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4 Tips To Identify The Best Aerial Applicator
4 Tips To Identify The Best Aerial Applicator

The National Agricultural Aviation Association shares what indicates a professional aerial applicator.

NewLeaf Launches New Corn Rootworm Technology
NewLeaf Launches New Corn Rootworm Technology

During testing, the company found only 4% of CRW larvae chose roots treated with TS201 when given a choice between treated and untreated roots.

Belchim USA Acquires Exclusive Rights to Minerva Fungicide
Belchim USA Acquires Exclusive Rights to Minerva Fungicide

Minerva is formulated to control Cercospora leaf spot (CLS), powdery mildew and Ramularia on sugar beets.

Meristem Announces “Gold Standard” Fungicide At-Plant Treatment For Pythium and Phytophthora
Meristem Announces “Gold Standard” Fungicide At-Plant Treatment For Pythium and Phytophthora

The company sees this new formulation as a potential replacement for liquid seed treatment. 

Syngenta Introduces Victrato Seed Treatment
Syngenta Introduces Victrato Seed Treatment

The product has an active ingredient of Tymirium to protect plants against nematodes, sudden death syndrome and cotton root rot.

Variable Rate At-Plant Inputs: Industry Update
Variable Rate At-Plant Inputs: Industry Update

To date, tens of thousands of acres have been planted with SIMPAS-Applied Solutions (SaS) through the SIMPAS application system.

Top Advice For Pest Management in 2024: Spray Earlier
Top Advice For Pest Management in 2024: Spray Earlier

“We’re living in a world where it’s just a matter of time,” Harlan Asmus says referencing the development of resistance.

Bayer’s New Business Model: Magnitude of Change
Bayer’s New Business Model: Magnitude of Change

Dynamic Shared Ownership reduces the layers and brings the business management closer to the customer.

BioWake Prime Now Available in Several States
BioWake Prime Now Available in Several States

AMVAC reports on-farm trials found corn treated with BioWake Prime had an increase of 8 bu./acre win advantage over grower standard practice.

Ag Retailers Association Commends EPA's Existing Stocks Order for Dicamba
Ag Retailers Association Commends EPA's Existing Stocks Order for Dicamba

After the EPA update on the Existing Stocks Order for dicamba product registrations, Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA) president and CEO Daren Coppock applauded their fast response to the issue.

Agtrinsic Expands Pathogen Detection Network Ahead of 2024 Season
Agtrinsic Expands Pathogen Detection Network Ahead of 2024 Season

Agtrinsic has expanded for the 2024 growing season to create a contiguous disease monitoring network from border to border in Illinois and Iowa as well as in parts of Missouri, Kentucky, Indiana and Wisconsin.

The Scoop Podcast: What Does The Dicamba Court Decision Mean For Ag Retail?
The Scoop Podcast: What Does The Dicamba Court Decision Mean For Ag Retail?

“When the court issued the order, it vacated the registrations for those Dicamba products nationwide,” Richard Gupton says.

Winfield United Launches BioVerified Designation
Winfield United Launches BioVerified Designation

The company wants the designation to help bring clarity to the biological product space.

Precision Technology Advancements In Aerial Application
Precision Technology Advancements In Aerial Application

Agricultural aviation is a key component of precision agriculture - treating about 28% of U.S. cropland each year.

Bayer Unveils New Operating Model
Bayer Unveils New Operating Model

The goal of “Dynamic Shared Ownership” is four-fold: reduce hierarchies, eliminate bureaucracy, streamline structures and accelerate decision-making processes.

U.S. States Flex New Power To Steer Antitrust Lawsuits
U.S. States Flex New Power To Steer Antitrust Lawsuits

A ruling this week in Arkansas showed U.S. states' heightened ability to control the battleground for antitrust lawsuits, invoking a federal law that creates new headaches for corporate defendants. 

Big Strides for Small Microbes
Big Strides for Small Microbes

“These microbes are naturally occurring. They are on every plant that you would ever see, on the salad you eat, on the grass that you grow, on the trees that you look at, and everything in between,” Smith says.

Mosaic Launches New Website To Showcase Trial Data
Mosaic Launches New Website To Showcase Trial Data

Mosaic shares the purpose of the website is to help users make informed decisions about products to use in their fields based on what others in their area have experienced.

Helpful Tips For Using Adjuvants In Spray Drones
Helpful Tips For Using Adjuvants In Spray Drones

Johnnie Roberts, CPDA director of application – adjuvant chemistry, shares a solution to many of the common issues spray drone applicators face.

Growmark and CHS Seek Collaboration
Growmark and CHS Seek Collaboration

What this means or could amount to is being left as fairly ambiguous.

New Biofungicide Offers Disease Control and Plant Health Benefits
New Biofungicide Offers Disease Control and Plant Health Benefits

Convergence can be used in corn, soybeans and peanuts.

Trimble Launches Connected Climate Exchange Marketplace
Trimble Launches Connected Climate Exchange Marketplace

By connecting farmers, agronomists, ag retailers and carbon buyers in one marketplace, the Connected Climate Exchange enables participation in carbon markets and sustainability programs, according to a press release.

EPA Provides 6 Updates On Chlorpyrifos
EPA Provides 6 Updates On Chlorpyrifos

On November 2, 2023 the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals' released its decision to vacate the EPA 2021 final rule effectively prohibiting the use of the pesticide chlorpyrifos. This week EPA gave an update.

The Scoop Podcast: Weed Management Has a Thin Margin of Error
The Scoop Podcast: Weed Management Has a Thin Margin of Error

"All those things that play into how do you get your herbicide to go from 80 to 90 or 95% it's a very fine margin of error, but it's an art and when you do it correctly," says Kyle Gustafson.

American Vanguard Corporation Hires Chief Transformation Officer
American Vanguard Corporation Hires Chief Transformation Officer

Gualdoni will play a key role in the implementation of AVG’s three-pronged plan to improve operating leverage and align people and processes with enhanced profit.

Loveland Products and Ascribe Bioscience to Commercialize Two New Crop Protection Products
Loveland Products and Ascribe Bioscience to Commercialize Two New Crop Protection Products

Under the agreement, Loveland Products will commercialize two new crop protection products containing Ascribe’s biofungicide, Phytalix.

8 Factors Shaping the Rural Economy in 2024
8 Factors Shaping the Rural Economy in 2024

CoBank has released their 2024 outlook report, which takes a look at the key themes the organization expects to shape agricultural and the rural economy in the coming year.

Sipcam Oxon Acquires Odom Industries' Assets
Sipcam Oxon Acquires Odom Industries' Assets

The transaction will give Sipcam Agro USA full integration along the value chain, with its own formulation and logistic assets. 

BASF Gives Agriculture, Battery Units More Autonomy But No Plan To Split
BASF Gives Agriculture, Battery Units More Autonomy But No Plan To Split

The company, with sales of $94 billion last year, will create legally separate entities for the three units, trade union IGBCE said in a statement on Thursday, which was confirmed by a company spokesperson.

Ferrie: Farmers Are Strip-Tilling Covers Now. Is That A Good Idea?
Ferrie: Farmers Are Strip-Tilling Covers Now. Is That A Good Idea?

The practice can be useful in some scenarios but not all. Farmers need to evaluate the potential impact on 2024 yield outcomes. Perhaps a bigger concern is how the practice impacts weed management, especially waterhemp.

AMVAC GreenSolutions Adds New Product to BioWake Lineup
AMVAC GreenSolutions Adds New Product to BioWake Lineup

BioWake Prime is an EPA-registered bioinsecticide with technology that is designed to protect against the effects of corn rootworm.

Gowan Milling Expands Production With New Arkansas Facility
Gowan Milling Expands Production With New Arkansas Facility

Four main factors led Gowan to this new facility, which will be known as Gowan Milling Blytheville.

Hefty Seed Company Selects Meristem’s Patented Bio-Capsule Technology
Hefty Seed Company Selects Meristem’s Patented Bio-Capsule Technology

With this new alliance, Hefty Seed will gain access to Meristem’s patented Bio-Capsule for the delivery of its proprietary blend of microbes and micronutrients.

New Data: How Many Farmers Are Buying Inputs Online?
New Data: How Many Farmers Are Buying Inputs Online?

For the sixth year, Farm Journal has conducted a survey to gauge farmer use of online crop input purchasing tools. Here's what we found.

How Ag Retail Is Expanding Options For Farmers Through Technology
How Ag Retail Is Expanding Options For Farmers Through Technology

As farmers have grown more aware of expanded options for buying inputs, retailers have invested in how they are part of the party.

Skeptical Farmer and Co-Op Find Mutual Benefit in Relationship
Skeptical Farmer and Co-Op Find Mutual Benefit in Relationship

“If we don’t engage well digitally, we’re just another white pickup,” says K.C. Graner, CFS senior vice president.

Input Prices to Watch: Fertilizer, Crop Protection and Seed
Input Prices to Watch: Fertilizer, Crop Protection and Seed

Samuel Taylor, senior analyst for farm inputs at Rabobank, shares what to watch for the fertilizer, seed and crop protection price outlook.

Soybean Seed Treatment Features Enzyme-based Technology
Soybean Seed Treatment Features Enzyme-based Technology

Helena says the product provides an 8:1 return on investment. 

Syngenta Group Names New CEO Starting January 2024
Syngenta Group Names New CEO Starting January 2024

Effective Jan. 1, 2024, Jeff Rowe will be CEO of Syngenta Group.

Broader, Stronger, Longer: BASF’s Revylok Fungicide
Broader, Stronger, Longer: BASF’s Revylok Fungicide

The company says it has three-fold benefits: long-lasting yield protection, premium disease control, and effective resistance management. 

Planting Opportunities to Start on the Right Foot
Planting Opportunities to Start on the Right Foot

FMC's At-Plant product platform provides a way for growers to get the most out of every acre.

Ag Partners Coop Joins The Growers Retail Network
Ag Partners Coop Joins The Growers Retail Network

The Growers app provides increased efficiency for farmers and empowers retailers to serve farmers in a modern, digitally enabled way.

Rise of the Spray Drone
Rise of the Spray Drone

While farmers find the technology useful, especially for spot spraying and targeting fields in less-than-ideal conditions, weed scientists are buzzing with more caution.

How to Know if Drone Application Will Work for You
How to Know if Drone Application Will Work for You

Drone application has a lot of advantages for farmers and ag retailers, but it may not be the right choice for everyone.

Indigo Ag Officially Launches biotrinsic Z15 Bionematicide
Indigo Ag Officially Launches biotrinsic Z15 Bionematicide

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.

Indigo Expands Field Trials, Readies To Launch New Seed Treatment
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. 

Stephanie Mercier
The Use of "Biologicals" in Agriculture

'Biological' products contain beneficial, naturally occurring microorganisms or microbial derivatives as active ingredients, and are used by farmers to enhance the efficiency of other inputs such as fertilizer.

Biologicals: How Ag Retailers Can Be A Springboard for Growth
Biologicals: How Ag Retailers Can Be A Springboard for Growth

“The goal of this work is to elevate the voice of the farmer so we can continue to serve them better,” says Stratovation CEO Cam Camfield.

Corteva Gives Update on Its $24 Billion Pipeline
Corteva Gives Update on Its $24 Billion Pipeline

The company announced its newest herbicide brand–Bexoveld, a third-generation 6-Arylpicolinate herbicide, which provides broadleaf weed control in cereals.

How To Treat Your Water Right
How To Treat Your Water Right

According to Helena, poor water quality can lead to antagonisms, active ingredient decomposition and/or formulation incompatibilities, which can reduce efficacy up to 50%.