Verdesian Life Sciences of Cary, North Carolina has announced the acquisition of Specialty Fertilizer Products (SFP), a Leawood, Kansas-based company focused on fertilizer efficiency products. According to Verdesian CEO J.J. Grow, joining forces with SFP will add more than 270 patent properties to the company’s portfolio. “SFP’s innovative fertilizer solutions are a natural fit with Verdesian’s expansive product offerings that … Read More
Hick Chick Chat with Ag Leader Technology
This week, I attended Ag Leader Technology’s field event, Where Technology Meets Dirt Road Tour. It was a beautiful and hot day, which was perfect for growers to come and see the live demonstrations and learn about seed, fertilizer, water and data. During Ag Leader’s Tech Meets Dirt event near Peoria, I caught up with Matt Wolf, territory manager for … Read More
Farmers Brand Green Lightning Fertilizer Heads Southeast
Farmers Brand Green Lightning™, an amazing all-purpose fertilizer with breakthrough Nano Organic Technology™, announced distribution in the southeast with the addition of Arkansas representative Jimmie Hillburn. President of Sales, Don Hadley commented, “We want the public to have a choice when it comes to selecting a fertilizer for their home or farm instead of being stuck with what’s out there. … Read More
New Point of View from FS Sales Lens
A great benefit of new communications technology is how it provides farmers the opportunity to access information nearly anyplace or time right in the palm of their hand. GROWMARK is utilizing the immediacy of tablets and smartphones for crop specialists to provide farmers with visual information on the spot with FS Sales Lens. “It’s really designed for them to understand … Read More
Webinar to Discuss Sidedressing Nitrogen Corn
Dow AgroSciences and Agricen announced that they will co-host a new webinar, “Sidedressing Nitrogen for Maximum Yields,” on Thursday, May 29th and Thursday, June 5th from 8am to 3pm CT. The webinar will feature Dr. Fred Below of the University of Illinois, who will discuss the role of sidedress nitrogen applications in addressing corn nutrient needs. It will also feature … Read More
GROWMARK on Board with ResponsibleAg
The Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA) and The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) recently announced the selection of individuals to serve on the newly formed ResponsibleAg Board of Directors. The nine representatives include: – Alicia Duke, Director, Health and Safety, Simplot – Justin Gough, Director, Agricultural Products, LSB/El Dorado Chemical Company – Dave Ito, Manager, Human Resources & Regulatory Affairs, Lyman/Tremont Group – … Read More
Conference on Improved Testing of Liming Materials
On 12 November 2013, members of the U.S. agricultural lime industry met near Iowa State University to discuss improving the measurement of limestone reactivity to better predict pH changes in soils. The goal of this conference was to compare current practices with other developed methodologies to determine if there are opportunities to improve measuring limestone reactivity in soils among a … Read More
CHS introduces XLR-rate
Maria Abbott is an agronomist with the crop nutrients division of CHS. She talks about XLR-rate which is a low salt starter fertilizer that has been on the market for just over a year. “We think about 40% of the corn is actually put down with a starter fertilizer” Maria says that boosting yields is the goal for XLR-rate and … Read More
TeeJet Introduces New Line
The new line of TXR ConeJet hollow cone spray tips from TeeJet Technologies offers growers a new tip option for air blast, directed and specialty spraying applications. The TXR produces an 80º hollow cone spray pattern with fine to very fine droplets for thorough leaf coverage. This tip is well-suited for application of insecticides, fungicides, foliar fertilizers and related products … Read More
Nominations Open for 2014 4R Advocate Program
The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) recently launched the 2014 4R Advocate Awards Program. They are calling for entires from retailers wishing to highlight the exceptional nutrient stewardship practices of their grower customers. The program is in it’s third year and recognizes farmers who are protecting the environment, boosting profitability and benefiting society through nutrient stewardship practices based on the 4R’s. Use … Read More