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The company says these new products balance crop production needs with environmental stewardship to increase yields responsibly and efficiently.

Albaugh previously acquired Corteva's glyphosate business in Europe. With this latest acquisition, the company will expand its coverage of straight glyphosate DMA salt formulations and registrations globally.

Corteva introduces three herbicides and one biological to be added to its lineup of crop protection products.

ARA was part of an amicus brief in this case and wrote a letter to the Supreme Court of Texas in August 2021 requesting it take on the case.

With two recent announcements the EPA has approved labels for over-the-top dicamba applications (XtendiMax, Engenia and Tavium herbicides) in 2023 in Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota and South Dakota.

Bill Anderson, most recently the head of Roche's pharmaceuticals division, will succeed Werner Baumann as chief executive at Germany's Bayer on June 1.

“Warden CX II is built from the same formulation growers and retailers have come to know and trust through years of proven performance,” said Joe Rickard, crop protection product manager, WinField United.

“PGRs act like a steroid for corn plants, helping increase yield and optimize ROI for growers by combatting the impact of adverse growing conditions,” said Jon Zuk, crop protection product manager, WinField United.

NuWay-K&H will use the Greeneye system to offer selective spraying-as-a-service initially to its farmer members in Southern Minnesota and Northern Iowa.

The app was launched on Dec. 1, and the company says while its launch was intentionally kept quiet, its growth and usage rate in the first month have propelled the company to bump up the expansion plans. 

GreenSolutions biological product portfolio supports North American growers

After joining Corteva Agriscience over a year ago, Brian Lutz, vice president of agricultural solutions, is leading his team to make directional changes in their business.

“This is an efficiency play. It’s a better way of doing it. It’s the future of Meristem,” says Peter Rousonelos, VP Business Development at Meristem.

Will U.S. corn growers face corn rootworm CRW pressures in 2023 comparable to what they've experienced in recent years?

Violations included Amazon selling unregistered pesticides in California, failing to report and pay required mill assessment fees, and failing to hold a valid pesticide broker’s license.

 The companies say their pricing structures and practices were within the law. 

First being launched in Brazil, Syngenta is bringing a new way to battle nematodes, which can cause up to 30% yield loses.

10 things top executives had to say about their vision for Corteva in the near future.

“A lot of people will say that the current market for adjuvants is only about 20 to 25% of the addressable market,” Terry Kippley says. “I think adjuvants are often neglected or they’re forgotten.”

“Although it’s a mature industry—it’s a progressive one,” says Andrew Moore, CEO of the National Agricultural Aviation Association (NAAA).

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.

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.

Supply chain issues and concerns about sourcing inputs for the 2022 growing season prompted more farmers to try e-commerce for pricing inputs this year as FBN says their website saw an uptick in traffic and sales.

Guardian Agriculture just partnered with Wilbur-Ellis to rollout what it calls the first fully autonomous crop protection aircraft system.

Brett Bruggeman says their business starts with the customer, and he’s a believer in segmentation as such identifying customers by appetite to growth, transparency with data, and willingness to advocate.

Forecasting the demand and facilitating the flow of crop inputs has changed the way these businesses are operating. 

Three requests for information were published by the Federal Register. The requests outlined information about competition in regard to producers’ access to fertilizer, seed and ag inputs, as well as food retail.

“Drift can never be eliminated; however, it can be minimized if pesticides are applied under favorable weather conditions and by adopting proven drift reduction strategies,” says IFCA.

Apply product when and where you need it at the optimum rate.

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.

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

Not every product will deliver a positive return-on-investment. But some will and are worth trying out on your farm this season--especially if you're planting early soybeans, says Illinois Sales Agronomist Kris Ehler.

This one-on-one with a leader in the biologicals industry details what's next for this growing market.

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

The formal inquiry by the Canadian Competition Bureau started in October 2019.

In 2021, the agency reported it received 3,500 dicamba-related incident reports, including approximately 711 incidents in Minnesota and 528 incidents in Iowa.

The company said: “More than two weeks have passed since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. From the outset, we have utterly condemned this brutal aggression against a sovereign country."

The new MeloCon LC formulation offers: > Lower use rate > Easier storage with improved shelf life > Application flexibility

DEVELOPING: There's a new issue getting inputs after the only potash mine in Belarus declared a force majeure.

“Last week—out of the blue—we found out the tariff codes for imported glyphosate acid were changed by Presidential proclamation as part of updating the HRS codes for 2022,” says Mike Massey with Ragan & Massey.

New products are unlocking even more potential in what can be delivered in the planting pass.

Multiple products (which currently spans insecticides, fungicides, nematicides, and micronutrients) can be applied simultaneously.

The liquid formula provides greater convenience in storage, handling and tank-mixing and allows for application flexibility when fumigant and conventional chemistries cannot be applied.

Delivering its biological payload via an easy-to-handle, single-liquid bladder, Lallemand’s LALFIX ProYield Liquid Soybean provides multi-action inoculation for soybeans.

Randy Canady, CEO at Atticus, agrees saying that 2021’s challenges were just a warmup for the market dynamics in 2022.

Jeff Tarsi credits the successful fall application across the Nutrien Ag Solutions retail footprint for lessening the potential pressure of the upcoming spring season.