Farmers attending this year’s Iowa Power Farming Show in Des Moines February 3-5 can learn how other Midwest farmers are making decisions that improve the health of their soil, along with yields, profits and environmental outcomes. An educational program “Building Farmer Wealth with Soil Health” will focus on what “soil health” means, practically, when farmers make decisions about soil sampling, … Read More
Phenome Networks Announces Project Unity
Phenome Networks, a plant breeding management and analytics Software-as-a-Service company, announced the beta launch of its Project Unity at the Plant and Animal Genome (PAG) XXIII conference in San Diego. Today, plant and animal breeders must discover the crops to feed the future through breakthrough research. Yet, at the same time, phenotypic data from hundreds of genetic studies conducted in … Read More
Raven Release Over-the-Air Updates via Slingshot Link
Raven Industries announced the release of Slingshot® Link™, a groundbreaking set of new support tools that will simplify the management of field-deployed precision ag hardware. Slingshot Link will give customers and dealers the ability to send Raven Operating Software (ROS) upgrades and updates wirelessly to compatible Viper® 4 field computers through a Slingshot Field Hub. This new capability will ensure … Read More
NRGene Tech Speeds CIMMYT Maize Mapping
NRGene, a leader in agricultural big data genomic analysis, and The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT) are collaborating to generate the denovo genome assemblies of 20 tropical, subtropical, and highland maize genomes as part of CIMMYT’s collaborative Seeds of Discovery project (SeeD). They anticipate that this work will augment the existing temperate reference for maize and significantly enhance … Read More
What’s Your Opinion on US Ag Coalition for Cuba?
Our latest ZimmPoll asked the question, “What do you think were the biggest ag stories of 2014?” We were not limited on the number of important ag stories in 2014. It looks like RFS and the drought in the West topped this poll. Immigration and agriculture documentaries were a few others people added to the list. 2015 has already started … Read More
EXCEL Dryers Ensure High Efficiency & Grain Quality
Superior Manufacturing’s EXCEL mixed-flow under-fan grain dryers use approximately half the BTUs of conventional screen dryers and only 40 cfm per bushel compared to 100 cfm. They also combine gentle heat with longer retention times for a low stress process that keeps grain quality intact. EXCEL dryers provide highly efficient heating. The Schedule 80 internal vaporizer’s 2-inch line, the largest … Read More
New Holland Joins Canadian Curling Association
New Holland Agriculture and Construction is now an Official Partner of the Canadian Curling Association (CCA) and joins an impressive list of companies as a partner in support of the CCA’s Season of Champions series of events. “As a company with national and international reach, New Holland has established itself as a leader in its field, and we couldn’t be … Read More
Corn Growers Join Cuba Ag Coalition
The National Corn Growers Association joins U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and fellow farm and food organizations seeking to end the United States’ embargo against Cuba and advance trade relations between the two nations. The U.S. Agriculture Coalition for Cuba is composed of more than 30 U.S. agricultural and food organizations committed to building a deeper U.S.-Cuba relationship. … Read More
WinField Collaborates To Simplify Data Management
WinField has increased its participation in two separate efforts to help simplify the exchange of information between software platforms while ensuring that farmers retain ownership and control of their data. WinField and the Open Ag Data Alliance (OADA) are helping farmers put their data to work through the use of communication protocols enabling secure data transfer and common logins between … Read More
HarvestMaster Releases New Brand Identity
HarvestMaster™, a Juniper Systems company that provides data collection for agricultural research, now has a new, updated brand identity for a fresh look. The release of the new logo also coincides with the announcement of HarvestMaster’s new H2 High Capacity GrainGage, a high-accuracy harvest data system for agricultural research. HarvestMaster’s previous logo has been around since the company was first … Read More