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Bayer says it will continue it’s “multipronged” strategy around glyphosate litigation.
Pam Marrone says today’s industry supports products coming to market with a win rate no less than 80% and at least a 7% yield increase — anything else is just noise.
Fertilizer prices have been on a steady climb, despite grain prices continuing to lag. Josh Linville with Stone X points to the driving force: Global production is lagging behind demand.
The biofertilizer company is consolidating its research and development to St. Louis and opening headquarters in a yet to be announced Midwest location.
As a director of an on-farm research business with a footprint in North Dakota and Iowa, and a 3,000-acre farmer himself, Chad Rubbelke approaches long-standing struggles with optimism that the next idea may just work.
Corteva Forcivo will feature three modes of action to address foliar diseases in corn, soybeans, wheat and other crops via overlapping preventive and curative activity.
“It’s another option to have some control over fertilizer prices, which have been extremely volatile in the past couple of years,” says Josh Linville vice president of fertilizer at StoneX.
The commission now has about 80 days to create a strategy for how the federal government should respond to the report findings, per President Trump’s original order in February.
Many farm organizations say the 68-page document released on Thursday is filled with “fear-based rather than science-based information about pesticides,” positioning that will sow seeds of distrust with the American public.
In addition to the expanded distribution for the company, this agreement also included The Andersons venture capital arm, Maumee Ventures, investing in Phospholutions.
With its trio of products, Groundwork BioAg is solving for two problems at once.
SUL4R-PLUS is a slow release granular product providing sulfur, calcium and fulvic acid and is designed for use in soybeans, corn, small grains, alfalfa, forages, fruits or vegetables.
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Before most planters start running, the agronomic team at WinField United is sharing takeaways from its research programs.
Look for the sensitive areas in your fields now, advises Steve Pitstick, who farms 50 miles west of the Chicago suburbs. Be proactive and be informed, he adds, so making product use adjustments won’t be a huge lift this season.
In 2023, the U.S. imported nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium fertilizer products valued at more than $10 billion, and of that more than half came from Canada.
Todd Robran, Chief Commercial Officer at Growers Edge says fintech, such as Growers Edge tools, can be used to help retailers interact with their farmer customers.
“When applied with synthetic nitrogen, it is optimized by 50%, so in other words rates can be reduced–dramatically,” Darin Moon says. “It’s a monstrous claim. We aren’t throwing that number out lightly.”
AgVend continues to add to how its Nexus partner network adds to its portal features and functionality.
The introduction of N-Finity is an extension of Nutrien’s “purpose-built approach” to biologicals, and it brings three ways to improve nitrogen management in a single product and application.
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Biowish Technologies will be applying a further focus on its agricultural business after selling its environmental management business at the end of 2024.
The enzyme in Phosforce is already in the soil but available in limited supply, and application accelerates the biochemical reactions in the soil to tap an previous unused pool of soil phosphorus.
BioBoost and Hopper Throttle Maxstax Soybean will both be available in 2025.
“This strategic combination allows us to bring crop nutrition technologies to growers that wouldnʼt otherwise be available to them,” said Nick Bancroft, CEO of AgroLiquid.
Nutrien focuses its business on helping feed a growing global population “from the ground up.”
Rotor Technologies will begin shipping its autonomous application helicopters next year. Sprayhawk features a 110-gal. tank and can cover 240 acres per hour.
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“Day in and day out, InterLock has performed,” says Eric Spandl, Senior Manager of Product Development, WinField United.
Clips was introduced earlier this fall and is a flowable powder seed coating application system.