The 2013 Precision Ag Action Summit was held on January 21 & 22 in North Dakota. Newell Kitchen, USDA ARS gave a presentation on “In Field Sensors: Applications to Precision Agriculture”. Proximal soil sensing is the use of field based sensors to obtain signals from the soil when the sensor’s detector is in contact with or close to the soil. … Read More
Hemisphere GPS Sells Non-Ag Operations
Hemisphere GPS Inc. signed and closed a definitive agreement to sell the business assets associated with its non-agricultural operations to the Canadian subsidiary of Beijing UniStrong Science & Technology Co. Ltd. (“UniStrong”) for cash of $14.96M. PI Financial Inc. acted as advisor on the transaction for Hemisphere GPS. The Company also announced that it plans to change its corporate name … Read More
Soy Booster Plot Program Announced
The American Soybean Association announces a new partnership with FMC Corporation and NACHURS — the 2013 Soy Booster Plot Program. ASA is seeking 125 growers across the soybean-growing region to enroll by the March 2 deadline and conduct a Soy Booster field trial on their farm during the 2013 production season. ASA, FMC and NACHURS will work with the participating … Read More
Soil Sampling and Remote Sensing
The 2013 Precision Ag Action Summit was held on January 21 & 22 in North Dakota. David Clay of South Dakota State University gave a presentation on “Precision farming, soil sampling, remote sensing for in‐season N recommendations”. In the presentation he asked the question “can we improve our management of an extremely variable system with remote sensing?” Summary from his … Read More
Bill to Eliminate EPA Permit Requirements
Senators Pat Roberts and Mike Johanns have introduced legislation to eliminate a burdensome, costly and redundant Environmental Protection Agency permit requirement for applications of pesticides. At issue is the January 2009, Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals opinion in National Cotton Council v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, that requires pesticide applications to be permitted under the Clean Water Act. This National … Read More
Monsanto Acquires Select Assets of Agradis, Inc.
Monsanto Company announced it has purchased select assets of Agradis, Inc. Monsanto’s purchase includes the Agradis name and its collection of microbes that can improve crop productivity. Monsanto has also acquired the company’s R&D site in La Jolla, Calif. Agradis was formed in 2011 by Synthetic Genomics Inc and Plenus. The assets of Agradis not purchased by Monsanto include castor … Read More
Equipment Numbers on Farms
Our latest ZimmPoll asked the question, ”How many machines (tractors, etc.) does your farm own?” Our poll results: The majority of you at thirty-five percent own 10+ machines and equipment. Twenty-five percent own 3-5, close behind was 6-9 at twenty-one percent, thirteen percent own 1-2, and six percent said other. As we suspected, every farm and farmer has a different … Read More
DuPont Pioneer IMPACT Trials
There is no one size fits all solution for growers when it comes to corn and soybean performance. The uniquely designed DuPont Pioneer IMPACT trials collect results that provide accurate information about how potential new Pioneerbrand corn hybrids and soybean varieties perform in real-world field environments. Pioneer products are targeted to meet specific grower needs and matched to local environments … Read More
AgReliant Genetics, LLC uses Sage SalesLogix CRM
Sage North America announced AgReliant Genetics, LLC has used a customized version of Sage SalesLogix on iPad tablets to achieve 95% CRM adoption among its 300 sales employees and accelerate its sales and marketing processes. AgReliant Genetics cites Sage SalesLogix as a key contributor to its growth. AgReliant Genetics markets five seed brands in Midwestern corn and soybean states. Each … Read More
2013 FFA Chapter Challenge Begins
FFA members in 15 states can now register for the 2013 FFA Chapter Challenge presented by Monsanto. The 2013 FFA Chapter Challenge, challenges FFA members to make meaningful connections with local agriculturists with a new twist. FFA chapters will now compete in one of two contests with the FFA Chapter Challenge: option one requires FFA members to interview and document … Read More