GLC Minerals of Green Bay, Wisconsin and GYPSOIL Division of Beneficial Reuse Management have an agreement to provide growers with high-quaility, high-calcium agriculture lime. For the first time GYPSOIL will be offering lime as part of its lineup. The new product will be labeled GYPSOIL UltraCal Lime, manufactured by GLC Minerals. “We are very excited to offer our customers the highest … Read More
Veris Technologies and The Climate Corporation Collaborate
Veris Technologies and The Climate Corporation, a subsidiary of Monsanto Company, have announced a collaboration to make high resolution soil maps from Veris on-the-go soil sensors available as a key data layer for the agronomic models in The Climate Corporation’s Climate FieldView™ platform. Both companies are excited about the partnership to enhance farmer access to precise soil mapping technology and … Read More
2016 Quivira Conference to Address Soil
The 2016 Quivira Conference is coming up in November. From the 9-11 in Albuquerque, New Mexico speakers will be addressing soil issues. With a theme “Lights, Soil, Action!” and featuring speakers like Dr. Temple Grandin and Wes Jackson attendees will have the opportunity to learn about real-wold projects that are making a difference. Thanks to more than three decades of innovation … Read More
SHP Welcomes New Program Coordinator
The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) has recently welcomed Anne Dietz as the new program coordinator for the Soil Health Partnership (SHP), where she will provide support to share information and research across the full network of SHP partner organizations. “Anne is an excellent addition to our team, and we are excited to have her unique skillset to help our … Read More
New Features for Falcon Soil Samplers
Falcon Soil Technology has added new mapping and live sampling tracking features to the Model 5000 Automated Sampling System, allowing soil samplers to now collect, map and share soil sample information within the same system. The new capabilities add mapping features and live sample tracking within one system, and will allow for faster preparation of fields while utilizing the existing … Read More
Turf Feeding Systems Making Jatropha More Sustainable
Jatropha has been a crop in and out of favor as a feedstock to produce advanced biofuels such as biodiesel and biojet fuel. One criticism of the crop is that it is difficult to produce sustainably. Mexican company Zphere Works is launching a project in the Mexican Yucatan to produce 30 million gallons of biojet and biodiesel fuel using jatropha … Read More
.@Iteris_ClearAg Launches Next Gen WeatherPlot
Iteris has launched its next generation of WeatherPlot, a precision weather and soil analytics mobile app developed for seed and crop protection companies. The mobile app, designed for use in the field, provides the user with key environmental information. WeatherPlot is available in English and Spanish and can be used on iOS devices, Android devices and mobile web browsers. Built … Read More
Valent, Danforth Plant Center Solidify Rhizosphere Project
Valent BioSciences Corporation (VBC) and St. Louis, Missouri-based Donald Danforth Plant Science Center have solidified a multi-year Master of Cooperation agreement focused on the area of root science and the rhizosphere. The partnership will capitalize on The Danforth Center’s focus on discoveries and technologies for improving agricultural productivity with minimal environmental impact including new research on non-destructive imaging technology for … Read More
Register For The CTIC Conservation in Action Tour
Register now for the 9th annual Conservation Technology Information Center (CTIC) Conservation in Action Tour. This year’s event is taking place in Treasure Valley of Idaho August 23-24, 2016. Attendees will have the chance to see the latest approaches to soil, water and air quality conservation. Home to more than 180 crops, southwest Idaho is a rich agricultural region with … Read More
Land Stewardship Launches Cover Cropping Calculator
Research is showing that cover crops such as perennial grasses can improve soil health, reduce run-off and potentially offer growers additional revenue opportunities all while improving the ag operation’s sustainability. But how can a grower better assess what the financial bottom line actually is should cover crops be implemented? This question now has an easier answer thanks to the Land … Read More