GROWMARK Announces Appointments In Plant Food Division
GROWMARK, Inc. has announced the following staff changes in its Plant Food Division. Dan Engel has been promoted to senior market manager, Phosphates and Potash, replacing Mike May, who will retire...
View ArticleArysta Hires Former Agri-Chem, CPS Employee For Delta Sales Position
Arysta LifeScience North America recently named Mark Peel as the Territory Sales Manager in the Delta sales region. Peel’s primary role will focus on working with growers regarding fungicides in...
View ArticleMonsanto Named One Of The World’s Best Multinational Workplaces
For the third consecutive year, Monsanto Co. has been named to the list of the World’s Best Multinational Workplaces by Great Place to Work. This year, Monsanto ranked No. 8 in the world’s largest...
View ArticleFlorida’s 4R Advocate Keeps Improving
Alan Jones and his crew run a farming operation that includes more than 3,600 acres of crops and even more where he runs cattle. Keeping the soil healthy ensures that high-quality potatoes, green beans...
View ArticleValent U.S.A., MGK Form Marketing Agreement
Valent U.S.A. Corp. announced today an agreement with Minneapolis-based MGK to manage the marketing and sales of MGK’s crop protection line of insect control products within the U.S. beginning April 1,...
View ArticleValueAct Buys Stake In Fertilizer Dealer Agrium
Activist hedge fund ValueAct Capital on Friday disclosed it had bought a 5.7% stake in Agrium Inc., one and a half years after the Canadian fertilizer maker won a proxy battle aimed at breaking up the...
View ArticleResponsibleAg Begins Auditor Training
ResponsibleAg announced today that auditor training is now underway at the Ford B. West Center for Responsible Agriculture. This week, the inaugural class of 24 candidates for credentialing as...
View ArticleCTIC Tour Dives Deep Into Everglades
Egrets surround tractors and wagons used for sugarcane harvest. Alligators float in drain pipes. Barn owls reside in wooden boxes next to crop fields. Traveling through the Everglades Agricultural...
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Asmark Institute’s New Training Center Focused On Responsible Ag
The Asmark Institute hosted a dedication ceremony to commemorate the launch of the Ford B. West Center for Responsible Agriculture on October 27 in Owensboro, KY. Named after the former President of...
View ArticleBig Brother Is Already Watching
It’s funny what people object to sometimes. When unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) first started getting attention in the agricultural world, I remember several critics decrying their potential use on...
View ArticleTFI Recognizes Michigan, Maryland Farms For 4R Stewardship
As farming practices increasingly attract interest from the general public, two farmers are ensuring they meet public approval. They use proven management practices that focus on improving soil quality...
View ArticleState Of Seed Care Study: Top 8 Key Findings (Infographics)
CropLife recently conducted a survey of U.S. ag retailers on the state of the seed care industry. More than 100 retailers responded to the survey, providing valuable insight into this increasingly...
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Growing The Future Of Seed Treatment Equipment
Seed treatment application technology has improved significantly in the last few years. The equipment has gone from a gross application of ounces per hundred weight of seed to a precise one of...
View ArticleThe Growing Importance Of Seed Care
From a relatively minor (and oftentimes messy) part of the ag retail business, seed treatments have steadily grown into a worldwide multi-billion dollar proposition. Today, the majority of ag retail...
View ArticleSeed Care Success Stories: Hefty Seed And Monsanto BioAg
The land around Hurdsfield, ND, is rich and prime real estate for farming, say observers. In fact, according to Chad Weckerley, manager at the Hefty Seed location here, there is virtually no limit to...
View ArticleH.J. Baker Opens New Alberta Tiger-Sul Plant
Global Agriculture Firm H.J. Baker announced their Tiger-Sul Products Co. subsidiary has opened a new facility in Irricana, Alberta, Canada. Since the acquisition in early 2013, H.J. Baker has upgraded...
View ArticleCooperative Extension Offers Good Agricultural Practices Training
University of Nevada Cooperative Extension and the Nevada Department of Agriculture will offer a Good Agricultural Practices training, focusing on risk management in fruit and vegetable production 9...
View ArticleFall-Applied Herbicides: Which Weed Species Should Be The Target?
Herbicides applied in the fall often can provide improved control of many winter annual weed species compared with similar applications made in the spring, according to University of Illinois weed...
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Ag Retail Software: Choosing The Right Solution
Mobile device users are typically faced with a fairly clear-cut “A vs. B” decision when it comes to picking an operating system (Android or iOS). Ag retailers, on the other hand, face a much more...
View ArticleAdjusting To The New Reality Of Weed Control
For the past several years, numbers have told the tale of the nation’s spreading weed resistance problem. By best estimates, millions of acres of farmland spread out across more than two dozen states...
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