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Track Nearby Risks Of SCN With This New Tool
Track Nearby Risks Of SCN With This New Tool

BASF's new website, SCNFields.com, is dedicated to helping growers manage risk against Soybean Cyst Nematode.

Corteva Introduces New Herbicide For Cereal Crops
Corteva Introduces New Herbicide For Cereal Crops

Tolvera recently received registration by the EPA for use on spring and winter wheat, durum and barley.

Quickshot: Helena’s New Dual-Purpose Planter Box Treatment
Quickshot: Helena’s New Dual-Purpose Planter Box Treatment

Quickshot is Helena’s newest entrant in the field, which provides seed fluency in addition to crop nutrient package. For 2024, it’s available in limited quantities.

Bolt-On At-Plant Micronutrients
Bolt-On At-Plant Micronutrients

This is a new seed lubricity agent applied at plant as a talc/graphite replacement which also provides a micronutrient package (5% phosphate, 1% iron, 3% mnagenses, 2.5% molybendum, 10.5% zinc.)

New Water-Use Management Tool For Commercial Crops
New Water-Use Management Tool For Commercial Crops

Helena introduces Resgenix to help farmers manage the water available to crops and optimize its use.

Simplot Grower Solutions’ New Biostimulant For Residue Breakdown: Evaness
Simplot Grower Solutions’ New Biostimulant For Residue Breakdown: Evaness

Benefits include reducing crop residue build-up on the soil surface, resulting in improved planting, seed placement, and germination.

Meristem Announces “Gold Standard” Fungicide At-Plant Treatment For Pythium and Phytophthora
Meristem Announces “Gold Standard” Fungicide At-Plant Treatment For Pythium and Phytophthora

The company sees this new formulation as a potential replacement for liquid seed treatment. 

Variable Rate At-Plant Inputs: Industry Update
Variable Rate At-Plant Inputs: Industry Update

To date, tens of thousands of acres have been planted with SIMPAS-Applied Solutions (SaS) through the SIMPAS application system.

Pivot Bio’s Sustainabilty Program Pays Farmers $6 Million Over Two Years
Pivot Bio’s Sustainabilty Program Pays Farmers $6 Million Over Two Years

The program is structured so farmer users of Pivot Bio Proven 40 can participate in annual carbon insetting partnerships as a result of their change in practice.

EPA Issues Existing Stocks Order For Dicamba Products
EPA Issues Existing Stocks Order For Dicamba Products

On February 14, the EPA issued an existing stocks order for dicamba products previously registered for over-the-top use.

Product Guide: Expanding Opportunities In The Planter Box
Product Guide: Expanding Opportunities In The Planter Box

This roundup of almost two dozen product combinations gives details on dry formulations meant for use in corn or soybeans that replace or layer with the same company’s traditional seed fluency blends.

Can A Scouting Technology Increase Farmer Trust?
Can A Scouting Technology Increase Farmer Trust?

From 2020 with only a few farmers participating to covering millions of acres in 2023, Taranis says it wants to help retailers and farmers understand every decision with analytics via its AcreForward technologies.

One New Way to Get More Phosphate in The Plant
One New Way to Get More Phosphate in The Plant

RhizoSorb is being marketed at MAP 2.0

Ag Leader Sprayer Update Makes Recirculation Simple
Ag Leader Sprayer Update Makes Recirculation Simple

The new upgrade, BoomLoop, integrates with AgLeader InCommand displays and creates a “streamlined path for product to flow from boom ends and back into the spray tank.”

GrowMark To Pilot InnerPlant’s Fluorescent Soybeans
GrowMark To Pilot InnerPlant’s Fluorescent Soybeans

InnerSoy is genetically engineered to omit signals when stressed, which are detectable from as far away as space. The company says its products can show stress signals two weeks before current detection methods.

Nutrien Acquires Southern Soybean Program From BASF
Nutrien Acquires Southern Soybean Program From BASF

"By expanding into soybeans, we're showing our commitment to providing solutions for our customers and investing in the future of row crop growers," said Spencer Harris.

Renovo Seed Brings 80 Forage, Cover Crop and Conservation Seed Mixes to Market
Renovo Seed Brings 80 Forage, Cover Crop and Conservation Seed Mixes to Market

Renovo seed mixes will be available via a network of seed dealerships and ag co-operatives. Orders can also be placed online for direct shipment.

New Soybean Seed Treatment Available
New Soybean Seed Treatment Available

Poncho Votivo Precise from BASF offers a combination of protection to address nematodes and early-season insects in soybeans. The product contains a biological and insecticide.

Broader, Stronger, Longer: BASF’s Revylok Fungicide
Broader, Stronger, Longer: BASF’s Revylok Fungicide

The company says it has three-fold benefits: long-lasting yield protection, premium disease control, and effective resistance management. 

Root Activated Phosphate Fertilizer
Root Activated Phosphate Fertilizer

Company research shows rates could be 25% to 50% less than other phosphate fertilizers given Crystal Green’s high efficiency and 10% Mg.

3 New Technologies to Increase Insights and Reduce Costs
3 New Technologies to Increase Insights and Reduce Costs

Products from John Deere, Soiltech and EarthOptics can help growers learn more about their fields while reducing input and operating costs.

Three Retailers Add Robotic Sprayers to Their Fleet
Three Retailers Add Robotic Sprayers to Their Fleet

Solinftec has been partnering with retailers in the Corn Belt to deploy 20 Solix robots in 2023.

Mosaic Company Forms New Biologicals Focused Group
Mosaic Company Forms New Biologicals Focused Group

The newly formed Mosaic Biosciences will be the focused division of The Mosaic Company to bring more biological technologies to market and will complement its traditional crop nutrient lineup. 

Corteva Exclusively Licenses Lavie Bio Biofungicide Lineup
Corteva Exclusively Licenses Lavie Bio Biofungicide Lineup

The licensing agreement comes after two years of the companies conducting independent field trials. 

Meristem Announces Its Next Generation Bio-Capsule Technology
Meristem Announces Its Next Generation Bio-Capsule Technology

The new Bio-Capsule design has a larger pail, which provides space and capacity for up to six products positioned on a single pail. 

Truterra Unveils Four Sustainabilty Programs For Tennessee, Ohio, Maryland, Kansas, Illinois and Indiana Farmers
Truterra Unveils Four Sustainabilty Programs For Tennessee, Ohio, Maryland, Kansas, Illinois and Indiana Farmers

Here are further details about each program, enrollment requirements, and geographic specifics.

Final Trait Approvals for BASF's Axant Flex Herbicide Tolerance Technology
Final Trait Approvals for BASF's Axant Flex Herbicide Tolerance Technology

This was the final step needed to support planting of Axant Flex Cotton in the U.S.

Bushel Introduces Automated Grain Contract Entry
Bushel Introduces Automated Grain Contract Entry

Bushel Farm, a farm management software, now offers automated grain contract entry by connecting to the Bushel Network, which includes more than 2,600 grain facilities. 

Storen: Syngenta’s New Residual Corn Herbicide
Storen: Syngenta’s New Residual Corn Herbicide

With four active ingredients, Syngenta announces Storen, which combines bicyclopyrone, mesotrione, S-metolachlor and pyroxasulfone, has been registered by the EPA for use in 2024. 

New Name For Its 50th Anniversary: Bio Huma Netics is Now Huma
New Name For Its 50th Anniversary: Bio Huma Netics is Now Huma

“We’re merging our family of brands to streamline our offerings, and ultimately, demonstrate a consistent company fabric across all the industries we touch,” said Huma CEO Lyndon Smith in the company’s announcement.

Indigo Expands Field Trials, Readies To Launch New Seed Treatment
Indigo Expands Field Trials, Readies To Launch New Seed Treatment

The new bionematicide will combine multiple defense actions, including systemically induced plant protections to fight nematodes. 

What We Know About Anuvia Shutting Down
What We Know About Anuvia Shutting Down

In 2020, Anuvia had built out its production at a former Mosaic site in Plant City, Fla., after ramping up its technology and business for five years.

InnerPlant–Tech That Visualizes Plant Stress–Names Germplasm Partner
InnerPlant–Tech That Visualizes Plant Stress–Names Germplasm Partner

Today, the company has announced a partnership with Mertec, an Iowa-based breeder and developer of soybean germplasm for the seed trade.

How To Treat Your Water Right
How To Treat Your Water Right

According to Helena, poor water quality can lead to antagonisms, active ingredient decomposition and/or formulation incompatibilities, which can reduce efficacy up to 50%.

ADM Invests In Harpe Bioherbicide
ADM Invests In Harpe Bioherbicide

Led by ADM, Harpe Bioherbicide Solutions, Inc., has closed a $10.5 million round of fundraising. This gives Harpe resources to continue its R&D through 2024.

Helm Eyes Growth In Biologicals: Two New Products Illustrate The Company’s Commitment
Helm Eyes Growth In Biologicals: Two New Products Illustrate The Company’s Commitment

The company is stepping up with education to advance the proper placement of biological products in the field with timing and applications.

Smart Spraying: AGCO and Bosch BASF Smart Farming Forge Path to Commercialization in 2024
Smart Spraying: AGCO and Bosch BASF Smart Farming Forge Path to Commercialization in 2024

Starting in 2024, AGCO will offer the Bosch BASF Smart Farming Smart Spraying technology on Fendt Rogator sprayers.

What The Soil Has to Say
What The Soil Has to Say

By turning biological test results into gigabytes of data, Pattern Ag has developed the largest soil metagenomics database with more than 200 billion DNA reads. 

Helena’s Two New Brands With A Sustainability Focus
Helena’s Two New Brands With A Sustainability Focus

The company says these new products balance crop production needs with environmental stewardship to increase yields responsibly and efficiently.

What Went Wrong In My Corn Field?
What Went Wrong In My Corn Field?

Determine the causes of gaps, late-emerging plants and missing ears so you know how to fix the problems in the future.

Bushel Farm Launches With Goal of Streamlining Data via Farm Management Software
Bushel Farm Launches With Goal of Streamlining Data via Farm Management Software

Insights include: Cost of production; Marketing position (sold vs. unprotected production); Profitability of grain sales based on current market price; Profit & loss at the farm, crop and field level

AGI’s Next Generation of Augers
AGI’s Next Generation of Augers

Adding to its lineup of high quality, portable swing hopper augers, Ag Growth International Inc. (AGI) has added Westfield MKX 2 and Hutchinson-Mayrath HX2 series.

Corn Seedling Diseases Don't Seem Dramatic, But The Yield Losses they Cause Sure Are
Corn Seedling Diseases Don't Seem Dramatic, But The Yield Losses they Cause Sure Are

Problems like tar spot get tons of attention because of the highly visible yield loss they cause in-season. Seedling diseases can pack the same punch. Some experts claim Pythium is the No. 1 disease issue in corn.

John Deere and Nutrien Ag Solutions Deepen Tech Integrations
John Deere and Nutrien Ag Solutions Deepen Tech Integrations

This is a multi-year agreement jointly announced by both companies to improve agronomic outcomes. 

Growers Launches App, Expands Its Pilot Ahead of Schedule
Growers Launches App, Expands Its Pilot Ahead of Schedule

The app was launched on Dec. 1, and the company says while its launch was intentionally kept quiet, its growth and usage rate in the first month have propelled the company to bump up the expansion plans. 

Verdesian Launches Liquid Biological For Early Season Growth
Verdesian Launches Liquid Biological For Early Season Growth

Accolade contains Azospirillum brasilense – which the company says is a well-studied, free-living, nitrogen-fixing bacteria.

Biological Pair of Products Highlights “Advanced Crop Nutrition”
Biological Pair of Products Highlights “Advanced Crop Nutrition”

The products are being introduced for the first time in the Midwest row crop market for 2023.

First Commercially Available Biochar Seed Treatment Launched
First Commercially Available Biochar Seed Treatment Launched

AmpliFYR is being launched for spring 2023 use in corn, soybeans, wheat, and other row crops. 

Traction Ag Partners with CropZilla
Traction Ag Partners with CropZilla

By combining the platforms, users will get a streamlined accounting process for optimizing their equipment fleet and gain a better understanding of their equipment productivity, costs and replacement needs.

CNH Industrial Fuses Iron and Technology
CNH Industrial Fuses Iron and Technology

The company put the spotlight on a batch of products it’s introducing and working toward introduction of.