their use of fungicides.

Proagrica has launched the Sirrus Suite of products for farmers and agronomists. This extends the functionality beyond iOS, to also include Android (currently available in Beta) and to a new web app

Alta Seeds announces the first-ever herbicide-tolerant forage sorghum featuring igrowth® technology for pre- or post-emergence week control.

Specific to row crops, biologicals have a 11% share of use in 2020 with sales of $400 million. By 2030, this is projected to rise to a 16% share and $1.9 billion in sales.

Syngenta says the long residual control offered by Acuron GT will allow farmers and retailers to apply it in a post application before weeds can emerge and compete with the crop.

Rabobank and TELUS Agriculture’s vision is to deliver an even more robust Conservis platform to drive value for farms across a diverse range of crops and livestock.

Nebraska’s Frontier Cooperative one of the first users of this integration

Pivot Bio introduces Proven 40, which is marketed to replace up to 40 lb. per acre of synthetic nitrogen. Also, the company closed $430 million Series D funding, to further expand its U.S. and international business.

Corteva Agriscience has a robust number of products it expects to introduce to U.S. farmers between now and 2023 for use in more than 10 crops.

While a rush to judgment is underway, Extension and company representatives say report suspected herbicide drift damage to state pesticide agencies.

“Our goal is to be the center of gravity for soil health. This is the beginning of a mega trend of a shift to regenerative ag and a focus on soil health,” says Peter Williams, MyLand CEO.

The new Fendt Rogator 900 Series applicator is the first of its kind, adjusting between standard and high clearance with the push of a button to deliver season-long crop care versatility.

Beginning in 2022, all Prowlers will be equipped with a Dana HVT R2 transmission with electronic control, bringing improved fuel efficiency, controllability, and reliable performance to the T-Series Prowler platform.

By applying proven pharma innovations to plants, Enko cuts the discovery time in half–arming farmers faster with tools to address evolving needs.

NPP will act as a stand-alone brand, consolidating UPL’s existing biosolutions portfolio, network of R&D laboratories and facilities worldwide, which currently accounts for 7% of UPL’s total revenues. 

This year marks the company’s 20th anniversary as well as a rebrand from Certis USA to Certis Biologicals. Through its legacy companies, Certis traces its historic roots back more than 70 years.

ACC occurs naturally in plants. Once applied to the crop, the active ingredient in Accede is quickly converted to ethylene using the plant’s natural biochemical pathways.

Boasting to be the industry’s first tender of its kind, Heartland Ag Systems Equipment, a division of Heartland Ag Systems, introduces the VPA 1000 with a Variable Position Auger (VPA.)

HELM Agro will market, sell and distribute the Alltech Crop Science line of products in the U.S.

Steve Turetsky, Director of Agriculture Solutions at AgEagle, sees many different avenues for drone use and unique applications.

“It’s about managing two tough weeds---Palmer amaranth and waterhemp,” Joe Short says. “They are top of mind. No one can cut corners on that piece even if things are tight."

Anastasia Pavlovic, Managing Director of the Agoro Carbon Alliance in the U.S. says there are three things that set Agoro apart from other programs...

The pilot program in 2021 aims to help the company solidify its approach with that strategy at delivering the right recommendation and measurement for carbon.

The Smart Carbon program is just one example of how data will unlock new opportunities for farmers.

Lesaffre has a 160+ year history and is a key global player in fermentation. Since 2014, Agrauxine has been the business unit of Lesaffre focused on biosolutions for crops production and has built sales in 35 countries.

“Soil Tech is a leader in manufacturing superior products for organic agriculture, and we are thrilled to now offer their products to our farming customers,” said John Demerly, CEO, CommoditAg.

The company plans to make 40 final beta systems for this fall, which will be the last prototypes before its first fully commercial version in the spring of 2022.

The molecule will give farmers a new tool in the ongoing battle to control these two broadleaf weeds, especially those populations with resistance to current, commonly used chemistries.

To support the reduction in herbicide application, the targeted spraying proof of concept will focus on real-time sensing technology to make crop protection decisions.

Current uses for Homeplate include weed control in specialty crops such as asparagus, apple orchards, grapes, and late season dissection in pulse crops.

Bushel’s platform now reaches 40% of grain origination in the U.S., and $22 billion of grain is contracted annually within Bushel’s ecosystem.