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The stated goal of the new alliance is to bring together independent ag retailers in a network for collaboration.
The world’s largest fertilizer producer plans to temporarily close its biggest potash mine as the impact of a Canadian rail strike continues to spread.
CommoditAg welcomes two new leaders and introduces new roles to current team members to build the leadership team for a strong future.
“Aaron will significantly strengthen our crop protection business by driving improvements already underway,” says Dave Schumacher, President and CEO of Helm Agro US.
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.
Sam Wineinger has been with the company for three years and has had roles in sales and marketing in the company’s turf and ornamental division.
“This announcement deploys the capability of the Insights engine across 1.5 million acres of US grown corn. That’s equivalent of Tate& Lyle’s global corn purchases,” says Matt Carstens.
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.
In July, Pinnacle Agriculture announced its board started to explore strategic alternatives for the company. This includes a potential sale of the company.
CNH, controlled by the family and once chaired by the late Marchionne, is weighing possibilities including spinning off the Iveco division or combining it with a competitor.
New commercial drone businesses flooded into the market, flush with venture capital and giddy with visions of unmanned aircraft being used for everything from delivering packages to fertilizing farmland.
A recent discovery in Brazil shows that white mold, while typically just a problem for northern states, could take root in southern states—if this strain makes it to the U.S.
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.
Corteva Agriscience, formerly Dow and DuPont companies, will go to market through five regional companies, down from 10 before the merger. The five retiring companies will be combined into the five remaining brands.
New gene editing tools could dramatically change how new seeds are developed and what traits can be brought to market, but Monsanto’s head of research says the industry must do a better job of explaining the tools.
Competitors come together in agreement today—Monsanto will license the Corn Rootworm III and MON89034 (Bt) traits to Corteva Agriscience, the ag division of DowDuPont.
Earlier today the U.S. Department of Justice reportedly approved Bayer’s acquisition of Monsanto—pending the companies’ sale of assets to secure antitrust approval, according to Wall Street Journal.
Bayer AG closed its $63 billion acquisition of Monsanto Co., emerging from an arduous two-year antitrust review as the biggest seed and agricultural chemicals maker in the world.
In the AgPro Podcast, voices from the industry asked: What is your business doing different for seed sales in the coming year?
Cutting costs helped Cargill Inc. show a 14% jump in its fiscal third quarter, even as global threats such as trade, low ethanol demand and swine fever pulled down the company’s profits.
What’s buzzing in agriculture? We’re capturing the latest technology and industry news at Commodity Classic this week.
Four topics address what we believe are our clients’ biggest concerns for 2019.
Improved soil health does not mean improved water quality.
La Crosse Seed added a natives specialist to its native grass and wildflower seed business
The 2018 farm bill means the legalities around growing hemp across the country will soon be worked out.
How available are the resources you need to grow hemp? Farm Journal study respondents weigh in.
The company has its headquarters in Memphis and now operates 54 agronomy locations across Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Texas, and Tennessee.
Around 9 a.m. on Friday morning, emergency crews responded to the Anderson’s grain storage facility in Toledo, Ohio on Edwin Drive as two employees were reported trapped in a grain storage tank.