Crop Protection
Andrew Thomas has been named the CEO of Alltech Crop Science. He brings to Alltech more than 30 years of international management experience and proven success in the agri-food and seed industries.
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.
In a partnership announced in mid-June, Alltech Crop Science and Helm Agro formed a new way to bring biologicals to market.
This upcoming season will be the first for Novozymes BioAg to return to a direct-to-customer relationship with retailers. The North American business results in almost 1/3 of the company’s sales revenues.
Meet “Annie.” This robot being used by Corteva Agriscience is the result of a partnership with Boston Dynamics and Trimble.
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.
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.
By applying proven pharma innovations to plants, Enko cuts the discovery time in half–arming farmers faster with tools to address evolving needs.
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.
Greg Page, Chairman of Corteva: “Over the past several years, Jim guided the creation and launch of Corteva as a leading, independent global agriculture company and he will leave the company on a very strong footing”
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.
Mayo Schmidt, Nutrien CEO says, “Our plans are certainty ambitious and plan to execute is solid. ESG is engrained in our governance and capital framework. We are uniquely positioned to lead and drive this change.”
“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.”
Utilizing Halo, sponsors post areas of interest for research collaborations through requests for proposals (RFPs), and scientists respond with simple, standardized proposals.
HELM Agro will market, sell and distribute the Alltech Crop Science line of products in the U.S.
Strategic acquisition will establish a European presence and grow Ginkgo’s Codebase of large-scale protein production capabilities
The transaction completed in mid-May is the first step in Gowan Company’s plan to purchase all of the shares of Isagro S.p.A.
Randy Canady of Atticus says the current supply chain challenges in crop protection aren’t just due to the COVID-19 pandemic’s long-tail of logistical issues.
ABM specializes in seed treatment with bionutrition products. Agrauxine by Lesaffre has been developing biosourced solutions for plant nutrition and health for more than 15 years.
“Today’s acquisition is a testament to our commitment to make the farm more efficient and increase productivity while dramatically improving sustainability,” said Valmont President and CEO Stephen G. Kaniewski.
Nutrien leadership shares five areas for growth in its retail business.
“No one has everything they need right now,” says Tom Lyons, vice president of supply chain at Nufarm. “We’ve been on plan A, plan B, and plan C.”
The team at Ag Partners is joining the Rantizo network which includes 40 contractors across 18 states using the technology to apply via drones.
“We’ve seen this building for many months. And this overall situation will likely last into the 2022 crop year,” says Adam Hensley with Helm.
“Ken’s consistent customer focus and knowledge of the crop protection market landscape will ensure the success of this integral role,” said Brendan Deck, Nufarm’s General Manager - North America.
While Amy Asmus says fungicide supplies will also be tighter this year, it’s herbicides that are garnering the most angst.
August 3, 2021 marks the 100th anniversary of an experiment in Ohio when lead arsenate dust was spread over catalpa trees to kill sphinx moth larvae
Judd previously held marketing roles within BASF and Novozymes where he led global growth and asset management in bringing new products to market and evaluating existing assets for maximum value proposition.
The past five years have been transformational for AMVAC, says Scott Hendrix, Senior Vice President, U.S. and Canada Crop Sales and Application Technology.
With a $2 billion euro investment every year in R&D, Bob Reiter provides these updates in key areas of Bayer’s pipeline and strategy: