If you’re looking to take advantage of early registration for Commodity Classic, the early registration discount ends January 14, 2015. This is the last day to take advantage of early registration fees for the event, to be held March 3-5 in New Orleans. Early registrations received so far indicate that this year’s Commodity Classic will be another record-breaker. “At this … Read More
CHS Foundation Scholarships Available For Students
The CHS Foundation invites new and existing college students with agriculture or energy-related interests to apply for scholarships to help further their education. Both high school and existing college students are invited to apply for a variety of scholarship opportunities. The CHS Foundation will award more than 300 scholarships in 2016. One hundred $1,000 scholarships will be made to high … Read More
BioAg Alliance Showcases Microbial Research Results
The BioAg Alliance, a collaboration between Novozymes and Monsanto to improve crop harvests through naturally-occurring microbes, announced results from its 2015 field trial program. Those results included a corn inoculant product, which increased yields by an average of 4 bushels per acre in U.S. field tests. The product is based on a fungus found in soil and researchers from the … Read More
EPA Releases Risk Assessments for Insecticides
Today the EPA announced a preliminary pollinator risk assessment for the neonicotinoid insecticide, imidacloprid, which, according to the assessment, is a threat to some pollinators. EPA’s assessment, prepared in collaboration with California’s Department of Pesticide Regulation, indicates that imidacloprid potentially poses risk to hives when the pesticide comes in contact with certain crops that attract pollinators. “Delivering on the President’s … Read More
USDA Expands Conservation Efforts In Iowa
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced this week a series of new efforts to help Iowa’s farmers and livestock producers conserve water and soil resources and improve nutrient management practices on the state’s 30 million acres of farmland. Vilsack said the U.S. Department of Agriculture will expand access to USDA’s signature conservation programs for Iowa producers, making available up to … Read More
Iowa Corn Hosts Farmer Panel for Soil Health
Iowa Corn announced it will hold a farmer-to-farmer panel discussion on Friday, January 15 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. at Fisher Theater on the campus of Iowa State University in Ames. Invited to moderate the discussion is Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey. Three Iowa farmers will share their conservation practices. Northey will lead the panel in discussions on … Read More
Top 10 Precision Ag Stories in 2015
To celebrate ringing in the New Year, we’re looking back at the top 10 Precision Ag stories from 2015. The following Top 10 posts are based off of website traffic only! Are you surprised by any of the Top 10? Did one of your favorite stories make the cut? 1. Bayer CropScience Launches Flower-Growing ‘Feed a Bee’ 2. 2016 International … Read More
ARA Asks Stakeholders To Voice Opinions
The Agricultural Retailers Association is putting a call-to-action out for stakeholders to make their voices heard regarding the future use of an important insecticide, chlorpyrifos. Popular products that include chlorpyrifos include Cobalt, Cobalt Advanced, Lorsban, Lock-On, etc. Read the full letter below: Dear Stakeholder: As you probably know, on October 30, 2015, U.S. EPA announced a proposal to revoke US … Read More
Merry Christmas From Precision AgWired!
The Precision AgWired Team is thankful to all of you for tuning in through a busy 2015 as we worked to provide the latest coverage in Precision Ag. We hope to see many of you at upcoming events throughout the new year as our calendars are already filling up! We pray you have a blessed and Merry Christmas and a … Read More
Trimble And DuPont Enable Data Transferring
DuPont Pioneer and Trimble announced a collaborative effort that will give growers increased access to field data to help improve their productivity and profitability acre-by-acre. The collaboration allows for the seamless flow of information between the Trimble Connected Farm™ solution, a Web-based farm management solution that includes wireless data transfer, and Encirca℠ services, which are tailored decision services offered by … Read More