A new proprietary seed company is being launched by Pinnacle Agriculture Distribution, Inc. Mission Seed Solutions, LLC, will allow the growing ag retailer to focus on unique seed opportunities in corn and soybeans. Pinnacle Agriculture has a major focus and investment in seed. Nearly one third of Pinnacle Agriculture’s business consists of seed sales, making them one of the most … Read More
Congress Ratifies Plant Genetics Treaty
Congress this week finally passing a broadly-supported international treaty to strengthen American agriculture and enhance global food security, an action endorsed by the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA). First signed by President George W. Bush, and pending for nearly 15 years, the now ratified International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (“The Treaty”) will ensure U.S. public … Read More
Valent Features Solutions at the #FarmProgressShow
Dawn Refsell is a field development manager for Valent. At the 2016 Farm Progress Show she took time to talk to Chuck Zimmerman about whats happening in the world of crop protection. Valent is focused on a few new programs, Refsell explains. One of those is seed treatments. Their INTEGO SUITE soybean seed protectant launched just last year and is … Read More
Beck’s Knows #Seed
Beck’s Hybrids is the largest family owned, independent seed company in the U.S. and they recently celebrated their second season as part of the Farm Progress Show. AgWired took the opportunity to speak with Jim Gumpert, an area team leader in Iowa, to talk about what it is Beck’s offers. It seems the answer is- pretty much everything. The company … Read More
Agrible Adds 5 New Crops to Find My Seed
Agrible, Inc. has expanded its free Find My Seed™ tool to include five additional crop types. In addition to corn and soybeans, Find My Seed now includes thousands of varieties of wheat, barley, peanuts, oats, and cotton. The update also adds the latest third-party seed trials to ensure that growers receive the most accurate seed data available. “Corn and soybean … Read More
Rainbow of Seed Colorants from @Clariant
This summer, specialty chemicals company Clariant announced its full range of Agrocer™ seed colorants in North America and we saw them on display at the recent American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) annual meeting in Portland. Philip Adams, Regional Sales and Marketing Director, Business Unit Pigments, says the Agrocer line fits in well with Clariant’s sustainability platform. “All business units within … Read More
Legend Seed Shows What Precision Ag Can Do
South Dakota is known for pheasants, but two birds are Trav Bratland’s farm are getting some unusual attention. Of course, that might be because they are unusual birds! Bratland used a multi-hybrid seeding prescription to plant the Legend Seed logo bordered by two pheasants into his field southeast of Willow Lake. These birds are visible from 4,000 feet in the air … Read More
Channel Provides More Than Just a Bag
Channel Seedsman Dave Wallner and customer Brian Wood were both on hand for this year’s Ag Media Summit to discuss the Channel Field Check Up Series and the services Channel Seedsmen provide their growers. “The Field Check Up Series is a way for us within Channel to monitor what I am seeing in the field. I visit Brian’s fields once … Read More
WindField US & Climate Corp Join Forces on Ag Tool
Windfield US and The Climate Corporation are joining forces again to create a new ag tool. The two companies are implementing a two-way cross navigation exchange between Winfield’s R7 Tool and Climate Corp’s Climate Fieldview platform. The new enhancements are expected to roll out in two phases in time for 2017 crop season planning, and provide retailers with a more … Read More
U of Illinois Research Shows Increasing Crop Input Costs
New research from two economists from the University of Illinois has found that crop input costs have been higher since 2006 than they were between 1990-2006. This occurred in part because growth rates of fertilizer, pesticide and seed costs have been higher. In 2015, the sum of these totals were 48 percent of crop revenue, higher than the 36 percent … Read More