The lead for Iowa-based ScoutPro has been honored as the American Farm Bureau Federation’s Entrepreneur of the Year. This news release from AFBF says Michael Koenig was picked from four finalists and receives $30,000 in prize money to implement his business idea, which is software to assist farmers with crop maintenance, while Paul Greive represented Pasturebird, LLC, which won the … Read More
Flexi-Coil® P Series Air Carts From New Holland
The Flexi-Coil® P Series air carts from New Holland set a new standard for accurate, reliable air seeding delivery. Redesigned from the ground up, these new air carts have an unprecedented number of patent-pending features that provide advantages that increase return on investment. “The P Series air carts are a fresh example of Flexi-Coil’s long-standing heritage of innovation,” says Jason … Read More
Bayer CropScience Offers New Cotton Varieties
Whether it’s the unpredictable heat and late-season storms in the Texas Coastal Bend or the tough full season in Georgia, cotton growers face unique regional challenges each year. Bayer CropScience announces four new FiberMax® and Stoneville® cotton varieties for the 2015 season that are bred to help growers overcome major challenges indigenous to their region. All four new varieties come … Read More
CHS, West Central Strike Deal
Energy, grains, and foods company and the nation’s leading farmer-owned cooperative CHS is buying a share of Minnesota-based wholesale distributor West Central — an agreement that looks to help both companies in market share. This CHS news release says the deal gives CHS a 25 percent share of West Central. “Investing in West Central is one more way CHS is … Read More
Phenome Networks Announces Project Unity
Phenome Networks, a plant breeding management and analytics Software-as-a-Service company, announced the beta launch of its Project Unity at the Plant and Animal Genome (PAG) XXIII conference in San Diego. Today, plant and animal breeders must discover the crops to feed the future through breakthrough research. Yet, at the same time, phenotypic data from hundreds of genetic studies conducted in … Read More
Raven Release Over-the-Air Updates via Slingshot Link
Raven Industries announced the release of Slingshot® Link™, a groundbreaking set of new support tools that will simplify the management of field-deployed precision ag hardware. Slingshot Link will give customers and dealers the ability to send Raven Operating Software (ROS) upgrades and updates wirelessly to compatible Viper® 4 field computers through a Slingshot Field Hub. This new capability will ensure … Read More
NRGene Tech Speeds CIMMYT Maize Mapping
NRGene, a leader in agricultural big data genomic analysis, and The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT) are collaborating to generate the denovo genome assemblies of 20 tropical, subtropical, and highland maize genomes as part of CIMMYT’s collaborative Seeds of Discovery project (SeeD). They anticipate that this work will augment the existing temperate reference for maize and significantly enhance … Read More
EXCEL Dryers Ensure High Efficiency & Grain Quality
Superior Manufacturing’s EXCEL mixed-flow under-fan grain dryers use approximately half the BTUs of conventional screen dryers and only 40 cfm per bushel compared to 100 cfm. They also combine gentle heat with longer retention times for a low stress process that keeps grain quality intact. EXCEL dryers provide highly efficient heating. The Schedule 80 internal vaporizer’s 2-inch line, the largest … Read More
New Holland Joins Canadian Curling Association
New Holland Agriculture and Construction is now an Official Partner of the Canadian Curling Association (CCA) and joins an impressive list of companies as a partner in support of the CCA’s Season of Champions series of events. “As a company with national and international reach, New Holland has established itself as a leader in its field, and we couldn’t be … Read More
WinField Collaborates To Simplify Data Management
WinField has increased its participation in two separate efforts to help simplify the exchange of information between software platforms while ensuring that farmers retain ownership and control of their data. WinField and the Open Ag Data Alliance (OADA) are helping farmers put their data to work through the use of communication protocols enabling secure data transfer and common logins between … Read More