SXSW Eco® is a conference that celebrates the power of design, technology and business to drive global change. They recently announced their final keynote speaker for the 2015 conference as Isha Datar, CEO of New Harvest. Datar’s area of interest is accelerating breakthroughs in cellular agriculture. Currently New Harvest is focused on making animal products without animals. “SXSW Eco is about … Read More
Four Named to ARS Science Hall of Fame
The Agricultural Research Service (ARS), the USDA’s chief intramural scientific research agency, has named four scientists to the Science Hall of Fame. Their accomplishments are in the fields of sustainable farming, fruit tree breeding, air quality, climate change, crop mineral nutrition and discoveries in genomics. They were honored for outstanding, lifelong achievements in agricultural science and technology at a … Read More
Vivid Life Sciences Signs with Agrichem
Agrichem, an Australian manufacturer, has pioneered liquid nutrition innovations and produces specialty liquid fertilizers, plant health formulas and adjuvants. Now Vivid Life Sciences has acquired the rights to use the Agrichem technology in the U.S. and Canada. Through the acquisition, Vivid Life Sciences will sell nutritional seed treatment and phosphite products previously sold in the United States by Agrichem. Key … Read More
AGROWN Leads the Way for Controlled Environment Ag
AGROWN recently sponsored a one- day conference at the Vermont Agricultural Business Education Center (VABEC) to review the facility as a possible location to site the first US R&D/Training center for controlled environment agriculture (CEA), water and energy. There were 24 guests on site, a dozen joined in online and nearly 100 participating on Twitter. Attendees from the U.S., Holland, … Read More
OTA Targets Opportunities with State Ag Directors
Organic Trade Association (OTA) is encouraging the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) to look at opening their doors to more choice and opportunity in the agriculture system– including the organic option. “This is a great time for farms of all sizes to look at how organic might fit into their operation,” Executive Director and CEO Laura Batcha said. … Read More
Trimble Transforms Data with New Software
Trimble has released a new software solution– the Trimble Remote Sensing Suite. The new software promises to transform satellite data into high-quality information using satellite imagery processing and software for object-based feature extraction. The information can be used by geospatial professionals for agriculture, environmental, urban planning and a variety of other applications. “Quickly extracting relevant and accurate information from large … Read More
Precision Bytes
Arysta LifeScience is pleased to announce that select RANCONA Seed Treatment products have received FIFRA 2(ee) recommendation for flag smut, Urocystis agrpyri, control on wheat in the U.S. this season. Warren Hragyil has taken the reins as VP of Crop Protection at Aligned Ag Distributors LLC. Warren will handle crop protection procurement, rebate management, and oversee day-to-day operations for Aligned Ag Distributors LLC … Read More
Syngenta Introduces Orondis Fungicide
Orondis fungicide from Syngenta has been approved for use by the EPA as the first fungicide in the FRAC group U15. The fungicide was created to control soil and foliar disease in vegetables, potatoes and tobacco. Orondis is expected to be available for the 2016 season, pending states’ approval. Orondis contains the active ingredient oxathiapiprolin and offers a new mode of … Read More
Hay-Now Offers Forage-Specific Fertilizer
Monty’s Plant Food Company has released a new foliar applied liquid fertilizer. Hay-Now contains N, P, K along with Sulfur, Iron, and Zinc and is designed specifically for hay crops and pastures. It may be applied without removing animals from the field and can be tank-mixed with herbicides or pesticides. Formulated to deliver readily available nutrients during the vegetative growth stage, … Read More
Husker Harvest is Right Around the Corner
The 38th annual Husker Harvest Days are set for September 15-17 in Grand Island, Neb. Last year farmers and ranchers for 28 states and several countries attend the event. Visitors had the opportunity to see more than 600 exhibitors. Highlights for this year are the field demonstrations, including corn combining, tillage, haying, and precision farming. New this year will be a UAV … Read More