The National Science Foundation has awarded a Small Business Innovation Research grant to Advanced Biological Marketing (ABM). The money will allow ABM to develop a new class of biorational chemicals based on chemical communicants from plant symbiotic fungi to offer greater crop yields, enhanced root growth and resistance to stress.- Penn State University Extension reminds growers to be ever vigilant against spider mites and offers a solution to producers with a center-pivot irrigation system. A chemical injection of Boundary Rider from Agri-Inject is specifically designed to control the migrating insects.
- Verdesian Life Sciences has field tested Take Off, a product that speeds up the rate corn processes nitrogen. South Dakota Wheat Growers have seen a respectable yield increase and improved ROI for farmers using the product.