Crop Protection
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?”
In December 2019, EPA announced approval of nine biopesticides and one conventional pesticide for use on hemp.
Bayer AG agreed to postpone two upcoming U.S. trials involving its Roundup weedkiller to allow time for mediation talks on a possible settlement with plaintiffs.
Syngenta alleges that Atticus’ Acadia 2SC, Acadia ESQ, Aquila XL, Artavia 2 SC and Artavia Xcel product each infringe their patents relating to manufacturing azoxystrobin fungicide.
Both with regional responsibilities in growing the SIpcam Agro business, Matthew Seibel and Zane Griffin have been added to the company’s account manager team.
“As opposed to outcome-based grower programs that have recently hit the market, BASF’s 2020 Agronomic Advantage offers flexibility and the ability to earn rewards based on agronomic needs,” Scott Kay said.
In what the company says is a first of its kind application for the agricultural industry, Corteva Agriscience will use MicroMGx’s metabologenomics platform to develop naturally derived crop protection solutions.
BASF is now one of the four largest agricultural companies in the world and its planning to introduce more than 30 new products in the next decade.
When the supply was disrupted, all manufacturers had to react, and it wasn’t just tariffs causing the changes to supply.
Barham discusses how the company has grown its phenoxy herbicide portfolio, the changes that will move manufacturing closer to its customers, and the company’s latest seed treatment product to control nematodes.
As of October 1, Adrian Percy will be chief technology officer (CTO) at UPL.
ADAMA will work with Taranis as a strategic partner in using their aerial scouting images and artificial intelligence platform.
On Monday, DowDuPont announced it will name its agricultural company Corteva Agriscience. This is one of three companies to be formed as a result of the merger. The spin-off will be completed by June 1, 2019.
Input buying is at your fingertips—literally. Agrellus, an online input provider, announced it’s unveiling an app for iPhone and Android that allows farmers to shop for inputs with the tap of a finger.
As of Thursday, June 7, 2018, Monsanto stocks are no longer available on the NYSE, Monsanto shareholders are getting fat checks and Bayer is among the largest global seed and ag chemical companies.
The company says the new biologicals provide a unique combination of two bacilli strains to control diseases such as Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS) in soybeans as well as Fusarium, Rhizoctonia and Phytophthora.
Since announcing it in July 2018 and closing on the acquisition of Arysta LifeScience in February 2019, UPL has created a new brand for the unified company—OpenAg.
Governor’s May Revision proposes $5.7 million in new funding to support the transition to safer, more sustainable alternatives
The company has a fleet of more than 100 drones and airplanes, and its sensors can capture clean usable images at 35 mph with a drone or 100 mph with a plane.
Right now, Daniel encourages retailers to be strategic with their crop protection supplies.
West Central developed starter fertilizer Paralign, helping increase nutrient uptake, and adjuvant Last Chance, which has shown to increase efficacy of herbicides.