The current amount of food being destroyed by weeds is enough to feed one billion people, and that could increase as herbicide-resistance increases. That’s why at Bayer CropScience developed an Integrated Weed Management(IWM) strategy to help farmers better control weeds and help prevent resistance. Jason Manz, cereals marketing manager for Bayer CropScience, sat down with AgWired at the 2015 Farm … Read More
Verdesian Takes Seed Treatment to Next Level
Verdesian is taking seed treatment to the next level with the latest, tweak if you will, of Take Off ST and Tuxedo. To learn more, I visited with Jim Pullens during the Farm Progress Show. He explained they have adapted Take Off ST to fit their seed treatment philosophy by getting the rates down so low that it doesn’t overload … Read More
Policy Issues Important to Bayer CropScience
Bayer CropScience is heavily involved with agriculture policy issues. Cindy sat down with Ed Barron, Federal Relations and Policy director for Bayer CropScience, during their media event at the 2015 Farm Progress Show to find out what issues are important to them. The first on his list was not surprising. Waters of the United States (WOTUS) and the government overreach … Read More
PrecisionHawk Drones Soar Over a Field Near You
For the first time during the Farm Progress Show there was a dedicated area for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or drones. As I mentioned in an earlier post, the drones were grounded, but that did not stop me, or others, from learning about their precision ag applications and benefits. I spoke with Pat Lohman, VP of partnerships with PrecisionHawk, to … Read More
Syngenta’s Trivapro Receives Federal Registration
Syngenta has just received federal registration for Trivapro, a new fungicide that will be available for corn, wheat, and soybean growers. The product contains three active ingredients, including Solatenol: a brand new, high potency succinate dehydrogenase inhibitor(SDHI) fungicide. Scott Cully, Research and Development Scientist for Syngenta, sat down with AgWired at the 2015 Farm Progress show to discuss the new … Read More
Bayer CropScience Expanding Credenz Brand
For the 2016 growing season, Bayer CropScience is expanding the Credenz® soybean seed brand nationally, with offerings in most of the U.S. soybean production regions. Credenz is the first global soybean seed brand from Bayer CropScience. Showcasing a full portfolio of soybean solutions and innovations from Bayer CropScience, Credenz was engineered to provide sustained support to American soybean growers. Pablo … Read More
AFS Connect Keeps Farmers in Control
The minds behind Advanced Farming Systems(AFS), the Case IH precision software system, are always looking to keep their customers connected. The AFS Connect System is allowing them to do that. AFS Connect is telematics; it’s a modem, inside a vehicle, that allows a farmer to wirelessly communicate with that vehicle by providing them dashboard access to their equipment on any … Read More
Ag Leader Introduces Electric Drive
Ag Leader Technology is proud to introduce a new row-by-row electric drive product to its SeedCommand™ planter control line. The electric drive option will offer growers reliable individual seed shut-off, as well as precise, row-by-row control of planter performance to incorporate variable rate planting on a per row basis. It will provide the ability for growers to make instant adjustments … Read More
When Does it Pay to Spray?
Application timing for fungicides is extremely important. Growers are constantly looking at the economic values when it comes to spraying. I spoke with Bayer CropScience’s Thorsten Schwindt, sr. product manager, broadacre fungicides, to learn more about when it pays to spray during the recent Farm Progress Show. “One key aspect any grower should talk to their agronomist about is getting … Read More
UAV’s Grounded for Take Off at #FarmProgressShow
One of the big attractions for Farm Progress Show this year was to be the UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) showcase, or drones, the popular agriculture term. But this was not to be as the drones were grounded by the FAA. Yes, you read correctly – the UAV’s were grounded for take off the first year of the UAV demonstrations. Fortunately … Read More