Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said that USDA’s new Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP), which brings together businesses, tribes, communities and other non-government partners to invest in conservation efforts, has drawn an overwhelming response from partners across the nation. Nearly 5,000 organizations partnered together to submit nearly 600 pre-proposals by the July deadline. “This program is an entirely new approach to … Read More
Getting Farm News You Can Use
Our latest ZimmPoll asked the question, “I prefer to get my farm news from:” I am sure many of the younger generation feel real magazines and radio are a little out dated, but it is clear that they still serve a purpose when it comes to getting news that is relevant to our industry. Computers seem to easily take the … Read More
John Deere’s New Certified Pre-Owned Equipment Program
John Deere introduces a new Certified Pre-Owned (CPO) Equipment Program to assist customers looking for field-ready used machines with the latest technology to increase overall productivity for their farm or business operation. “Some customers have not upgraded their machinery fleet in a few years and the Certified Pre-Owned Equipment Program will allow them to trade up to later model machines … Read More
Ag Leader Announces OnTrac3™ Assisted Steering System
Ag Leader Technology introduced its latest assisted steering system: OnTrac3. The newly designed OnTrac3 represents the next generation of the company’s assisted steering system and features a number of improvements to the Electronic Control Unit (ECU)and the Mechanical Drive Unit (MDU). A key update to Ag Leader’s assisted steering platform is the addition of an auto-calibration procedure. Through auto-calibration, OnTrac3 … Read More
More Profits for Strawberry Growers
A University of Florida-developed web tool can bring growers $1.7 million more in net profits over 10 years than a calendar-based fungicide system because it guides growers to spray their crop at optimal times, a new UF study shows. The Strawberry Advisory System, devised by an Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researcher, takes data such as temperature and leaf … Read More
Proceedings from 6th World Congress on Conservation Agriculture
Presentations and abstracts from the 6th World Congress on Conservation Agriculture are now available on the Conservation Technology Information Center’s (CTIC) website. The over 40 presentations and 140 abstracts include subjects such as: – European perspectives on conservation agriculture; – the biological potential of grain-producing soils in Australia; – using conservation agriculture to alleviate food insecurity in Malawi; – crop-livestock … Read More
Partnership Brings Together Industry Leading Tools
AgWorks, LLC announces a partnership with Willard Agri-Service through its Ag Venture subsidiary to team up to deliver decision support services to growers. Willard Agri-Service has invested over 18 years developing a decision support system that creates real value for both the grower and retailer through their award winning HighQ® product. This product has been utilized on over 5 million … Read More
Alta Seeds to Launch 1st Herbicide Tolerant Sorghum Hybrids
Alta Seeds, the premium brand of Advanta, a leading international supplier of proprietary crop genetics, will demonstrate the first herbicide tolerant sorghum hybrids in their 2014 trials in Hereford, Texas. The first grain sorghum hybrids with this trait will be introduced commercially by Alta Seeds in 2016. Herbicide tolerant grain sorghum will give growers greater ability to control yield-limiting grassy … Read More
Iowa Farm Bureau Renew Rural Iowa Entrepreneur Award
ALMACO, is a community supporter and tireless innovator in the global pursuit to end world hunger. The longtime family-owned manufacturing company was nominated for the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation (IFBF) Renew Rural Iowa Entrepreneur award by employees and Story County Economic Development leaders. Founded in 1880, ALMACO is the oldest company in Story county; their first products were horseshoes for … Read More
Varying Opinions on Farming Tech
Our latest ZimmPoll asked the question, “How can technology make farming even better?” We all seem to have a different opinion on what type of farming technology would be the most beneficial. Right now I am leaning towards weather control. It would be nice to simply click a button when we need some rain. I still believe that is a … Read More