The merger between Farmers Cooperative Company (FC) and West Central Cooperative has been officially approved by a vote of the members. The merger will become effective on April 1, 2016. “In this merger vote, our members were presented with a rare opportunity to combine two strong, financially-stable cooperatives in a merger of equals to maintain local ownership for generations to … Read More
Wheat Growers’ Innovation Center Opens
Wheat Growers’ has proven its commitment to their farmer-owners with the brand new Innovations Center that opened recently. The opening of the Innovations Center, which showcases the latest in technological advancements impacting wheat growers, was celebrated with a grand opening late last week. The Center is located at Wheat Growers’ Bath facility. “We’re very excited about what this facility allows … Read More
Farmobile Raises $5.5M To Lead Farm Data Revolution
After the completion of a Series A round of equity investment led by Anterra Capital, Farmobile announced financing of $5.5M to strengthen their portfolio. Farmobile, a fast-growing technology company specializing in farm data, announced the investment would be used to develop and distribute new modules on top of the company’s signature real-time “dirt to database” platform. Farmobile’s hardware radically simplifies … Read More
CNH Continues To Focus On Innovation For Customers
David Larson, head of Precision Solutions and Telematics Operations in North America for CNH Industrial, spoke with Chuck Zimmerman this week to give an update on the latest announcement from CNH & Raven; an expanded and strengthened supply agreement between the two companies. The new agreement strengthens an existing long term relationship that CNH has had with Raven. There has … Read More
AgGateway Announces 2016 Board of Directors
A new slate of directors and committee leadership has been selected to lead AgGatway for the coming year. Now in their 11th year, the organization will be pushing its mission to promote, enable and expand eBusiness in the field of agriculture. Currently the organization has more than 230 member companies and recently created a new council, the Specialty Chemical Council. “We … Read More
Salford Group Acquires AerWay Product Line
Salford Group is a global leader in the manufacturing of tillage, seeding, and fertilizer application equipment. They will soon be expanding these product lines through the acquisition of AerWay, manufactured by SAF-HOLLAND Canada Ltd. “We are very pleased to bring AerWay products under the Salford tillage umbrella,” said Geof Gray, Chief Executive Officer of Salford Group. “The acquisition of AerWay … Read More
New Logo Distinguishes AgGateway eBusiness Participants
A new logo is now available for member companies of AgGateway to use in promoting their eBusiness products and services. The logo, a checkmark proclaiming “Enabled by AgGateway eAgriculture Resources,” will allow companies to brand their business as being actively involved in promoting AgGateway’s industry-wide eAgriculture resources. “We hope that use of this logo will encourage greater connectivity between trading … Read More
Trimble Acquires Agri-Trend Network
Trimble announced this week that it will buy AGRI-TREND, the largest network of independent agricultural consultants in North America. Combining AGRI-TREND’s experience in agronomy, grain marketing, farm business and data management with Trimble’s strong history in precision agriculture will further empower growers to gain efficiencies throughout the entire farming cycle. “AGRI-TREND has been working side by side with farmers for … Read More
aWhere Partners With OnFarm to Provide Ag Data
aWhere‘s high resolution weather and agronomic data will be provided to OnFarm customers through a new partnership. OnFarm customers will have access to aWhere’s weather data and agronomic modeling services through the OnFarm Grower Dashboard. “Farmers have been asking for a one-stop combination of all farm data required to make informed decisions, and OnFarm has delivered an easy to use … Read More
John Deere Expanding Contributions to MyJohnDeere
There was a lot of excitement at the John Deere ‘Develop With Deere‘ Conference, as they working to integrate their MyJohnDeere platform with third parties. Kevin Krieg, John Deere, had a chance to speak with Chuck Zimmerman about why this is such a high priority for Deere, and what kind of value it can bring to growers using the MyJohnDeere … Read More