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AgGateway Debuts Ron Farrell Attitude Award
AgGateway Debuts Ron Farrell Attitude Award

Ron's wife Judi and daughter Kelly Farrell were on hand with AgGateway President and CEO Brent Kemp to present the inaugural Ron Farrell Attitude Award to Ann Vande Lune of Key Cooperative.

GreenPoint Ag Wins The Scoop’s Business Innovation Award
GreenPoint Ag Wins The Scoop’s Business Innovation Award

The transformation from traditional manual processes to efficient digitization is exhibited at GreenPoint Ag's Halls, Tenn., location, which led to it being named the 2023 Business Innovation Award winner.

GreenPoint Ag's Halls, Tenn. Location Receives 2023 Business Innovation Award
GreenPoint Ag's Halls, Tenn. Location Receives 2023 Business Innovation Award

On the heels of being formed as one of the largest cooperative ag retailers in the country, the business took a hard look at where it wanted to go and how it wanted to show up to farmers, and began marching forward.

Syngenta Group and CNH Industrial Connect Digital Platforms
Syngenta Group and CNH Industrial Connect Digital Platforms

The companies hope this collaboration with simplify the decision making process for farmers and advisors while creating reliable data sources to increase insights. 

AgVend Unveils CRM+: 'First CRM Built For Agribusiness'
AgVend Unveils CRM+: 'First CRM Built For Agribusiness'

CRM+ is crafted from the ground up for the mobile-oriented nature of ag retail teams.

4 Areas to Revamp Your Ag Retail Business
4 Areas to Revamp Your Ag Retail Business

Change is in the air, and Brad Oelmann is challenging ag retailers to not hit cruise control.

Agritechnica 2023: New Trends Shape Equipment Industry
Agritechnica 2023: New Trends Shape Equipment Industry

The flow of ag commodities around the world is changing demand for mechanization. The latest innovations to do more with less were on display in Hanover, Germany.

Avoid A Technology Setback With These Maintenance Tips
Avoid A Technology Setback With These Maintenance Tips

To avoid a major technology setback in the spring, Joshua Elhers, precision products coordinator at Heartland Ag Solutions, shares two precautions the ag industry can take now.

Nutrien Acquires Southern Soybean Program From BASF
Nutrien Acquires Southern Soybean Program From BASF

"By expanding into soybeans, we're showing our commitment to providing solutions for our customers and investing in the future of row crop growers," said Spencer Harris.

Young Farmer Makes History, Uses Video Games and YouTube to Buy $1.8M Land
Young Farmer Makes History, Uses Video Games and YouTube to Buy $1.8M Land

After a year-long wait, Grant Hilbert and his company, SquadBuilt, released American Farming on Nov. 24, 2023. Here's a look back at his journey to become a gamer, social media influencer and farmer. 

Hostile Headwinds Hitting Ag Startups
Hostile Headwinds Hitting Ag Startups

The vertical farming bubble is popping, and investors are taking dollars off the table for fake meat.

Yara-Founded Varda Partners With Ever.Ag
Yara-Founded Varda Partners With Ever.Ag

Bringing together the technologies works toward reducing risks for service providers and boosting consumer trust in food production processes.

5 Digital Payment Trends Ag Retailers Should Know
5 Digital Payment Trends Ag Retailers Should Know

ARA and Keybank share their top tips to help ag retailers take advantage of emerging digital payment trends.

Resources Available to Stack Conservation Programs
Resources Available to Stack Conservation Programs

Layering federal and private conservation programs has potential to add extra cash to your bottom line.

New Legislation Looks To Connect Farmland And Ranchland To Broadband
New Legislation Looks To Connect Farmland And Ranchland To Broadband

The Last Acre Act would help expand high-speed internet access across eligible farmland, ranchland and farm sites. At least 15% of farms and ranches have no access to the internet today. 

Adapt-N Focuses on Expanding Integration Network
Adapt-N Focuses on Expanding Integration Network

Adapt-N is already available in Proagrica, Ever.Ag and MyFarms. Other management systems are currently in progress to include the tool in the immediate future.

Bushel Receives Grant to Develop Carbon Intensity Score Tracking
Bushel Receives Grant to Develop Carbon Intensity Score Tracking

“Most of the sustainability efforts have been focused on the farmers. But with opportunities such as the Section 45z tax credits, we believe we can support the “messy middle” of the supply chain," says Brant Flint.

Kula Bio Names MacGillivray as Chief Commercial Officer
Kula Bio Names MacGillivray as Chief Commercial Officer

MacGillivray joins Kula Bio from Anuvia Plant Nutrients. He will oversee and manage all commercial aspects of Kula Bio’s operations.

How Ag Retail Is Expanding Options For Farmers Through Technology
How Ag Retail Is Expanding Options For Farmers Through Technology

As farmers have grown more aware of expanded options for buying inputs, retailers have invested in how they are part of the party.

Skeptical Farmer and Co-Op Find Mutual Benefit in Relationship
Skeptical Farmer and Co-Op Find Mutual Benefit in Relationship

“If we don’t engage well digitally, we’re just another white pickup,” says K.C. Graner, CFS senior vice president.

Missouri Grain Facility Designated As Sustainability Hub
Missouri Grain Facility Designated As Sustainability Hub

The company has already launched several sustainability features at the site and is planning more in the coming year.

Nation's First Agricultural Autonomy Institute Opens at Mississippi State University
Nation's First Agricultural Autonomy Institute Opens at Mississippi State University

The institute will unite researchers at the university interested in robotics, artificial intelligence and remote sensing to increase precision, production and profitability in the ag industry.

Benson Hill’s Interim CEO Becomes Permanent, Updates Business Model
Benson Hill’s Interim CEO Becomes Permanent, Updates Business Model

The company sees potential in focusing on animal feed and pet food via several non-GMO, Ultra-High Protein low oligosaccharide (“UHP-LO”) commercial soybean varieties.

Growers Double-Pronged App Approach: One Farmer Facing, One Ag Retail Facing
Growers Double-Pronged App Approach: One Farmer Facing, One Ag Retail Facing

With the goal of updating and enhancing the farmer, retailer and manufacturer relationship, Growers unveils its latest apps.

Ever.Ag’s 13th Recent Acquisition: Austin Data Labs
Ever.Ag’s 13th Recent Acquisition: Austin Data Labs

Ever.Ag CEO Scott Sexton said, "By acquiring Austin Data Labs, we've taken a revolutionary step towards redefining the agricultural data landscape globally."

Wellspring Of The Value Chain
Wellspring Of The Value Chain

Two years after Ever.Ag acquired EFC Systems, leaders share the vision for the future of digitization.

AgBiome May Layoff All Employees, Seeks To Continue To Market Its Crop Protection Products
AgBiome May Layoff All Employees, Seeks To Continue To Market Its Crop Protection Products

In a statement, the company said: "We are continuing ongoing discussions with potential partners and investors that would push forward the company’s products, platform, and science."

New Soybean Seed Treatment Available
New Soybean Seed Treatment Available

Poncho Votivo Precise from BASF offers a combination of protection to address nematodes and early-season insects in soybeans. The product contains a biological and insecticide.

Electric Vehicles Face Bumpy Road to the Back 40
Electric Vehicles Face Bumpy Road to the Back 40

Three roadblocks rural America faces on the path to electric machinery adoption.

Meristem Formulates Cotton-specific Revline Hopper Throttle Product
Meristem Formulates Cotton-specific Revline Hopper Throttle Product

Revline Hopper Throttle Cotton's Bio-Capsule are charged with a newly added, crop-specific strain of Terrasym for cotton in conjunction with a powerful consortium of 10 bio-fertility and N-fixing microbes.

Greenstone Systems Adds Hrvyst Data To Grower Portals
Greenstone Systems Adds Hrvyst Data To Grower Portals

Each agribusiness with a MyGrower platform can activate the relevant data for their facilities.

Broader, Stronger, Longer: BASF’s Revylok Fungicide
Broader, Stronger, Longer: BASF’s Revylok Fungicide

The company says it has three-fold benefits: long-lasting yield protection, premium disease control, and effective resistance management. 

CNH Industrial Acquires Hemisphere GNSS
CNH Industrial Acquires Hemisphere GNSS

Company leaders say this “solidifies CNH’s in-house precision, automation and autonomy technology, enabling us to continue Breaking New Ground for the agriculture and construction industries."

A Unique Gift the Whole Farm Will Want
A Unique Gift the Whole Farm Will Want

Aerial Rug and Boundri use satellite imagery to create custom farm products - the most popular being rugs.

Financial Discounts for Regenerative Ag
Financial Discounts for Regenerative Ag

Could new incentives be the tipping point to adoption?

New Profit Calculator Reveals How Much Soybean Cyst Nematode Costs You By Field
New Profit Calculator Reveals How Much Soybean Cyst Nematode Costs You By Field

The online tool from the SCN Coalition is free and easy to use. It’s backed by research done on more than 25,000 university soybean research plots across the U.S.

CNH Industrial Invests In Robotic Fruit Harvesting Platform
CNH Industrial Invests In Robotic Fruit Harvesting Platform

Its first harvester was for strawberries, and last year it launched the apple harvester for use in Washington.

Stephanie Mercier
Emerging Groundwater Issues Likely to Affect U.S. Agriculture

The rate of groundwater withdrawal from aquifers is increasing in many parts of the country, and agricultural use in irrigation is accounting for much of that change. Climate change may be accelerating this trend.

The Scoop Podcast: Fundamentals of Technology and Keys to Implementation
The Scoop Podcast: Fundamentals of Technology and Keys to Implementation

Dave Swain draws on his experience from application equipment, ag retail and technology roles with his consulting business: Vision Technology Management.

Largest Ag Tech Deal Ever: AGCO Acquires 85% of Trimble for $2 Billion
Largest Ag Tech Deal Ever: AGCO Acquires 85% of Trimble for $2 Billion

“This is the largest ag tech deal ever,” says Eric Hansotia, chairman, president and chief executive officer at AGCO.

Plants, Not People, May Fall Prey To The Next Global Pandemic
Plants, Not People, May Fall Prey To The Next Global Pandemic

Lack of genetic diversity in crops may lead to an outcome worse than COVID-19.

The Scoop Podcast: One Ag Retailer Is Bringing Climate Smart Grant Work To the Fields
The Scoop Podcast: One Ag Retailer Is Bringing Climate Smart Grant Work To the Fields

Here are examples of how Star of The West has built connections and expanded opportunities for farmers. 

John Phipps: Is Broadband the Secret to Reviving Rural America?
John Phipps: Is Broadband the Secret to Reviving Rural America?

Rural areas are slowly gaining access to decent broadband speeds, and small towns are adding fiber-optic lines. However, the decline of the population in areas with fewer than 10,000 people is not improving much.

Valent BioSciences Announces Construction of New Oregon Facility
Valent BioSciences Announces Construction of New Oregon Facility

The White City, Oregon facility will produce Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) utilized in agriculture, horticulture, turf and ornamental markets.

Pattern Ag Expands Its Analytics to Include Foliar Diseases
Pattern Ag Expands Its Analytics to Include Foliar Diseases

“No other company can offer such integrated testing to predict what risks farmers face in the coming growing season,” Danielle Watts, vice president of data, said.

Planting Opportunities to Start on the Right Foot
Planting Opportunities to Start on the Right Foot

FMC's At-Plant product platform provides a way for growers to get the most out of every acre.

Texas Farmer’s Top Five Technologies
Texas Farmer’s Top Five Technologies

Todd Westerfeld says five technologies, from pocketknife to section control, are invaluable across his farm on a day-to-day basis.

Q&A With Indigo Ag’s C-Suite
Q&A With Indigo Ag’s C-Suite

Today, they announced a $250 million capital funding round. “We are shifting into the next phase of maturity as a company – a trusted partner that is delivering critical sustainability solutions,” says Ron Hovsepian.

New Tool from The SCN Coalition Reveals the Pest’s Financial Toll
New Tool from The SCN Coalition Reveals the Pest’s Financial Toll

The SCN Coalition’s new SCN Profit Checker tool allows growers and their crop advisors to estimate the financial toll of soybean cyst nematode in each field.

Aimpoint Research Details Farmer Adaptability
Aimpoint Research Details Farmer Adaptability

As detailed in the new report, Enterprising Business Builders and Independent Elites now represent 62% of U.S. farmers.