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Micronutrients 2015: Making Hay In A Down Market
Despite a down market, many manufacturers have increased their marketing and development of micronutrient products. Going into 2015, downward trending commodity prices were identified as a possible...
View ArticleInside Monsanto’s Bid For Syngenta
Monsanto Co.’s unsolicited $45-billion bid for Syngenta Crop Protection has been a bit of a puzzle. Syngenta leaked the deal to the media in late April, saying that the offer undervalued the company...
View ArticleEndangered Species Act, Pollinator Health Among Key Issues For CropLife America
Recently, CropLife® magazine had the chance to talk with CropLife America about the association’s key objectives and concerns. CropLife (CL): What are some of the most important regulatory issues that...
View ArticleCalifornia Water Users Seeking Solutions
Volumes have been written, over just the last few years even, about the plight of California’s water supplies. The dialogue will only continue to expand, as 2015 marked the fourth year of a historic...
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Good Soil Health Can Be Compromised Without Good Soil Fertility
To keep corn healthy, growers need to watch fertility and soil conditions. Introductory soil science students have been taught, and wise farmers have observed, that productive soils are fertile soils;...
View ArticleFeeding The World: Nine Billion Shades Of Gray
For many years now, the agricultural world has had an almost laser-driven focus on the world’s projected population by the middle of the 21st century. Based upon virtually every researchers figures,...
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2015 Product Of The Year Voting
For the eighth year running, CropLife IRON is once again honoring this year’s Product of the Year. Below you will find descriptions of the 2015 finalists, picked from reader feedback via e-mails and...
View ArticleLoveland Products Launches New Residue Management Tool
Loveland Products, a global provider of innovative crop input solutions and subsidiary of Agrium Inc., has announced the launch of Extract Powered by Accomplish (Extract PBA), a new product for residue...
View ArticleMaking A Difference In Ag Retail: 10 ‘Big Picture’ Things To Do In Less Than...
The summer of 2015 is in the books and kids are back in the classroom hitting the books. Summer flew by, didn’t it? So, with all the business that accompanies the fall season, there will be little time...
View ArticleThe Andersons Name New CEO
After an extensive search, The Andersons, Inc. has announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Pat Bowe, formerly Corporate Vice President of Cargill, Inc., to succeed Mike Anderson as...
View ArticleArysta LifeScience Announces New Regional Sales Manager
Arysta LifeScience North America recently announced Brian Anniss has been selected as the new Regional Sales Manager for the Midwest region. Anniss will be replacing Royce Schulte, who recently...
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Canadian Smart Seeder Turning Heads On Summer Show Circuit
The CX-6 Smart Seeder from Clean Seed Agricultural Technologies, Burnaby, BC, is a precision seed drill/air-cart combo that features a front-folding single row toolbar with mounted tanks. From the...
View ArticleU.S. Court Finds EPA Erred In Approving Dow Insecticide
Yahoo News and Reuters are reporting that a U.S. appeals court ruled on Thursday that federal EPA regulators erred in allowing an insecticide developed by Dow AgroSciences onto the market, canceling...
View ArticleRetail Week: Trade Show Roundup
Paul Schrimpf and Dan Jacobs talk about some recent and upcoming events including the Precision Ag Innovation Series, FCI Trade Summit and the FCI Connect.
View ArticleThe Brave (& Rapidly Changing) New World Of Agriculture
No one who regularly follows the agricultural marketplace can be anything but amazed at how rapidly things have changed. In the space of 12 or so months, market conditions have quickly gone from...
View ArticleGRANDEVO Bioinsecticide Receives Completeness Determination From The Netherlands
Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. (MBI), a leading provider of bio-based pest management and plant health products for the agriculture, turf and ornamental and water treatment markets, has announced that...
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New Corn Disease Confirmed In U.S.
Initial symptoms of tar spot are brownish lesions on the leaves of afflicted corn plants. Black, spore-producing spots appear later, making the leaf feel rough or bumpy. (Photo: Purdue Botany and Plant...
View ArticleMobile App Launched For 2015 Farm Science Review
Smartphone and tablet users planning on attending the 2015 Farm Science Review September 22-24 at the Molly Caren Agricultural Center in London, OH, can now download this year’s customized mobile...
View ArticleWhen To Use Ag Lime And Gypsum To Improve Soil
Fall is an ideal time to apply soil amendments that enhance soil chemistry and improve soil physical characteristics. Agricultural soils with ideal pH levels and good soil structure – with...
View ArticleAgri-Inject Sees Increased Use For Water Acidification
To anyone unacquainted with agriculture in the western states, putting sulfuric acid on a crop might sound like agronomic suicide. Then again, who would have imagined 20 years ago that tractors would...
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