INDUSTRY DIRECTORY
September 30, 2013

Counties support bill pre-empting local GMO controls

A group representing Oregon counties has asked state legislators to prohibit them from regulating genetically modified organisms.
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September 30, 2013

Idaho ag promoting college football partnerships

BOISE, Idaho-Idaho agriculture has heightened its presence this season at in-state college football games, seeking to capitalize on the growing popula
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September 29, 2013

Foreign ownership of ag land increases 1.49 million acres

The U.S. Farm Service Agency has released its annual report on foreign ownership of U.S. agricultural land.
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September 29, 2013

Sugarbeet product will keep Q-C roads passable this winter

Just a day after summer came to a close, the city of Moline, Iowa., was preparing for the possibility of a brutal winter and slippery streets.
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September 29, 2013

Worker injured in beet harvesting accident

FOREST GROVE, Ore. (AP)-It took Forest Grove firefighters working with hydraulic rescue tools about half an hour to remove a worker who was trapped in
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September 28, 2013

Agriculture Department posts shutdown plans

The Agriculture Department has posted information on its shutdown plans in the event of a lapse in government funding.
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September 28, 2013

Farming can be tough road for the young

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP)-Rush Olson returned to his family's farm in June because, he said, working the land is in his blood. At 29, he's one of Illinoi
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September 28, 2013

Senate seeks to reverse law on GM crops

WASHINGTON (AP)-The Senate is seeking to reverse a controversial law that allows farmers to harvest genetically modified crops even when the crops are
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September 28, 2013

Tough negotiations get immigration reform moving

IRVINE, Calif.-Some 34 years ago, a young lawyer named Tom Nassif helped initiate a successful lawsuit against the United Farm Workers of America, hea
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September 27, 2013

California, Washington, Idaho 1-2-3 in Western ag production

BOISE-The most recent state rankings for total agricultural production show California lapping the field and Washington ahead of Idaho in the race for
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September 27, 2013

GM regulation bill part of special session deal

Oregon lawmakers will again consider a controversial bill that would block local governments from regulating agriculture, including banning biotech cr
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September 26, 2013

Is climate policy more threatening than climate change?

How threatening is climate change? According to a study from the University of California-Davis, climate change isn't nearly as threatening to farmers
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September 26, 2013

Show us how you "Outwork Them All"

CINCINNATI-The search is on for the toughest winter workers in the third annual Cintas & Carhartt Cold Crew Contest. We want to see how you "Outwork T
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September 26, 2013

Sugarbeets prices fall for first time in years

Agriculture plays a key role in not only Montana's economy, but also nationwide.
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September 25, 2013

Sugar is "addictive and the most dangerous drug of the times"

Paul van der Velpen, the head of Amsterdam's health service, the Dutch capital city where the sale of cannabis is legalised, wants to see sugar tightl
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September 25, 2013

Sugar prices hit a sour note as beet harvest begins

A sour economic outlook awaits sugarbeet farmers as the Montana harvest begins with domestic sugar prices at a 30-year low.
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September 25, 2013

Yes on 522: I'll have the non-genetically engineered apple pie, please

One thing I associate fall with is food. When I was 8 years old, my favorite fall treat was probably Halloween candy.
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September 24, 2013

Weather halts first day of sugarbeet campaign

SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb.-Monday marked the first day of the sugarbeet campaign but rain put a stop to the harvest.
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September 24, 2013

LIfting the big ones

The productivity of fields in California's Imperial Valley is well known around the U.S. sugarbeet industry.
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September 24, 2013

PH most 'GMO-friendly' country in Southeast Asia?

MANILA, Philippines-Last August, around 400 farmers uprooted the genetically-modified crop Golden Rice grown in a government-owned testing field in Pi
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September 23, 2013

Get social with your network

Tweeting, messaging, blogging and Skyping are all the rage, but does social networking really work with fullservice ag retailing?
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September 23, 2013

Roche ends long career in sugar

Among the Michigan Sugar Company (MSC) officers listed in the Manual of Sugar Companies, 1954/55 was "David C. Roche, Sales Mgr."
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September 22, 2013

Commentary: Drop Monsanto name in spending bill

The media and anti-biotech spokespersons are back at it in attacking the Farmer Assurance Provision being included in the upcoming congressional appro
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September 22, 2013

Flight plan for UAVs

More than 25,000 "field" or agriculture robots will be sold by 2015-about the same as robots for military use, according to the International Federati
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September 21, 2013

Bright prospects for sugar output keep prices down

Sugar prices have been steadily declining and are now back to 32.25 rupees a kg at the Delhi wholesale market.
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September 21, 2013

Data privacy, ownership in precision agriculture

A friend recently brought to my attention the formation of a grower organization with the sole purpose of helping producers claim ownership of their a
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September 21, 2013

Groups renew call for new farm bill

Now that the House has passed its nutrition bill, farm and commodity groups are again turning up the pressure to get a new farm bill passed.
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September 20, 2013

House and Senate face deep divide over food stamps

WASHINGTON (AP)-Farm-state lawmakers hoping for passage of a farm bill by the end of the year will have to bridge a deep divide between the House and
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September 20, 2013

Aerial camera with matched software analyzes crop conditions

German engineers are testing a hyperspectral camera, using information collected across the electromagnetic spectrum to "look inside" crops and analyz
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September 20, 2013

Farm Bill vote costs Stutzman leadership post

U.S. Rep. Marlin Stutzman has lost his post with the House Republican leadership team.
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September 20, 2013

Oregon governor says he'll call special session

SALEM, Ore. (AP)-Gov. John Kitzhaber said Wednesday that he plans to call Oregon lawmakers into special session to vote on measures affecting taxes, p
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September 20, 2013

U.S. protections for sugar growers causing artificially high prices

Federal efforts to protect growers of sugarbeets and sugar cane epitomize everything that's wrong with U.S. farm programs.
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September 19, 2013

2013 Farm Bill: Groundhog Day?

The days are limited for Congress to enact a new farm bill before the Sept. 30 expiration of current programs.
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September 19, 2013

ARA testifies at hearing on West Fertilizer

Paul Derig, environment, health and safety (EHS) manager with J.R. Simplot, testified on behalf of the Agricultural Retailers Association at a House S
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September 19, 2013

Transform farm trials into better crop management decisions

Gaining more understanding of how products and agronomic practice interact across soils can help you improve placement decisions, reduce input costs,
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September 18, 2013

Beet growers begin delivery of crop to Bay County's Michigan Sugar Co.

MONITOR TOWNSHIP, Mich.-Trucks carrying tons of sugarbeets started rolling into Michigan Sugar Co. facilities early Tuesday, Sept. 17, delivering the
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September 18, 2013

Rapid spread of resistant weeds

As ag retailer agronomists and crop consultants try to convince their clients to make changes to their herbicide programs to avoid herbicide-resistant
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September 18, 2013

Syngenta, Lindsay introduce new irrigation platform

Syngenta and Lindsay Corporation announced the commercial introduction of Water Intelligent Irrigation Platform, an integrated solution designed to he
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September 17, 2013

Ag remains most dangerous industry

Sept. 15 through the 21st is National Farm Safety and Health Week in the U.S.
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September 17, 2013

Irrigation pivot cable foils copper thieves

Irrigators vulnerable to copper theft have a new tool to help foil the bad guys.
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September 16, 2013

President proclaims National Farm Safety and Health Week

It's official. The president has proclaimed Sept. 15 through Sept. 21 to be National Farm Safety and Health Week.
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September 16, 2013

U.S. tractor sales still good

U.S. tractor sales in August totaled 15,973 up 13.2 percent from August of last year.
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September 15, 2013

Data reveals "mid-size" farms are disappearing

Data shows the average farm size has remained steady over the last 30 years, however, a closer look shows fewer "average" farms and considerably more
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September 14, 2013

Group won't give up on Monsanto lawsuit

Groups that refuse to accept that Monsanto biotechnology products, or any biotechnology products are safe, continue to try and use the courts to stop
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September 13, 2013

California pesticide department funds two IPM projects

The California Department of Pesticide Regulation has awarded two grants totaling nearly $400,000 to two entities to study pesticide alternatives.
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September 13, 2013

Quadcopters take flight

Mitchell Fiene and his cousin Zach are the co-founders of DMZ Market LLC and the creators of the crop scouting Quadcopter.
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September 12, 2013

Subsurface drip irrigation new at HHD

During Husker Harvest Days this year, you'll have a hard time seeing the newest irrigation addition at the show site six miles west of Grand Island, N
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September 12, 2013

Sugar surplus forecasts shrink on China to Indonesia demand

The global sugar surpluses for this year and the next are narrowing as rising population means accelerating demand in developing nations from China to
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September 11, 2013

USDA sugar-loan risk growing

The U.S. Department of Agriculture took 85,000 short tons of sugar as payment for $34.5 million of loans to processors that came due last month and sa
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September 11, 2013

Vilsack talks farm bill

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Tuesday once again urged Congress to pass the farm bill and not change the Renewable Fuel Standard, while also ma
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September 10, 2013

Stabenow calls for House to name conferees

Senate Ag Committee chair Debbie Stabenow and Majority Leader Harry Reid are calling on House leadership to announce their conferees for the Farm Bill
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September 10, 2013

BASF program provides hands-on training for applicators

Through the On Target Application Academy training sessions, BASF and Bob Wolf, Ph.D.,Wolf Consulting and Research, have educated thousands of growers
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September 09, 2013

Golden Rice: Lifesaver?

One bright morning this month, 400 protesters smashed down the high fences surrounding a field in the Bicol region of the Philippines and uprooted the
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September 08, 2013

Discolored sugar sits in storage at American Crystal Sugar factory

A large share of discolored sugar sits in storage at an American Crystal Sugar factory in Hillsboro, N.D.
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September 07, 2013

Ethanol is a not long-term solution

In Minnesota, ethanol has become part of our everyday lives. It is blended into our gasoline and is available for flex fuel vehicles in the form of E8
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September 06, 2013

Fall pesticide disposal schedule

BOISE, Idaho-Agricultural producers, dealers, professional applicators and homeowners who are storing unusable pesticides will have a safe, legal and
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September 06, 2013

New product prevents distracted driving

Azuga, a leading instant-install cloud-based GPS fleet tracking and driver behavior solution, announced the launch of Azuga DriveSafe-a service that i
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September 06, 2013

Syngenta launches "Know More, Grow More" resource

Syngenta is bringing the expertise of its more than 70 trained agronomists into the homes and hands of growers throughout the U.S.
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September 05, 2013

Pest problems? There's an app for that

Farmers and ag specialists needing to identify plants, plant diseases, insect pests and other plant problems have a new mobile application resource cr
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September 05, 2013

Internet access up on Ohio farms

In its latest report on Internet access on farms, the Ohio field office of the National Ag Statistics Service (NASS) indicates 65 percent of Ohio farm
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September 04, 2013

Scientists creating plants that make their own fertilizer

Since the dawn of agriculture people have exercised great ingenuity to pump more nitrogen into crop fields.
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September 03, 2013

Farm Bureau director focuses on ag-friendly legislation

BOISE-The main goal of Idaho Farm Bureau Federation's new director of governmental affairs sounds simple but it is a very important one for farmers.
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September 02, 2013

Erosion program saves farm land along American Falls Reservoir

Erosion along the banks of American Falls Reservoir used to claim up to 3 feet per year of Dwight Horsch's farm land in Aberdeen, Idaho.
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September 02, 2013

U.S. sugar producers receive good news from Mexico

FARGO, N.D. (AP)-Questions about low sugar prices, dry growing conditions, discolored product and a bloated North American market due in large part to
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September 01, 2013

Organic market grows around world

Sales of organic foods grew by 25 percent between 2008 and 2011, a period of economic downturn in much of the world.
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September 01, 2013

Scientists seek to breed by stressing plants through epigenetics

ABERDEEN, Idaho-An Idaho USDA agricultural researcher sees potential to breed desirable traits in crops by exposing them to stressful environments, ba
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