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Tracking Wheat Rust To Its Origin
Tracking Wheat Rust To Its Origin

The FAO reports 80 to 90% of the global wheat cultivars are susceptible to Ug99.

Augmented Reality Gives New View of Seed Treatments
Augmented Reality Gives New View of Seed Treatments

To give seed dealers and farmers a new way to look at and talk about seed treatments, the Acceleron brand has released the Virtual Root Dig app.

Syngenta Sues Atticus for Patent Infringement

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.

More Farmers Go Online For Crop Inputs
More Farmers Go Online For Crop Inputs

If e-commerce adoption continues to increase, and if it matches the intentions of this survey’s respondents, 1 in 7 farmers will buy some of their crop inputs online. Are you ready?

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.
Sipcam Announces Two New Account Managers

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.

CommoditAg Announces Ninth Retail Partner
CommoditAg Announces Ninth Retail Partner

Since launching in 2017, CommoditAg now welcomes its ninth retail partner---MFA Incorporated. This includes five MFA warehouses in Missouri and Arkansas.

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Year After Merger, BASF Has Big Plans

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.

The trade issues with China magnified the developing issues with sourcing active ingredients for pesticides. The effect has played out during the 2018 and 2019 crop years, and it has already influenced planning for 2020.
Tariffs Have a Long Shadow Over Pesticide Active Ingredients

When the supply was disrupted, all manufacturers had to react, and it wasn’t just tariffs causing the changes to supply.

Marrone Bio Acquires Jet Ag and Jet Oxide Product Lines

“We continue to expand our portfolio of products for integrated pest management, giving growers more tools to control diseases, improve plant health, and enhance grower return on investment,” said Pam Marrone.

The variability in plant maturities and environments have crop scouts busy looking for diseases in 2019. Layer on the current farm economics, and the fungicide market in 2019 is complex.
Four Tips To Sell Fungicides in 2019

The variability in plant maturities and environments have crop scouts busy looking for diseases in 2019. Layer on the current farm economics, and the fungicide market in 2019 is complex.

Startup Aims To Lead Drone-based Crop Applications
Startup Aims To Lead Drone-based Crop Applications

According to Rantizo its platform is cost competitive with aerial rates at $10 to $12/acre. And next year, they are working to advance a technology upgrade to make their applications in-line with ground rig rates.

Report: Tar Spot Could Cause Up to 38 Bushel Per Acre Losses
Report: Tar Spot Could Cause Up to 38 Bushel Per Acre Losses

A recent publication from Extension experts at University of Illinois, Michigan State University, Purdue University and University of Wisconsin details how tar spot impacted corn hybrid yields in 2018.

First Company Approved For Ag Spraying Via Drone In Iowa
First Company Approved For Ag Spraying Via Drone In Iowa

The company sold its first drone application system in April of 2019.

BASF's Revysol Fungicide Gains EPA Registration
BASF's Revysol Fungicide Gains EPA Registration

This past week, BASF received registration for its Revysol fungicide from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).