Precision Laboratiories and Rizobacter S.A. are working together to feed the earth’s ever growing populations. Together the two companies have created new technologies that make the most of the biological capabilities of soybeans. Their new product, Signum, is the first premium, single-component soybean seed inoculant. “Signum sets a new standard for premium, retailer-applied soybean inoculants because its unique formulation has only … Read More
Roundup Ready 2 Xtend Set for 2016 Launch
Monsanto Company‘s Roundup Ready 2 Xtend Soybeans are still on target for a 2016 release. Ben Kampelman, US Dicamba Marketing Manager for Monsanto, sat down with AgWired at the 2015 Farm Progress Show to discuss the company’s new product. His takeaway focused on the three important benefits Roundup Read 2 Xtend soybeans will offer farmers: flexibility, weed control, and the … Read More
FMC and Monsanto Expand Agreement for Growers
FMC Agricultural Solutions and Monsanto last week announced the expansion of an agreement of participation in the Roundup Ready PLUS® Crop Management Solutions platform. The exclusive agreement includes FMC’s Authority® brand sulfentrazone herbicides, and adds FMC’s Capture® LFR® insecticide as a soil-applied insecticide for corn and Hero® insecticide. “We believe growers should make use of the best technologies available,” said … Read More
Tools to Fight #Soybean Sudden Death Syndrome
At the Farm Progress Show last week, Bayer CropScience launched a new online industry resource, www.soysds.com, to provide information addressing the growing danger of Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS) in soybeans. “For the second year in a row we’re seeing widespread Sudden Death Syndrome,” said Seed Growth Crop Manager Kerry Grossweiler. “Sudden Death Syndrome was first seen in Arkansas in 1971 … Read More
Bayer CropScience #SoyExcited about LibertyLink®
During the 2015 Farm Progress Show, Bayer CropScience unveiled a social instant win experience for growers, the LibertyLink® Real Yield Game. Soybean Marketing Manager Malin Westfall is “soy excited” about the new promotion. “It’s really an opportunity for our customers to tell their story,” said Westfall. “We want to hear the great things that the Liberty Link system and Liberty … Read More
HiSoy Golden Sweepstakes Winner
Matt Davis and his son Adam who farm near Mendota, Illinois are going home from the Farm Progress Show this week with a Meridian Seed Tender, courtesy of GROWMARK and Grainco FS in honor of the 50th anniversary of HiSoy soybeans. “It’s fantastic, I didn’t actually believe it at first,” said Davis when he was awarded his prize at the … Read More
BASF Event Spotlights Record Corn Grower
He’s only been farming for less than ten years, but already Randy Dowdy of Valdosta, Georgia has made quite a name for himself by making history last year with a yield of nearly 504 bushels per acre in the National Corn Yield Contest. During a BASF media event in Tennessee this week, Dowdy talked about his philosophy when it comes … Read More
Valent Registers INTEGO SUITE Soybeans
Valent U.S.A. Corporation has announced the registration of its all-in-one formulation of INTEGO™ SUITE Soybeans, a new seed protectant to control multiple species of Pythium and Phytophthora. The new formulation makes the treating process easier by eliminating the need to mix components prior to treatment. INTEGO SUITE Soybeans contains multiple active ingredients, including ethaboxam, the first seed protection fungicide introduced in … Read More
Soybean Farmers Get Second Chance with Clover
Wet conditions and flooding this spring in parts of the Midwest made for some difficult conditions for soybean planting, even to the point where many farmers were never able to get their crop in the ground. Grassland Oregon, a company specializing in science-based cover crop, turf, and forage seeds, says cover crop mixes can help producers take advantage of Risk … Read More
New Cost Share Program Offered for Cover Crops
Iowa soybean growers are being offered a new cost share program designed to boost the use of cover crops. The Conservation Technology Information Center says the offer covers up to $25 per acre plus discounts on Soil First brand cover crop seed by La Crosse Seed to Iowa soybean growers willing to establish or expand cover crop acreage and sign … Read More