The Iowa Corn Promotion Board is the recipient of a newly issued patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. This is the first U.S. patent that the Board has received for its work in nitrogen use efficiency in corn and related to transgenic plants that have increased nitrogen use efficiency, and/or increased yield using a patented gene. Specifically, patent … Read More
Ag Leader OptRx in Focus at Classic
If your crops could talk, what would they say? That was the title of a learning session at the 2014 Commodity Classic, sponsored by Ag Leader Technology, focused on using crop sensors to find out what your crops need – since they really can’t talk and tell you themselves. We heard from Greg Kneubuhler with G&K Concepts of Indiana, and … Read More
Cover Crop Seed Growth
With cover crops becoming increasingly important for farmers to provide nutrients and protect against erosion, different varieties are being developed to address specific needs. At the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) CSS & Seed Expo in Chicago last week, Risa DeMasi with Grassland Oregon, who is second vice chairman of ASTA, enlightened attendees about what they are doing to develop … Read More
Koch Agronomic Services Looking Ahead
At the 70th Annual Convention of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting and on the Trade Talk floor I stopped in to see our friends from Koch Agronomic Services to find out what’s new in their world. Vice President for North American Sales Ron Rustom tells me about the acquisition of new companies and how Koch looks to become the … Read More
Yara Acquires Water Crop Sensor Tech Company
Yara purchaes ZIM Plant Technology’s crop water sensor technology, which is mostly used in high-precision irrigation systems to improve yields and water use efficiency. “We will incorporate the knowledge and technology into Yara’s existing Crop Nutrition solutions, providing a valuable add-on for our offering to irrigated farming. This clearly improves Yara’s leadership position within the growing fertigation segment,” says SVP … Read More
New John Deere Liquid Fertilizer Applicator
On display at the Farm Progress Show in the John Deere exhibit was the new 2014 2510L Liquid Fertilizer Applicator, making sidedressing easier. “Precision nutrient application technology has grown in importance as our customers continue to address environmental concerns while improving fertilizer use efficiency for the plant,” says Travis Harrison, product specialist from John Deere. “The 2510L enables customers … Read More
Precision.AgWired.com Podcast: New old technologies
What was once considered old is now becoming popular again. Cameron Mills is a Beck’s Hybrids seed dealer and farms in Indiana. Earlier this month he was presenting at Becknology Days in Atlanta, Ind. He says farmers are looking for ways to carry over nutrients in the soil. One of the best ways to do that, he says, is by … Read More
Nitrogen Loss Really Stinks
You have to smell it to believe it – nitrogen loss really, really stinks. Kerry Overton with Koch Agronomic Services treated unsuspecting visitors to his booth at the Ag Media Summit InfoExpo to the “here, smell this” experience. Gotta tell you, it was gross, but it made the point. The solution to nitrogen loss? AGROTAIN® nitrogen stabilizer products. Find out … Read More
Studies Show Conservations Measure Working
An analysis of recent water data show long-term declining levels of nitrates in the Raccoon River, despite the weather-induced spike seen this spring. Additionally, according to Des Moines Water Works website posted measurements, 80 percent of the daily nitrate values since 2006 are less than the drinking water standard of 10 parts per million (ppm). “The fact that there’s been … Read More
Keeping Nitrogen in Fields Farmers’ Priority, Too
Contrary to what seems to be reported many times, farmers don’t want to see their field nutrients washed on down the river to contribute to some “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico. “Farmers don’t want nitrogen to leave their fields. They want it in their corn crop,” explained Tim Smith during the recent Conservation Technology Information Center tour in … Read More