Crop Protection
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.
10 things top executives had to say about their vision for Corteva in the near future.
First being launched in Brazil, Syngenta is bringing a new way to battle nematodes, which can cause up to 30% yield loses.
“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.”
FMC Ventures announced its first portfolio investment in Trace Genomics, Inc.
Currently, Rantizo service providers are primarily focused in the Midwest and can be found from the west coast to as far east as Pennsylvania.
Available to corn growers for the 2021 season, Katagon is classified as a Group 27 and Group 2 herbicide with a use rate of 2.3 to 3.4 fluid ounces per acre.
From a text-based poll, 28% of farmers are increasing their fungicide use in soybeans in 2021.
The FAO reports 80 to 90% of the global wheat cultivars are susceptible to Ug99.
This technology has the potential to redefine the application timeframe as well as level of precision of crop input products.
New products are unlocking even more potential in what can be delivered in the planting pass.
“The line where the precision ag starts and the tractor stops is extremely gray. It used to be bolting on precision ag hardware, and now it’s part of what the tractor does,” says marketing manager Ryan Jardon.
“The 2018 Farm Bill changed the status of hemp for everyone,” FieldWatch CEO Stephanie Regagnon says.
The technology detects a growing plant and selectively sprays a targeted application at 12 mph.
For model year 2022, John Deere is introducing new 400 series, 600 series and Hagie STS sprayers. “We have a complete offering for all sprayer customers,” Joel Basinger says.
GUSS is based in Kingsburg, California and has engineered a semi-autonomous orchard and vineyard sprayer.
Guardian Agriculture just partnered with Wilbur-Ellis to rollout what it calls the first fully autonomous crop protection aircraft system.
A major expansion is planned for the Biorational Research Center in Libertyville, Illinois.
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.
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.
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.
This one-on-one with a leader in the biologicals industry details what’s next for this growing market.