In light of a lot of negativism directed toward farming today the opening speakers for the 2016 Corn Utilization Technology Conference (CUTC) were very optimistic in their outlook. Welcoming us to the 10th CUTC was Chris Novak, CEO, National Corn Growers Association. The conference is held every other year so twenty years of corn technology has been discussed in sessions … Read More
Food Labeling Bill Must Pass Now Says CFSAF
The Coalition for Safe and Affordable Food says Congress must reach a bipartisan compromise on the food labeling bill this week. Pamela Bailey, President and CEO of the Grocery Manufacturers Association, and Chuck Conner, President and CEO of the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives are the co-chairs of CFSAF. Today they released the following statement: “It is imperative that Chairman … Read More
Summer Events and Contests for Corn Growers
A series of field days are being offered throughout Illinois this summer, allowing interested Illinois farmers an opportunity to learn more about progressive agricultural practices and ways to improve the health of their soil. The series, sponsored by Soil Health Partnership, will showcase how changing nutrient management and tillage strategies, along with cover crop adoption, can create lasting economic and … Read More
Agrible Joins Field to Market
Agrible, Inc. recently announced that the company has joined on as an associate member of Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture. Field to Market is working to unite the agricultural supply chain through the defining, measuring and advancing of sustainable practices in food, fiber and fuel production in the United States. “We’ve been using our technology to tackle … Read More
Groups Challenge Proposed Merger of Dow, DuPont
The American Antitrust Institute (AAI), Food & Water Watch (FWW) and National Farmers Union (NFU) have sent a letter to the Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Renata Hesse, the the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division to challenge the proposed merger of Dow Chemical Co. and DuPont Co. The letter contends that the merger would create the largest biotech and … Read More
US Equipment Exports Continue to Decline
Exports of U.S.-made agricultural equipment for first quarter 2016 are down 8 percent overall compared to first quarter 2015, with a total of $1.7 billion shipped to global markets. Europe and Central America each recorded double-digit gains, and the other world regions saw double-digit declines, led by Africa and South America, according to the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM), which … Read More
Ag Electronics Challenges Tackled at AEF Plugfest
Despite the current downturn in many segments of the agricultural equipment industry, the Agricultural Industry Electronics Foundation (AEF) Spring Plugfest event attracted a sizable audience this year, reinforcing that interest in finding solutions to ag electronics challenges remains strong. The Spring Plugfest is hosted by the National Tractor Test Laboratory in Lincoln, Nebraska, and this year’s event attracted 83 participants … Read More
Arizona Installs Revolutionary Robotics System
The University of Arizona Maricopa Agricultural Center has installed a revolutionary new agricultural robotics system has been installed on 1.5 acres of cultivated land as part of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) Transportation Energy Resources from Renewable Agriculture (TERRA) program. The ARPA-E TERRA program works to facilitate the improvement of advanced biofuel crops, specifically energy sorghum. The scanalyzer that … Read More
.@FoodIntegrity Expands Into Canada
The Center for Food Integrity (CFI) is heading north. The new Canadian Centre for Food Integrity (CCFI) is a division of Food & Farm Care Canada, an organization that shares CFI’s mission of earning trust for today’s food system. “Canada faces many of the same challenges we do here, and with an increasingly interconnected global food system, expanding our North American … Read More
AFBF Pleased with Supreme Court Ruling
A unanimous Supreme Court ruling was handed down yesterday. The law of the land says landowners may challenge the federal government and the Army Corps of Engineers over improper regulations designed to protect water. Landowners have attempted many times to challenge Corps rulings known as jurisdictional determinations, but the government successfully argued that those determinations were not “final agency actions” … Read More