October 21st marked the 25th year of producing Case IH Patriot sprayers at the Benson, Minnesota manufacturing faculty. Honored guests, executives and employees marked the day with a special ceremony. “Twenty-five years ago, growers and professional applicators were introduced to Patriot sprayers and shown a better way to optimize their time and accuracy in any conditions,” said Jason Hausauer, Benson … Read More
TerrAvion Expands Aerial Imaging Service to Florida
First it was row crops, then pasture land. Now TerrAvion is expanding their aerial imaging services to include the citrus industry of Florida. Their first flights pass over the sunshine state this week. Florida is the nation’s number 1 producer of oranges and sugarcane. Its 9.5 million acres of farmland employ 2 million people and agriculture is the number 2 … Read More
Enter Drone Pitchfest Competition
International Drone Expo (IDE) will hold a Drone Pitchfest Competition sponsored by Singh Ventures. The competition is open to domestic and international entrepreneur applicants who are seeking the opportunity to present their ideas and business concepts surrounding the unmanned aerial systems industry. Five winners will be presented with $100,000 worth of application and/or product development and the opportunity to solicit … Read More
Summit Advantage Unbundles Farm Management Tools
Iowa-based Summit Agricultural Group has introduced a new service model for farm and agricultural land management that brings the concept of ‘unbundling’ to traditional farm management offerings. According to Joel Waskow, accredited farm manager with Summit Ag Management, Summit Advantage provides landowners with greater options and flexibility instead of binding them into the current one-size-fits-all approach. “We look at this … Read More
Iteris adds Sunflowers, Sorghum to Growth Models
Iteris, Inc. recently announced the addition of growth models for sunflower and sorghum crops into ClearAg, its digital agriculture platform, allowing ClearAg APIs to be more integrated in order to inform science-based insights for optimizing productivity, resource management and plant health for 10 species of crops that represent more than two billion metric tons of global annual production. “Our software … Read More
Fourth-Generation Farmer Wins Syngenta Contest
Shelby Watson Hampton of Brandywine, Maryland works with her family on their four generation family farm, Robin Hill Farm & Vineyards. When Syngenta‘s Thrive #RootedinAg contest challenged growers to describe how their agriculture roots are helping them, their families and their communities thrive, Hampton responded with these words: “I’m blessed to be able to say that my family’s roots in … Read More
Bayer Expects Registration for New Nematicide
Bayer is wrapping up the registration process for California registration of Velum One, a nematicide with fungicidal activity. The product is anticipated for use on almonds, tomatoes, strawberries, brassicas and cucurbits by the 2017 growing season. It will help growers manage a wide spectrum of nematodes. “During trials, early season application has been shown to protect root heath and get … Read More
Pioneer Brand Planish High Oleic Soybeans Expanding
DuPont Pioneer and Perdue AgriBusiness are making plans to more than double the acreage of Pioneer brand Planish high oleic soybeans. Beginning 2017 the soybeans will be grown in Maryland, Delaware, southeast Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey. Mid-Atlantic growers will have the opportunity to recieve a grain premium with a high oleic contract. Participating growers will be able to deliver … Read More
FMC Registering New Fungicide Ingredient
FMC Agricultural Solutions has begun the registration process with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Canadian Pest Management Regulatory Agency for a new parasol carboxamide fungicide. Bixafen is a new generation of succinate dehydrogenase inhibitors (SDHI) that FMC hopes to register for use on corn, soybeans, canola, peanuts and potatoes. Bixafen is highly effective against a wide range of fungal … Read More
American Ethanol Sweepstakes Winners Take Talladega
NASCAR will be in Alabama this weekend, and the winners of the American Ethanol sweepstakes will be there too. Earlier this year, American Ethanol hosted two sweepstakes competition in honor of 10 million miles of racing on ethanol blended fuel. One lucky NASCAR fan and one industry professional have been drawn at random to be part of this weekend’s fun. … Read More