Agrichem, an Australian manufacturer, has pioneered liquid nutrition innovations and produces specialty liquid fertilizers, plant health formulas and adjuvants. Now Vivid Life Sciences has acquired the rights to use the Agrichem technology in the U.S. and Canada. Through the acquisition, Vivid Life Sciences will sell nutritional seed treatment and phosphite products previously sold in the United States by Agrichem. Key … Read More
Hay-Now Offers Forage-Specific Fertilizer
Monty’s Plant Food Company has released a new foliar applied liquid fertilizer. Hay-Now contains N, P, K along with Sulfur, Iron, and Zinc and is designed specifically for hay crops and pastures. It may be applied without removing animals from the field and can be tank-mixed with herbicides or pesticides. Formulated to deliver readily available nutrients during the vegetative growth stage, … Read More
Not Your Everyday Manure Spreader
Doug Felter, product manager for John Deere’s sprayer and tillage equipment line gave ag media a sneak preview of a very unique piece of equipment during their ag media event last week. The High Capacity Nutrient Applicator is “in development” and shows John Deere’s commitment to nutrient application. Although this nutrient applicator isn’t on display at this year’s Farm Progress … Read More
CF Industries, CHS Form Strategic Venture
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. and CHS Inc. have announced an agreement to enter into a strategic venture. CHS will purchase a minority equity interest in CF Industries Nitrogen, LLC (CF Nitrogen) for $2.8 billion and be entitled to semi-annual profit distributions from CF Nitrogen. Under the supply agreement, CHS, a farmer-owned cooperative, will be entitled to purchase annually up to a … Read More
360 Yield Center
Making sure that “once you plant your seed, it never has a bad day” is the mission of 360 Yield Center according to Rhett Schildroth, engineering manager. Rhett was working during the InfoAg Conference and we talked about what the company does. At 360 Yield Center, we are fueled by our passion for the industry and our experience in maximizing … Read More
McGregor Releases INSIGHT Precision Ag Program
McGregor Company‘s new variable rate application program, INSIGHT, is scheduled for release this fall. The program is designed to help growers manage crop variability in their fields. The new program uses a method developed by and field tested by the REACCH project a (Regional Approaches to Climate Change) a collaborative venture with regional universities and USDA. The program features high … Read More
Prez Candidate Rand Paul Wants an End to WOTUS
Republican Presidential Candidate and Kentucky Senator Rand Paul wants to end the Environmental Protection Agency’s Waters of the US legislation. He said that the EPA is perpetrating the largest land grab of American farmland in history and non one is paying attention. He kicked off a statewide radio campaign in Iowa week “decrying the Obama Administration’s land grab of Iowa farmland”. The … Read More
GYPSOIL Debuts Gypsum Pellets at #AgMedia
The Ag Media Summit has been full of news this week, including an announcement from Beneficial Reuse Management (BRM) that the GYPSOIL Pelletized Products Division will open a $5 million plant in Winoma, MN to produce a pelletized gypsum product. As a crop input, gypsum is one of the most cost effective sources of sulfur available to farmers. GYPSOIL is … Read More
Salford Group Bolsters Line-Up
New products are being added to Salford Group‘s fertilizer application line. Two new spreaders and the largest pull-type pneumatic boom applicators on the market are being included as the result of the recent acquisition of BBI Spreaders and Valmar Airflo. New to the Canadian market are two Salford BBI spreaders, the MagnaSpread Ultra and Javelin. This equipment has previously been … Read More
Rate Control Manure Spreaders from Digi-Star
Digi-Star introduces the NT 8000i rate control system for manure spreaders. The NT 8000i is a weight-based system that improves application efficiency by varying the unloading rate in proportion to ground speed. The NT 8000i is a closed-loop rate control system designed to provide precision guidance and prescription-based control of the spreading rate in hydraulically driven apron floor systems on … Read More