FMC Partners With Emerge Application Solutions

Jamie JohansenAgribusiness, Crop Protection, FMC

FMC Agricultural Solutions has partnered with Emerge Application Solutions, Owensboro, Ky., to commercialize the new 3RIVE 3D™ in-furrow crop protection delivery platform. The FMC patent-pending 3RIVE 3D technology seamlessly integrates formulation technology, application technology and active ingredients to increase the number of acres planted in a day. “This system is streamlined for speed and efficiency. Growers can plant up to … Read More

Trimble Adds Analytic Tool & App to Connected Farm

Jamie JohansenAgribusiness, Crop Protection, Data, Trimble

Trimble announced that it will be adding a profit and loss reporting feature to its Connected Farm™ Field application—a Web-based field data management tool where growers can manage field boundaries, task data, crop health maps and precipitation data. With the new feature—which includes a user-friendly graphical interface—it is now possible for growers to analyze field profitability and make better financial … Read More

Update on Alltech Crop Science

Jamie JohansenAgribusiness, Alltech, Audio, Crop Protection

Alltech Crop Science provides growers worldwide with natural solutions to reduce harmful effects of abiotic stress in plants. Their soil health products offer root support development and contribute to a healthy soil agribiome. Danielle Palmer, North American PR Coordinator talked Alltech’s crop science program at NAFB’s recent Trade Talk with Chuck. “Crop science is a huge part of the business. … Read More

AgVoice4Choice Supports Neonics

Cindy ZimmermanAgribusiness, Crop Protection, Government, Insecticide, Soybeans

Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a report on the “Benefits of Neonicotinoid Seed Treatments to Soybean Production” concluding that “these seed treatments provide little or no overall benefits to soybean production in most situations.” Upon release of the report, a 60-day comment period was opened which concludes on December 22. So far, the comment website reports just … Read More

Update on Valent Products from Trade Talk

Jamie JohansenAgribusiness, Audio, Corn, Crop Protection, Forage, Herbicides, seed, Soybeans

Valent was out in full force during the National Association of Farm Broadcasting’s Trade Talk to talk about their seed protection programs, plant growth regulators and everything residual herbicides. Matt Kirkpatrick, market development specialist works with growers to find their needs and decides what products Valent can bring to the marketplace to solve their problems. Fierce XLT is an example … Read More

Crop Protection Products & Global Food Demand

Jamie JohansenAg Group, Crop Protection, Food

A panel of authors from academic institutions and the CropLife Foundation concludes that crop protection products will play a key role in supporting long-term global food production in both developed and developing countries, when paired with effective policies, proper regulations and responsible use training. The findings are published in the newest Issue Paper, “The Contributions of Pesticides to Pest Management … Read More

FMC Introduces 3RIVE 3D™ Technology

Chuck ZimmermanAgribusiness, Audio, Corn, Crop Protection, FMC, NAFB, Planting

Do you want your corn to thrive? How about 3RIVE 3D? That’s a new product from FMC Corporation. It is a crop protection delivery platform for three-dimensional in-furrow protection. The patent-pending 3RIVE 3D™ technology integrates formulation technology, application technology and active ingredients to increase net planting speed, in-furrow protection and early season success. During last week’s National Association of Farm … Read More

Monsanto, Japan’s Sumitomo Collaborate on Crop Protection

John DavisAgribusiness, Crop Protection, Monsanto

Monsanto and Japan’s Sumitomo Chemical Company, Ltd. (SCC), along with SCC’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Valent U.S.A. Corporation, have agreed to extend their strategic partnership in Monsanto’s Roundup Ready PLUS® Crop Management Solutions platform for soybeans and cotton in the United States. This Monsanto news release says the platform empowers farmers to maximize the performance of their Roundup Ready crops by developing … Read More

Valent and MGK Enter into Agreement

Cindy ZimmermanAgribusiness, Crop Protection

Valent U.S.A. Corporation (Valent) has entered into an agreement to manage the marketing and sales of Minneapolis-based MGK’s crop protection line of insect control products within the United States. The marketing agreement, which broadens Valent’s agricultural insecticide portfolio in the U.S. market, will start on April 1, 2015. MGK will continue to manufacture their products, provide regulatory support for the … Read More

Step-Change Improvement for Predictive Farm Management

Jamie JohansenAgribusiness, Crop Protection, Dupont Pioneer, Farm Management, USDA

In February, the University of Missouri, the USDA-ARS, and DuPont Pioneer announced an innovative collaboration to pool soil mapping resources, predictive technologies and expertise. The collaboration offers growers a step-change in sustainable crop production through better recommendations for nitrogen application management and other field input planning, which can help deliver improved crop yields. A team at the University of Missouri … Read More