Syngenta IDs Strategies to Fight Weed Resistance

Kelly MarshallAudio, Syngenta, Weed control

Threat of resistant in weeds has Syngetna urging growers to start a management plan early in the season; in fact they’ve developed the Resistance Fighter program to provide education and local recommendations.

Tillage programs, more modes of action and using the right herbicide at the right time are crucial, says Dane Bowers, a Syngenta herbicide technical product lead. Bowers states that even a small number of surviving weeds means a grower needs to implement changes in their strategy. “We have been on a herbicide resistance merry-go-round,” Bowers said. “We hop on one horse, or chemistry, and ride it until we wear it out, then we select another horse for the next ride. It is time to step off the merry-go-round and develop resistance-management strategies.”

To avoid getting caught in a cycle of resistance, growers can turn to pre-emergence applications of powerhouse combination technologies, like Acuron® and Acuron® Flexi herbicides for corn and BroadAxe® XC and Boundary® 6.5 EC herbicides for soybeans. These herbicides contain multiple effective modes of action and active ingredients that work together to control tough weeds before they emerge.

FMC Offers PPO Resistance Advice at #NFMS17

Kelly MarshallAgribusiness, FMC, National Farm Machinery Show, Weed control

When we say “resistance” most of us think glyphosate, but waterhemp and palmer amaranth have also developed a resistance to PPO in some states, according to Nick Hustedde, an FMC technical service representative.

“It’s definitely a significant problem. It’s unfortunate any time we lose a herbicide technology,” Hustedde says. But fortunately we can do things to preserve the effectiveness of PPO herbicides.

“With PPO resistance the mechanism is actually a low-level resistance so we can still over come it. Our soil applied treatments are still providing value, so when we think about a soil treatment, you know we’re trying to control what’s there at the time of application as well as what might come up six weeks from the application. So it’s a high dose in the soil and it can overcome that resistance mechanism.”

Diversification and more effective sites of action are key to control. FMC offers products like Authority MTZ and Authority Elite herbicides that offer two sites of action, as well as others that work for growers facing more large seeded broad leaf pressure, like Anthem Maxx herbicide. Other practices like row spacing, higher seeding rates and cover crops play a part in preserving technologies as well.

To learn more listen to Chuck’s full interview with Hustedde and don’t forget to stop by the FMC booth at Commodity Class and the Mid-South Farm and Gin Show next week!

To learn more listen to Chuck’s full interview with Hustedde and don’t forget to stop by the FMC booth at Commodity Class and the Mid-South Farm and Gin Show next week! [wpaudio url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/zimmcomm/nfms17-fmc-hustedde-ppo-resistant.mp3″ text=”Interview with Nick Hustedde, FMC”]

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New Holland Expands PLM Offerings

Kelly MarshallAgribusiness, National Farm Machinery Show, New Holland, technology

The National Farm Machinery Show was a busy time for New Holland and Luke Zerby, who was introducing three new Precision Land Management (PLM) products. The first is Intelliturn, intelligent steering that make end-of-row automated turns. But this new product does more than just turn around; it knows where you’ve been in the field and steers the tractor around planted ground, and can adjust for odd-shaped fields. The technology is one of the layers of information New Holland gained working on another project, Zerby explains.

“This is all coming from a project we launched last year at the Farm Progress Show with the New Holland Drive. That concept, that technology, that research– we don’t have a full autonomous tractor here for you to purchase today, but we have some of that technology that we’ve learned in the process and we’re able to bring that to you to market today.”

New Holland is also offering another step forward in drone technology. The data is great, Zerby says, but it’s the management that’s exciting. The PLM Drone Data Management package is an all-in-one solution that comes with not only everything you need to fly the drone (and license it properly with the FAA) but also the software to evaluate the information. Of course, corn and beans lead the way when it comes to agriculture technology, but the software also works with many other forms of agriculture, from orchards to livestock. And even though the product has just launched, New Holland is ready with phone, online, and live tech support from the app.

For more information about this products or the newly launched Cygnus-A receiver, listen to Chuck’s full interview with Zerby here: [wpaudio url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/zimmcomm/nfms17-newholland-zerby.mp3″ text=”Interview with Luke Zerby, New Holland”]

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The Culture of Smartphones in the Ag Leader Display

Kelly MarshallAg Leader, Agribusiness, Displays

Jeff Dickens, Product Sales Specialist at Ag Leader, was at the National Farm Machinery Show to talk to customers about the new features of the InCommand displays. The common thought for their Display Cast product is that two machines in the same field can talk to each other, Dickens says, but it’s more than that.

“We took it one step further at Ag Leader. We are using a cellular connectivity with our AgFiniti cloud and so by doing that we can utilize the planting information– in the sprayer, in the combine, throughout the whole operation– so it don’ts matter if they displays are being used at the same time or not. The information all gets piped up to that cloud and is all accessible from any of the other displays anytime throughout the year.”

Of course, the machines will still talk to one another in the same field live, but Ag Leader says they’re really trying to give operators more of what they’d find on their smart phone: access to all their information from anywhere they can get signal, and under one login.

Learn more in Chuck’s full interview with Dickens here: [wpaudio url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/zimmcomm/nfms17-ag-leader.mp3″ text=”Interview with Jeff Dickens, Ag Leader”]

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Apache 1000 Sprayers Earn EquipmentWatch Award

Kelly MarshallAgribusiness, Award, Equipment, Spraying

The Apache 1000 Sprayer series has earned the 2017 EquipmentWatch Highest Retained Value Award for retaining the highest percentage of original value after five years. Analysts considered 12,536 models for the evaluation and then narrowed it down to 156 series from 36 brands. Residual values of the finalists were calculated by leveraging a database covering more than $412 billion in market activity to find the winner.

“We are honored and proud to have won this award for two consecutive years,” said ET Works CEO Matt Hays. “The continued value retention of Apache speaks to the reliability of Apache sprayers, one of the key factors that set us apart as the best sprayer available within the industry.”

FMC Promotes Cover Crops at #NFMS17

Kelly MarshallAgribusiness, Cover Crops, Crop Protection, FMC, National Farm Machinery Show

Growers will do about anything to control resistant palmer amaranth in the MidSouth region where Matt Wiggins works as a tech service manager for FMC. And while cover crops have been traditionally considered a method of erosion control, FMC has done a lot of work on understanding how they prevent weeds as well.

They’re effective because they create a layer of mulch, preventing weeds from coming through, Wiggins explains. Even though he still feels like there is a lot to learn, they do know a winter annual cover cop of cereal rye or winter wheat planted after harvest and terminated a few weeks before spring planting adds bio mass necessary to make a big difference handling those resistant weed problems. Cover crops also work together with an herbicide program, Wiggins says. Neither should be a stand-alone management.

As a bonus, cover crops are multifunctional on the farm.

“There are other benefits. The primary one we think about with cover crops is erosion prevention and soil health. Other things guys are not thinking so much about are things like weed control and also water conservation and nutrient reduction strategies and things like to that to help capture nutrients that we put in the soil and prevent them from getting into waterways. So there are a lot of other benefits other than just weed control that cover crops can benefit our growers.”

FMC has several solutions for growers wanting to take advantage of what cover crops can offer. Their Authority MTZ and Authority Elite offer a great pre-emergence burn down for starting the growing season off right, and they offer in-furrow protection products against the insects that seem to go hand-in-hand with cover crops.

Learn more about FMC and their cover crop approach by stopping by their booth at Commodity Classic or Mid-South Farm and Gin Show next week or listen to Chuck’s interview here: [wpaudio url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/zimmcomm/nfms17-fmc-wiggins.mp3″ text=”Interview with Matt Wiggins, FMC”]

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2017 ASCEND Conference & Expo

Kelly Marshalldrone, Events

Mark your calendars for July 19-20 and plan to be in Portland, Oregon for the ASCEND Conference & Expo by Drone 360 for practical information about drones in precision agriculture. A combination of panel discussion, classes, workshops, workflow session, mentor meeting and interviews will help attendees learn about starting a drone business, understand best practices, gain knowledge about policies and FFA regulations and more.

“ASCEND will go beyond celebrating drone technology to provide practical integration of techniques into current practices,” said Tim Kidwell, Editor-in-Chief of Drone360 magazine and leading member of the ASCEND Conference & Expo team. “We won’t just talk about the evolution of the technology; ASCEND will help attendees turn concepts into action plans.”

DTN & DataOnTouch Announce Partnership

Kelly MarshallAgribusiness, Company Announcement, weather

DTN/The Progressive Farmer and DataOnTouch have announced they’ll be working together to provide growers and retailers with enhanced weather and soil forecasts. They will be able to provide innovative underground soil moisture and temperature forecasts, says Phil Brewer, vice present of marketing for DataOnTouch. That will enhance the current nitrogen model and seasonal crop growth state predictions, making it easier for growers to make decisions about nitrogen and other inputs. DataOnTouch’s customers will get this information thanks to DTN/The Progressive Farmer’s largest private weather station network.

“DataOnTouch is an industry leader in providing comprehensive input and output data about a farming operation. It allows farmers to evaluate data from their entire operation and work with their ag retail salesperson to make the best decisions possible, while considering past history, costs and goals for the current year, and weather forecasts for the season,” said Brewer.

.@JohnDeere Designs for Comfort and Efficiency

Kelly MarshallAudio, John Deere, National Farm Machinery Show, Spraying

Attendees of the National Farm Machinery Show got the first view of John Deere‘s new CommandView III cab on their 4-Series Sprayers and the 4600 CommandCenter that comes with it. Customers are always looking for ways to be more efficient– to spend less time setting up and more time spraying, says Jason Beuligmann, which is why John Deere has made the cab more comfortable, the control easier to use, and the display multifunctional.

The updates make for a more comfortable environment for producers or service providers who spend 10 and 12 hour days in the cab. From the redesigned CommandARM that features a multi-function handle to the heated and ventilated leather seat, there are many ways for the user to customize the cab.

The latest version of sprayers also come with a carbon fiber boom. Carbon fiber allows for a wider boom because the material is lighter but stronger. It’s also erosion resistant and doesn’t fatigue like steel or other metals, Beuligmann says. Customers also like the look of the simpler design and less surface area means the product is easier to clean.

John Deere will begin taking orders in June of 2017. You can learn more about the updated sprayer at the upcoming Commodity Classic event next week, or follow us here on the Ag.Wired family of pages for news brought to you by John Deere.

Listen to Chuck’s full interview with Beuligmann here: [wpaudio url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/zimmcomm/nfms17-deere-jason.mp3″ text=”Interview with Jason Beuligmann, John Deere”]

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Deere Launches Connect Mobile App at #NFMS17

Kelly MarshallAgribusiness, Apps, Audio, John Deere

If you’re familiar with John Deere‘s Seed Star Mobile app, get ready– the next big thing is here! Amy Pousson-Noonan was at the National Farm Machinery Show to launch the Connect Mobile app; a family of apps that helps monitor and learn from the performance of their planter or sprayer while its in the field.

Connect Mobile replaces Seed Star Mobile, Amy says but when you download the new app it will include old data from the Seed Star program, so you’ll still be able to see information from the past. Connect Mobile is upgrading the old system with row-by-row data, simulations, populations information, easily adjusted legends, and field review for scouting, but it also has room for options being planned for the future. It will also include other operations, like harvesting, to offer even better decision-making information.

“It’s available now in the Apple app store; you can download Connect Mobile and sync that up with any Connect Mobile machine to give you in-the-field, real-time, job quality information to make sure you’re doing the best job that you can with the short time windows that you have,” Amy told Chuck.

The new app requires a subscription that can be obtained on John Deere’s website, but it’s being offered for free in 2017.

To hear more about the new family of apps, listen to Amy here: [wpaudio url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/zimmcomm/nfms17-deere-amy-app.mp3″ text=”Interview with Amy Pousson-Noonan, John Deere”]

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