INDUSTRY DIRECTORY
January 31, 2018
News

Thatcher Joins Syngenta’s Federal Government Relations: Farm policy expert joins Syngenta after 31-year tenure with American Farm Bureau Federation

Farm policy expert joins Syngenta after 31-year tenure with American Farm Bureau Federation
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January 31, 2018
News

NFU, ASA Comment on Farm Bill Principles

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January 30, 2018
News

Ag Census Deadline Nears

The USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service reminds the nation’s farmers and ranchers that the deadline for the 2017 Census of Agriculture is now less than one week away.
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January 30, 2018
News
Chabella Guzman & Kevin Mooney

Growers Hear Good News at Western Sugar Meeting

Growers for Western Sugar Cooperative have had a rocky start to 2018, but things are beginning to look better after the latest board meeting.
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January 30, 2018
News
Daren Bakst

What’s at Stake in NAFTA Renegotiations

The current NAFTA renegotiations between the U.S., Canada and Mexico have major implications for American farmers, ranchers and consumers, as shown by a new Heritage Foundation report.
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January 27, 2018
News

Safe-T-Pull Acquires Strong Box Product Line

Strong Box specializes in live-bottom bulk boxes as well and semi-trailers.
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January 26, 2018
News
American Sugar Alliance

USDA Recommends Strong Farm Safety Net

On Wednesday, the USDA introduced a list of legislative principles to guide the upcoming Farm Bill debate.
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January 26, 2018
News

New Product: AZteroid FC + Starter Fertilizer

Now fungicide and fertilizer do mix and can make sugarbeet production more profitable. How? Nanotechnology.
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January 25, 2018
News

Perdue Announces USDA’s Farm Bill, Legislative Principles for 2018

Agriculture secretary Sonny Perdue announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Bill and Legislative Principles for 2018 during a town hall at Reinford Farms in Mifflintown, Pa.
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January 24, 2018
News

Michigan Sugar CEO Looks Back and Forward

2017 harvest reveals improved sugar content, but tonnage is down.
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January 23, 2018
News

Agrible Announces Leadership Change

Agrible, Inc. announced last week that Chris Harbourt has decided to step down as its CEO. Dennis E. Beard, a current board member, will serve as interim CEO of Agrible.
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January 22, 2018
News

Cochran Named IIEA Person of the Year

Kermit Cochran, recently retired AgDirect territory manager, has been selected as the Idaho Irrigation Equipment Association’s 2017 Person of the Year.
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January 19, 2018
News

No January Payment for Wyoming Growers

Western Sugar Cooperative growers were informed Monday the traditional January payment will not be made on the 2017 beet crop.
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January 19, 2018
News

New Product: Senninger SennREG App : App tests pressure regulator performance

App tests pressure regulator performance
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January 19, 2018
News
Barb Glen

Alberta Beet Growers Eye Road De-icing Market

Cashing in on the de-icing business would give sugar beet growers another market, potentially boosting acres and economic returns.
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January 18, 2018
News
AP Newswire

Minnesota Produces Record 2017 Crop

Minnesota farmers produced slightly smaller corn and soybean crops last year than in 2016, but they produced a record sugarbeet crop.
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January 18, 2018
News
Heather Jordan

Michigan Sugar's Tonnage Down, Sugar Content Up

Michigan Sugar Co.'s tonnage was down but sugar content was up in 2017. That's some of the news that came out of the company's annual meeting Jan. 11.
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January 16, 2018
News
Nathan Brown

Spudnik Celebrates 60 Years

The company currently employs about 300 people and makes more than 70 equipment models, with different ones for different conditions or different farmers’ needs.
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January 16, 2018
News

New Product: Outback Rebel Autosteering

Rebel includes everything a grower needs in one package to bring the latest innovations in autosteering to the equipment he already owns.
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January 15, 2018
News

AGCO Announces New Organizational Structure : New initiative aims to streamline operations and enhance revenue opportunities for dealers

New initiative aims to streamline operations and enhance revenue opportunities for dealers
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January 15, 2018
News

Ag World Golf Classic Raises $70,000+ for Charity

Northwest agriculture producers, processors and industry businesses rose to the challenge and set a new event record by raising $73,492 to benefit the Ronald McDonald House Charities Inland Northwest.
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January 08, 2018
Feature
Luther Markwart

Bottom Line: Helping government understand growers’ perspective

Helping government understand growers’ perspective
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January 05, 2018
News

New Product: Lindsay FieldNET Advisor: New tool optimizes irrigation through better decision-making

New tool optimizes irrigation through better decision-making
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January 04, 2018
Feature

Finding the Right Combination: How beets react to nitrogen inputs under different tillage systems

How beets react to nitrogen inputs under different tillage systems
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January 03, 2018
News
Cindy Snyder

Beet Breeders Develop International Partnership

The search for a sugarbeet that can produce high sugar while warding off disease has led an Idaho researcher to Poland.
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January 03, 2018
News

Smart Panels and Irrigation Monitoring: A Perfect Pair

Why pair up smart panels and irrigation monitoring? Well, in short, it’s the same reason any pair is formed – to help consumers save resources by increasing product efficiency.
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