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A recent publication from Extension experts at University of Illinois, Michigan State University, Purdue University and University of Wisconsin details how tar spot impacted corn hybrid yields in 2018.
From a text-based poll, 28% of farmers are increasing their fungicide use in soybeans in 2021.
The FAO reports 80 to 90% of the global wheat cultivars are susceptible to Ug99.
“Archive is a powerful pre-mix fungicide that will help growers combat the major storage pathogens that threaten their crop,” says Heather Ambuehl, post-harvest lead at Syngenta.
“We continue to expand our portfolio of products for integrated pest management, giving growers more tools to control diseases, improve plant health, and enhance grower return on investment,” said Pam Marrone.
This late season disease is nothing to hit the snooze button on. “This is a disease you have to pay attention to,” says Dr. Nathan Kleczewski, plant pathologist with Growmark.
In a partnership announced in mid-June, Helm Agro will provide marketing, distribution and technical support for Alltech Crop Science’s biological products.
With 4.3x growth from the 2021 growing season, Source is now being used on more than one million U.S. acres, three years after its initial launch
This technology has the potential to redefine the application timeframe as well as level of precision of crop input products.
A John Deere Model H tractor and Model 290 planter could plant 30 acres a day. And 70 years later, today’s 24-row planter can plant more than 45 acres per hour.
New products are unlocking even more potential in what can be delivered in the planting pass.
Getting the crop planted is just the start of the battle.
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.
Sabanto marks the fund’s second investment, the first being an investment in Monarch Tractors last November.
Veris Technologies has introduced the world’s first real-time sensor suite that measures four critical soil features while planting or tilling.
This past year, prevent plant acres soared to a new record of 20 million. What that number fails to account for are the acres that did get planted but maybe shouldn’t have, and what field conditions mean for 2020.
The same Canadian industrial corporation that acquired MacDon in 2018, Linamar, has announced it will acquire Salford Group, a manufacturer of tillage and application equipment.
Linamar has said its adding Salford to the company is party of its “plans to drive innovation in the food and agriculture sector as part of its 2100 strategic roadmap.”
Getting your planter ready for spring won’t change the price of corn, but it can mean you’ll harvest additional bushels next fall.
The Tempo L planter offers a unique feature in the marketplace, a new way of delivering seed into the seed furrow, using air pressure.
The Tempo L planter offers a unique feature in the marketplace, a new way of delivering seed into the seed furrow, using air pressure.
“After this year there’s probably a situation now where we can use this technology to push our planting window just a little bit into more marginal conditions,” says Ken Ferrie.
Here’s a rundown of the 200+ unit capacity bulk seed tenders marketed in the U.S.
Starting in 1993, Precision Planting was led by founder Gregg Sauder. In 2012, the company went through a series of acquisitions (and one potential acquisition). With the launch of Radicle Agronomy, here’s a look back.
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.
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 company says there is damage to multiple facilities.
Many of the 2018 incidents were relatively minor and that the higher number of incidents could likely be tied to an increase in grain production and handling.
On March 5, Ag Growth International (AGI) announced it is expanding its technology platform with the acquisition of IntelliFarms LLC.
The GSI ROI tool provides a side-by-side analysis comparing the financial returns for different storage types.