Crop Protection
Gregg Sauder, founder of 360 Yield Center, says the system uses 40% less water then a center pivot and costs half as much as a drip tape irrigation system.
Meristem has been building out its vision for a new way to supply crop inputs, specifically yield enhancement crop additives. Mitch Eviston, CEO and co-founder recently appeared on The Scoop podcast.
Marjin Dekkers, former CEO of Bayer Ag and CEO of Thermo Fisher Scientific, joins AgBiome as the company chairman, effective Jan. 1, 2021. AgBiome develops products from microbes that target pest control.
As of January 1, 2021 Sam Eathington, Ph.D., has stepped into the role of chief technology officer and senior vice president at Corteva.
Meristem’s Crop Performance product line becomes a key component of Ag To Go’s offering and Ag To Go becomes Meristem’s ally in helping farmers all along the Atlantic Seaboard from Maine to Florida.
“What kept me up at night was any disruption to our primary distribution hub in northwestern Illinois,” says Rod Wells, Chief Supply Chain Officer at Growmark.
BASF is strengthening its cotton portfolio from seed to harvest with the introduction of two new seed treatment packages, Core and Prime seed treatments.
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AMVAC has acquired Agrinos, a privately-owned group of companies focusing on biological crop inputs, as well as received EPA approval for biological fungicide product.
Farm Journal wants to help you address your agronomic management and technology use this season with its 2018 Yield Tour program.
November 13 will mark the 20 year anniversary of the merger of Novartis Agribusiness and Zeneca Agrochemicals to form Syngenta.
Bayer Crop Science launched the second year for the Bayer PLUS Rewards grower program – a comprehensive portfolio of high-performance seed and crop protection products.
Vestaron’s Spear family of products is the first peptide-based insecticides and the first bioinsecticides that affect a specific neuromuscular target.
Panther MTZ is the latest in Nufarm’s portfolio of herbicides formulated to help growers gain weed management efficacy, resistance management and lasting residual control that improves flexibility come spring.
One of the biggest barriers to introducing new pesticides—which includes herbicides, insecticides and fungicides—is regulatory review and its uncertain timing and expense.
The OpenAg Center consists of high-tech laboratories and a newly recruited team of seasoned, sought-after scientists able to quickly validate a wide range of technologies.
Nutrien Ag Solutions PCAs and scouts will be actively monitoring insect traps throughout the Salinas Valley while FMC Arc farm intelligence will visualize that data as detailed maps on a proprietary mobile app.
Paul Revere said, one if by land, two if by sea, but now startup Rantizo has received swarm approval for up to three. That’s three drones for aerial applications of crop protection or seed products.
These new partners add high-quality alfalfa and expand the biostimulant and crop nutrition products in the CommoditAg lineup.
The contractors work with farmers and their local ag retail and agronomy teams. The services are charged by the hour.
Participating retailers included: Asmus Farm Supply, Harvest Land Co-op, Helena Agri-Enterprises, Nutrien Ag Solutions, and Simplot Grower Solutions.
“I get the question a lot if there are differences in adjuvants, and yes, there are,” says Dr. Bryan Young of Purdue University.
As a result of the company’s “Innovation with Speed and Discipline” product development process, AMVAC introduces 10 new products this year.
Nutrien Ltd, North America’s biggest farm retail supplier, moved up shipments of crop supplies by two to four weeks
“If I was on the retail side, I wouldn’t wait regarding supply, particularly for key products. I believe the logistics of those could be impacted later in the season...” says UPL’s Brian Cardin.
With a goal of improving preparing to service customers in the Midwest (specifically for corn and soybeans) Trace Genomics has purchased soil processing assets and opened a soil testing lab in Ames Iowa.
In 2018 IDA issued 233 warning letters and 14 notices of fines. In 2019, there have been 62 warning letters and 98 notices of fines. Fines are pretty evenly split between commercial and private applicators.
The impact of neonicotinoids on pollinators is a prime focus for the additional risk mitigation when using these products.
The addition of Pathway will expand Plant Response’s multi-site operations to Plant City, Florida, Koch Biological Solutions R&D site in Hayward, California, and the R&D and commercial operations in Madrid, Spain.
“Everyone is suspicious if the house will always win. But I don’t want to be accused of lying about my yields. And I don’t want to be audited by the input company. How will I sleep at night?”