Merger of Crop Protection Traceability Standards

Jamie JohansenAgribusiness, Crop Protection, Data

AgGateway and the CRISTAL Product Traceability team of CropLife International are merging their bar code guidelines, also known as traceability standards, a move that will allow crop protection companies with global operations to enhance data exchange in managing product traceability, inventory control, regulatory compliance and quality control. The important collaboration comes as traceability issues are increasingly important in global trade … Read More

Precision Planting Announces vDrive® Insecticide

Jamie JohansenAgribusiness, Crop Protection, Insecticide

A new insecticide control system by Precision Planting® enables farmers to simplify their planter and achieve more precise control of insecticide on every portion of their fields. Luke Stuber, vDrive® Insecticide engineer, explains. “Farmers applying insecticide today calibrate their meter for a single speed. As operators speed up, slow down or plant around curves, the intended application rate is impossible … Read More

NFU Supports NRCS Conservation Program

Jamie JohansenAg Group, Farmers, NRCS

National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson submitted comments to the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) on an interim rule regarding the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), commending NRCS for their promotion of conservation in agriculture and offering suggestions to focus the program more heavily on conservation outcomes. “Family farmers and ranchers are the original conservationists,” said Johnson. “NFU members understand … Read More

Digi-Star to Introduce New Grain Tracker App

Jamie JohansenAgribusiness, Apps, Grain

Digi-Star will introduce the new Grain Tracker app at the 2015 National Farm Machinery Show held February 11-14 in Louisville, Ky. The Grain Tracker app will give producers full functionality of the GT 460 grain cart scale system straight from their smart phone or tablet. By adding Digi-Star’s ERM-WIFI module to the GT 460, producers will be able to connect … Read More

Super Bowl Food Fever

Jamie JohansenZimmPoll

Our latest ZimmPoll asked the question, “Is China’s recent ban on imports of U.S. poultry & eggs justified?” On January 8, the Chinese government imposed a nationwide restriction on U.S. imported poultry and eggs following the detection of avian flu in wild birds in the Pacific Northwest. There is no doubt the majority of those polled agree with the rest … Read More

FalconScan’s Ground-Breaking Aerial Mapping System

Jamie JohansenAerial Imagery, Agribusiness, technology

The FalconScan Camera System has been under development for several years and has currently completed over 100 aerial imagery missions. Applications include: – Agriculture and Forestry – Environmental Monitoring for Spills or Leaks – Water Quality – Telecommunications Planning – Threat Detection – Transportation Corridor Surveillance – Disaster Preparedness and Response FalconScan offers customers a turnkey operation that delivers high … Read More

FMC Partners With Emerge Application Solutions

Jamie JohansenAgribusiness, Crop Protection, FMC

FMC Agricultural Solutions has partnered with Emerge Application Solutions, Owensboro, Ky., to commercialize the new 3RIVE 3D™ in-furrow crop protection delivery platform. The FMC patent-pending 3RIVE 3D technology seamlessly integrates formulation technology, application technology and active ingredients to increase the number of acres planted in a day. “This system is streamlined for speed and efficiency. Growers can plant up to … Read More

Trimble Adds Analytic Tool & App to Connected Farm

Jamie JohansenAgribusiness, Crop Protection, Data, Trimble

Trimble announced that it will be adding a profit and loss reporting feature to its Connected Farm™ Field application—a Web-based field data management tool where growers can manage field boundaries, task data, crop health maps and precipitation data. With the new feature—which includes a user-friendly graphical interface—it is now possible for growers to analyze field profitability and make better financial … Read More

BASF Wins Two ‘Product of the Year’ Awards

Jamie JohansenAgribusiness, Award, BASF, Fungicides, Herbicides

BASF was recognized as the winner of two ‘Product of the Year’ awards at the 23rd Annual National No-Tillage Conference in Cincinnati. Headline AMP® fungicide won for the ninth consecutive time in the fungicides category, and Sharpen® herbicide won for the second consecutive time in the herbicides category. “Headline AMP fungicide continues to be the fungicide market leader for corn … Read More

Popularity of Drone Tech Growing

Jamie JohansenAgribusiness, drone, UAS, UAV

The discussion of drones in the ag world is at an all time high. Universities across the country are conducting research of all kinds enabling more opportunities. However, those in the agricultural community are not the only ones interested in investing in the future of drone technology. USA Today reported that ten news media companies partnered with Virginia Tech to … Read More