The American Soybean Association is pleased to award Winsor Farms of Grantville, Kansas with the 2016 National Conservation Legacy Award. The award was presented at the annual ASA Banquet at Commodity Classic last week. Andy Winsor represented Winsor Farms at the event. Winsor Farms was chosen from among three regional winners. The 2016 Northeast winner was Cory Atkins from Seaford, … Read More
Agribotix Honored for Superior Drone & Data Platform
Agribotix LLC has been awarded the 2016 North American Frost & Sullivan Award for Enabling Technology Leadership. The award is presented to Agribotix for their Enduro and Hornet agricultural drones and the FarmLens data analytics platform. These tools have been analyzed as an ideal precision agriculture solution set for increasing crop yield, improving quality and increasing efficiency and profitability. Agribotix … Read More
BASF Earns Three No-Till Awards
The 24th annual National No-Tillage Conference offers readers of No-Till Farmer the chance to vote for the best products on their operation. This year BASF was honored with two ‘Product of the Year’ awards and one runner up at the conference. Headline AMP carries the title of best fungicide for the 10th year running. Sharpen earned its third consecutive award … Read More
ASA Announces Conservation Legacy Awards Winners
The Conservation Legacy Awards Program recognizes outstanding environmental and conservation efforts made by soybean farmers. The American Soybean Association has just announced the 2016 region winners. They are: Winsor Farms (Andy Winsor), Grantville, Kan. (Midwest Region) Cory Atkins, Seaford, Del. (Northeast Region) John Verell, Jackson, Tenn. (South Region) Midwest Region – Andy Winsor of Grantville, Kansas is the third generation to … Read More
WSSA Honors 30 Award Winners
Thirty members of the Weed Science Society of America have been honored for their contributions to weed science. The awards program was held in San Juan, Puerto Rico during the organization’s annual meeting. “Our annual awards program recognizes the many outstanding scientists who are spearheading innovations and advancing the weed science profession through their research, teaching, publishing and outreach,” said … Read More
Agrible Morning Farm Report wins AE50 Award
The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) has named Morning Farm Report by Agrible a winner of a 2016 AE50 Award for Outstanding Innovations in Product or Systems Technology. “Many of us at Agrible are ASABE members, 20 years for me, and it’s a great honor for Morning Farm Report to be recognized by the society I’ve respected … Read More
Open Climate Data Strengthens Food Supply
The USDA-Microsoft Innovation Challenge was crated in response to the President’s Climate Data Initiative in the hopes of utilizing climate data to protect America’s food supply. The USDA offered contestants more than 100 years of crop and climate data through the Microsoft Azure cloud computing platform. Now Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Microsoft officials have announced the winners . Winners were … Read More
New Holland Wins AE50 Engineering Innovation Awards
New Holland Agriculture has been honored with six AE50 Awards for engineering and innovation excellence by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE). The AE50 Award Program honors product innovations in the areas of agricultural, food, and biological system engineering. New Holland AE50 Award winners for 2016 include: – IntelliCruiseTM Feed Rate Control System for New Holland BigBaler … Read More
2015 Cotton Genetics Research Award Winner Named
The recipient of the 2015 Cotton Genetics Research Award was announced during the 2016 Beltwide Cotton Improvement Conference. Dr. David B. Weaver, a cotton breeder who has dedicated his career conducting plant breeding research and educating generations of undergraduate and graduate students at Auburn University, is the recipient of the award. Dr. Weaver, a professor in Auburn’s Agronomy & Soils … Read More
Bayer Extension Cotton Specialist of the Year
Bayer has named the 2016 Extension Cotton Specialist of the Year. Gaylon Morgan, Ph.D., Extension cotton specialist with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service received the award at the Extension Cotton Specialist dinner and banquet on the evening of Jan. 6 during the 2016 Beltwide Cotton Conferences in New Orleans. The prestigious award is voted on annually by Extension cotton specialists … Read More