A new tool offered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture will let producers see and analyze more data. The agency’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is now offering the Ag Census Web Maps application, a dynamic online tool that gives users rapid access to Census of Agriculture maps and data about crops and plants, livestock and animals, economics, farms, and … Read More
ANBO Series Helps Farmers with Big Jobs
A new series grapples by ANBO Manufacturing, a leading maker of grapples and blade attachments for use in agriculture, forestry and construction, should make life a little easier for the modern rancher and farmer. Made of tough A-572 alloy steel, the Rancher Series grapples come in sizes from 69 inches to 94 inches and can be made to fit virtually … Read More
GROWMARK Promotes Three in Plant Foods Division
GROWMARK, Inc. is promoting three employees in its Plant Food Division. The company announced the promotions in this news release. Dan Engel has been promoted to senior market manager, Phosphates and Potash, replacing Mike May, who will retire January 2015. Engel will be responsible for procuring, positioning, and pricing phosphate and potash products for GROWMARK. He most recently held the … Read More
Yield Lab, Arch Grants Team Up for Ag Tech
A business accelerator that invests in sustainable methods of increasing the world food supply and a St. Louis-based non-profit entrepreneurial organization that builds successful companies team up to further the cause of agriculture technology. The Yield Lab and Arch Grants announced their partnership to help ag tech startups in the St. Louis region. “LifePack is an international company from Cali, … Read More
Bio S.I.’s AG Select Puts Life Back into Rebuilding Soil
Mother Nature has a pretty good formula for restoring the health to soils: using microbes to help break down organic matter. While chemicals can help replenish lots of the nutrients, they don’t provide the natural, living spark that helps turn that matter into energy and food for plants. That’s where Bio S.I.’s AG Select comes in. It restores all 16 … Read More
Depts. of Ag, Interior to Measure Conservation Impacts
A new partnership between the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and the Interior looks to better measure the impacts of farmers’ conservation practices on the quality of the country’s water. Officials say the information gathered will strengthen the effectiveness of state and federal nutrient reduction strategies while protecting the privacy of individual farmers. “On a voluntary basis, the agricultural community has … Read More
3D Robotics Launches New Mapping Drones
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) maker 3D Robotics has launched a new line of drones that come with all-in-one 2D and 3D mapping features. The California-based company says its new Aero-M (fixed wing) and X8-M (multi-copter) devices offer the most cost-effective, accurate and repeatable aerial perspectives for farms that could give producers images so good they could see right “down to … Read More
Ag Retailers to Talk Precision Ag, Cover Crops at Conference
Precision agriculture and cover crops are just two of the subjects to be highlighted at the upcoming Agricultural Retailers Association Annual Conference and Expo, December 2-4 at the Sheraton in New Orleans’ French Quarter. To help you navigate these trends, organizers encourage you to navigate over to the conference website and get registered now before the conference rates increase on … Read More
Propane Supplies Much Better than Last Winter
Last winter’s propane shortages that hit farmers and rural residents hard for their business and home heating needs should not be repeated this winter. The Propane Education & Research Council (PERC) is citing U.S. Energy Information Administration information that expects a warmer winter and a propane stocks up 17 percent from a year ago in the Gulf Coast and Midwest, … Read More
The Nose Knows: Bugs’ Sense of Smell Turned Against Them
Odors that certain bugs can sense and are attracted to are being used to control the pests. This article from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) says the blend of odors that attracts spotted wing drosophila flies (SWD) has been developed into a new lure product for improved monitoring and control of these tree-fruit and berry pests. The blend is … Read More