AgMag Fertilizer Approved for Organic Farming

Kelly MarshallAgribusiness, Fertilizer, Organic

Innovative Surface Solutions has a new option for farmers striving to meet the demand for organic crops.  Ag, Mag has become the first magnesium chloride-based fertilizer approved for organic farming in North America.  Magnesium chloride has been shown to improve quality and yields for crops including corn, wheat and small grains, soybeans, and potatoes. “The demand for organic foods continues to … Read More

New Precision Air 5 Air Cart Offered from CIH

Kelly MarshallAgribusiness, Case IH, Equipment, Planting

Case IH is introducing a new Precision Air 5 series air cart to seed with the highest level of confidence.  The air cart is designed to provide highly accurate seed and fertilizer placement and boasts next-gen boost capacity and AccuSection section control. The modular metering system is appropriately named AccuSection, since the 5 series’ uses individual electronic meter drives, giving primary … Read More

New Holland T9 Goes BIG

Kelly MarshallAgribusiness, Equipment, New Holland, Tractor

Looking for a big boy tractor for those large acre row crop applications? Take a look at this New Holland T9 Series tractor that was on display for ag media on La Belotta Sustainable Farm near Turin, Italy. Darragh Mullin, CNH Industrial, APAC Product Marketing Tractors gave us a walk around tour of the machine. New T9 4WD tractors give … Read More

New Holland Honors Heroes with True Blue Salute

Kelly MarshallAgribusiness, New Holland

New Holland has expanded the True Blue Salute program in honor of the bravery, service, and sacrifice of America and Canada’s military and first responders.  This program provides equipment incentives to all current and retired United States and Canadian military and first responders. “New Holland is honored to show our appreciation and support of our military and first responders through … Read More

Climate Corp Reports Record Adoption of Digital Services

Kelly MarshallAgribusiness, climate, Data

Growers have mapped more than 75 million acres, announces the Climate Corporation.  This number represents nearly 45% of all corn and soybean acres planted in the US.  The company’s digital agriculture platform includes Climate Basic™, Climate Pro™ and FieldView® from Precision Planting.  Their premium web and mobile products have also grown considerably, from 1 million to 5 million in the last … Read More

MF Tractor Awarded to Honor South Pole Expedition

Kelly MarshallAgribusiness, Award, Tractor

Massey Ferguson has awarded the use of MF 5610 tractor for a season to Nancie Clanachan from Scotland.  The award came from a competition run on the Antarctica2 Expedition website in December 2014.  The site followed the adventures of a team that drove an MF 5610 tractor to the Geographic South Pole and back.  The feat has given the MF … Read More

New Sustainability Solutions from Agren

Kelly MarshallAgribusiness, Software, sustainability, Water Management

A three-tired Sustainability Solution has been unveiled by Agren, Inc., the leading provider of sustainability technology.  The program provides agribusiness a way to add sustainability to their current precision setup.  The platform assists growers with a multi-tired path from lead generation to full service conservation planning.  The value it provides makes Agren unique.  Solutions are practical, transparent to consumers, and … Read More

Agnition Helps Overcome Purple Leaf Syndrome

Kelly MarshallAgribusiness, Fertilizer, micronutrients, Soil

Corn growth has been slow and plant leaves are a purple tint in parts of the US.  The cause is cold soil conditions and the purple coloration in leaves is sugars produced by photosynthesis. Usually the sugars would be used for root development, but growth is reduced in the cold soil temperatures.  In these conditions The Microbial Catalyst® technology available in … Read More

John Deere to Make Carbon Fiber Boom

Kelly MarshallAgribusiness, John Deere, Machinery

Deere & Company will be partnering with King Agro to develop and distribute carbon fiber booms.  Deere chose King Agro, a world leader in carbon fiber application, because of its 22 years of innovative experience. “We believe our collaboration with King Agro demonstrates Deere’s commitment to this innovative technology,” says Aaron Wetzel, vice president, Crop Care Platform, John Deere. “By … Read More

ADAMA and Phytech Team Up

Kelly MarshallAgribusiness, Data, Irrigation

ADAMA Agricultural Solutions Ltd. and Phytech, an Israeli agricultural technology company, have begun a partnership for the global commercialization of Phytech’s PlantBeat System.  The system is an alert-driven mobile platform that integrates crop health data and environmental data to give real-time recommendations, generally for irrigation.  The analyzed data alert is given in real-time, helping farmers with daily decisions. Pilot projects … Read More