Rise and shine early to get the most from your Commodity Classic experience! Early Riser Sessions kick off at 7 a.m. each morning and offer a wide variety of education on important topics like market trends and ag issues. Thursday, March 2 begins with “The Great 2017 Grain Marketing Debate,” while a live taping of the U.S. Farm Report will … Read More
Syngenta Introduces CruiserMaxx Vibrance Potato
Syngenta introduced the CruiserMaxx Vibrance Potato insecticide/fungicide seed treatment just in time for the Potato Expo earlier this month. Chuck Zimmerman had the opportunity to talk with Christopher Clemens about the latest addition to the Syngenta Seedcare potato portfolio- the Vibrance fungicide. CruiserMaxx has been around for a while now, Clemens explains, but we’re talking about it again because of … Read More
Balance GT Soybeans Receive Approval from China
Balance GT soybeans from MS Technologies and Bayer have received import approval from China. The Balance GT Soybean Performance System offers growers a high-yielding genetic along side a double herbicide-tolerant trait for both glyphosate and isoxaflutole, the active ingredient in Balance Bean. Approval from China is an important milestone in getting Balance approved for commercial soybean use. Already the product … Read More
WestBred Wheat Profitability Calculator Now on Website
WestBred® wheat is offering growers a new tool on their website. The Wheat Profitability Calculator was created to help growers understand the return on investments when planting Certified Seed and using WestBred wheat’s Optimal Seeding Rate recommendation, rather than saved seed. “We wanted to find a beneficial way to demonstrate the advantage of using Certified Seed to our growers,” said Tipton. … Read More
SARL Leaders Explore CommonGround Approach
CommonGround volunteer Dawn Caldwell from Edgar Nebraska recently addressed the State and Ag Rural Leaders (SARL),informing them how the program connects farm women with urban and suburban women with concerns about food, farming and ranching. Caldwell was part of a panel and focus group that came together to help attendees better understand both consumer concerns and ways to better communicate … Read More
Precision Ag Bytes
FMC is sponsoring the ARA Crisis Management Workshop on February 27-March 1 in Las Vegas. Learn to create or refine a customized Emergency Action Plan that is relevant, implementable, and sustainable for the needs of your business and local emergency resources. CNH Industrial, parent company of Case IH and New Holland Agriculture, has appointed Dan Danford to the position of Industry … Read More
Nufarm’s Mycoshield Showing Positive Results
The Potato Expo in San Fansisco earlier this month gave Chuck Zimmerman a chance to talk to Nufarm Manager of Tech Services, Alan Haack about an issue affecting the home state of AgWired’s world headquarters. Citrus greening has devastated the citrus industry of Florida, affecting half of the state’s fruit production. Last year the Florida Commissioner of Agriculture declared a … Read More
Bayer Honors 2017 Cotton Specialist
Robert Hutmacher, PhD, has been named the 2017 Cotton Specialist of the Year, an award sponsored by Bayer. Hutchmacher is an Extension Cotton Specialist at the forefront of disease management and water efficiency issues for California growers. He was selected based on peer evaluations in the areas of leadership and outstanding industry service. “Extension Cotton Specialists are the backbone of … Read More
John Deere Connects Specialty Crops from #PotatoExpo
John Deere has something new up its sleeve again. Carl Weidemeier attended the Potato Expo in San Fransisco to show growers the latest offering for specialty crops. Beginning in the spring of 2017 growers will be able to connect their third party yield monitors to the My John Deere platform. A harness converts the message from the third party monitor … Read More
#AFBF17 Breaks Down Immigration Issues
A panel recently addressed the issue of immigration reform at the American Farm Bureau Federation‘s 2017 Annual Convention & IDEAg Trade Show. Tom Hertz, an economist from the Department of Agriculture and Mark Delich, director of congressional affairs at FWD spoke to the attendees about the economic and political realities of the issue, as well as some proposed reforms. Hertz … Read More