Sorghum Partners Powered by Chromatin
Sorghum is gaining in popularity thanks to new and improved hybrids being developed by Chromatin, your Sorghum Partners. We had the opportunity to chat with Chromatin Vice President for Research &...
View ArticleWeed Resistance Strategy at #Classic17 with FMC
Weed resistance may just be one of the most discussed topics over the last couple years and that didn’t change at Commodity Classic. FMC is one of the companies that has worked aggressively on this...
View ArticleBayer Celebrates New $8 Million Research Center
On Thursday, Bayer wrapped up a week of grand openings by celebrating the expansion of the Soybean Breeding and Trait Development Center in Champaign County, Illinois. The new station will house...
View Article3RIVE 3D Means Farming Faster
Rick Ekins from FMC, and Chuck have talked about their 3RIVE 3D platform several times since it was introduced and Commodity Classic provided another opportunity. With spring planting upon us, here’s...
View ArticleWater for Food Improving Sub-Saharan Security
Peter McCornick, Water for Food Institute, and Tim Williams, International Water Management Institute The 2017 Water for Food Global Conference took place this week at at the University of Nebraska in...
View ArticlePerdue Answers Questions From NAFTA to Wildfires
Yesterday newly confirmed Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue spent his third day on the job visiting the USDA office in Kansas City, Missouri. He also addressed members of the press, answering...
View ArticleTaking DC Bureaucrats to the Farm
The National Corn Growers Association recently joined with the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) and the American Seed Trade Association to host officials from EPA and USDA for...
View ArticleBetter Seed, Better Life Video Contest
The American Seed Trade Association (ASTA), National Association of Plant Breeders (NAPB), and the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America and Soil Science Society of America...
View ArticleAdapt-N Brings Big Data Value to Farmers a Million Times a Day
Agronomic Technology Corp – a leader in agricultural field modeling for soil, water, crops, and fertilizer – has just surpassed over one million daily nitrogen recommendations and is nearing one...
View ArticleASTA Shares Story of Plant Breeding
The American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) has released a new animated video as the latest installment in ASTA’s Better Seed, Better Life initiative. The video, produced in conjunction with CropLife...
View ArticleJohn Deere Works for Ag Retailers
Randy Kasperbauer and Chip Donahue at InfoAg The ag retailers who supply products and services are the main point of contact between John Deere and the farmers who put them to work. “They’re the ones...
View ArticleCropTrak Continues Steady Success
In an industry where tech start-ups abound, CropTrak is a self-made success story in the precision ag space by simply selling a good product that people want to buy. The company started in 2009 and has...
View ArticleWelcome to Day 1 of the Farm Progress Show
This morning Jamie and Joanna went up top to get a bird’s eye view of the start of the 2017 Farm Progress Show. We hope to be live when the network allow it so keep you eye on the AgWired page. And,...
View ArticleVerdesian Life Sciences Introduces FlexConnect™
Verdesian Life Sciences introduced FlexConnect™, the first closed transfer system for soybean inoculants, at the Farm Progress Show in Decatur, Illinois this week. Combined with a mixing port,...
View ArticleAlltech Talks Farm of the Future LIVE
Alltech hosted a live video event on the future of agriculture and technology with a panel of agribusiness experts discussing and debating their thoughts on the future of the agricultural industry, new...
View Article2017-18 National FFA Officer Team Elected
2017-18 FFA National Officers: President Breanna Holbert, Wastern VP Gracie Furnish, Secretary Erica Baier, Western VP Bryce Cluff, Central VP Piper Merritt, and Southern VP Ian BennettStudents from...
View ArticlePresident Trump to Address Farm Bureau
Next month, for the first time in 26 years, the President of the United States will address the membership of the largest general farm organization in the country. Donald J. Trump, the 45th president...
View ArticleRestoring Consumer Trust
Rob Schrick, strategic business lead, broad acre crops, Bayer CropScience, took the stage at the 2018 AgVocacy Forum with Global Head R&D, Adrian Percy, to have a candid conversation about...
View ArticleFMC’s Precision Platform Provides Choices for Growers
FMC is focusing on precision when it comes to crop protection. With current product 3RIVE 3D and newly acquired PrecisionPac from DuPont, the company is organizing itself around precision application...
View ArticleDelaro Fungicide Shows Yield Advantage in Corn, Soybeans
Bayer has released results from 500 DelaroTM field trials which took place in 20 states. Across two years of trials, Delaro averaged a 12 to 18 bushel-per-acre increase in corn and a four to five...
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