Land O’Lakes has now completed its acquisition of Ceres, Inc. and will make the company a part of the Forage Genetics International business unit. The addition will add new plant breeding and biotechnology to the Land O’Lakes R&D pipeline, bringing new traits to market faster. It also brings the company into a position to provide holistic forage to customers. FGI has … Read More
Loveland Launches Titan XC Fertilizers
Loveland Products is known as a global provider of innovative crop input solutions and now they’re adding to that name with the launch of Titan XC. This next-generation formula for dry fertilizer was created to improve efficiency by being extra concentrated. It also offers growers benefits such as: increased nutrient availability and uptake, enhanced nutrient use efficiency, better root growth and development, improved … Read More
New Professional Mapping Drones From Lehmann
Lehmann Aviation is releasing a new L-A Series of professional mapping drones. The series consists of three fully automatic drones: the LA500 designed for mining and construction, the LA500-RTK for mapping and DEM, and the LA500-AG for precision agriculture. The new L-A series was totally redesigned from scratch, putting together 10 years of operational experience and customers suggestions, from all … Read More
EFC Systems Announces Data Solutions
EFC Systems, Inc. offers technology solutions for agribusinesses, providing seamless data connectivity for growers to their service providers. Now the company has announced users of FieldAlytics and Merchant Ag will have access to the new “CDMS Inside.” CDMS gives their customers real time crop protection and nutritional product databases. The new relationship means customers have access to all-inclusive software, with product look … Read More
Pioneer.com Relaunched
Pioneer.com has received an update. The new and improved website now provides tools to learn about products that help maximize yield and more access for growers to manage their accounts. The new site works with a variety of devices, so users can access the information they need from the field or in the office. “The addition of a new, easy-to-use online … Read More
FMC Expands Corn Division
Perhaps when you think of FMC you think of soybeans- but that is changing, says Chris Reat, Corn Product Manger. At the recent Ag Media Summit in St. Louis, Missouri Reat told AgWired they’re expanding their corn sector with a full range of herbicides, insecticides and fungicides. When asked about corn crops for this year Reat’s advice was not to … Read More
NACHURS Joins Field to Market
NACHURS, an industry leader in liquid NPK fertilizer, is pleased to announce they are joining forces with Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture. This initiative works to define, measure and advance the sustainability of food, fiber and fuel across the entire supply chain. “For over 70 years, NACHURS has been a leader in promoting sustainable agriculture with high … Read More
Announcing TipsNotebook.com from @JohnDeere
John Deere and Frontier Equipment know that farmers are often the “do-it-yourself” types, which is why they are announcing the launch of a convenient, trustworthy, and one-stop resource to answer customer questions. TipsNotebook.com has more than 45 articles and videos create to help users tackle property jobs and projects. “Go to TipsNotebook.com and you’ll find the kind of how-to information … Read More
Nufarm Launches Herbicide for Broadleaf Weed Control
Scorch is the new broadleaf herbicide from Nufarm. It contains three active ingredients desinged for use on glyphosate-resistand and dicamba-tolerant weeds, as well as control of more than 60 annual and 50 biannual/perennial weeds like ragweed, water hemp, marestail, lambsquarters and Palmer amaranth. It is register for use on cereal grains, fallow, field corn, sorghum, range and pasture and more. … Read More
Coffey Named VP for CNH Industrial Parts & Service
Kurt Coffey will now be heading up CNH’s after sales product support division. As the new Vice President of CNH Industrial Parts & Service in North America Coffey will be responsible for overall sales growth and profitability of the division. “Since joining the company in 2008, Kurt has demonstrated the kind of exceptional leadership that is needed to drive the … Read More