From Lab to Field – Verdesian’s Technological Journey

Joanna SchroederAgribusiness, Audio, Fertilizer

I recently had the opportunity to learn about Verdesian’s philosophy of how they take technologies and customize them to agriculture. I should take a step back and mention that Verdesian has a strong relationship with Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in the process of taking their defense research and “spinning it off” for agricultural applications. As Nigel Grech, executive vice … Read More

How Verdesian has Filled an ‘NP & K’ Void

Joanna SchroederAgribusiness, Audio, Fertilizer

Verdesian Life Sciences is a plant health plant nutrition company. According to CEO and founder JJ Grow, from the start their plan was to create a portfolio of companies that had really good technology focused on nitrogen and phosphorous efficiencies as well as delivery systems, elicitors and innocolents. Or “things that help fixate nitrogen”. Beginning in 2011 when Grow was … Read More

Global Water Event to Unveil Global Yield Gap Report

Joanna SchroederAgribusiness, Conservation, Education, environment, water, Water Management

On October, 20, 2014 at 7:30 am PT, a new crop analysis will be unveiled. The results of the six-year collaborative research project, “The Global Yield Gap and Water Productivity Atlas,” will be shared. The Atlas is designed to help farmers policy makers, foundations and private sector organizations identify regions with the greatest potential to sustainably produce more food with … Read More

$7M Raised by Ag Data Company aWhere

Joanna SchroederAgribusiness, computers, Data

Agricultural data analytics company aWhere has raised $7 million with the help of Elixir Capital and AgFunder, an online investment company. The investment will help aWhere bring its data analytics platform to international markets and help farmers increase yields and profitability as they incorporate cutting-edge technology into their growing operations. “aWhere’s big data platform brings tremendous value across the agricultural … Read More

PENSXCEL Fertilizer Tech Launched by Eco Agro Resources

Joanna SchroederAgribusiness, Fertilizer

Eco Agro Resources has expanded its fertilizer product portfolio with the announcement of a new a delivery system for active ingredients: PENXCEL™ Technology. The unique formulated system was announced during The Fertilizer Institute annual meeting in San Francisco, California and was developed to deliver fertilizer additives for dry and liquid fertilizer. The delivery system drives active ingredients to penetrate deeper … Read More

iCropTrak 5 Features On-Board Processing

Joanna SchroederAgribusiness, Apps, Data, Farm Management

Cogent3D has released its newest version of iCropTrak and the application now features “on-board” processing for mobile analytics and is helping to take precision ag one step futher. This technology is a bit different than many that are based in the “cloud” or on your desktop. According to Cogent3D, iCropTrak version 5 performs all the processing needed on your iPad … Read More

Husker Harvest Days Supporting America’s Food Drive

Joanna SchroederAgribusiness, Events

American’s Food Drive is taking place again this year during Husker Harvest Days from Tuesday, September 9, 2014 through Thursday, September 11, 2014 in Grand Island, Nebraska. During this year’s show, the attendees will have the opportunity to fight hunger in Nebraska. Organizers of the food drive will be accepting nonperishable food donations and will be donated to local hunger … Read More

Corn Ethanol Project in Brazil Will Feature Precision Ag

Joanna SchroederAudio, bioproducts, Corn, Energy, Ethanol, Farm Progress Show

Alden, Iowa-based Summit Group announced a project to build the first modern corn ethanol plant in Brazil during the 2014 Farm Progress Show. The project will consist of a US$140 million ethanol plant near Lucas do Rio Verde in Mato Grosso, a leading agricultural state in west central Brazil and the country’s largest producer of corn and soybeans. The project … Read More