INDUSTRY DIRECTORY
August 31, 2018
News

Wolfley Named CHS Bingham GM

CHS Inc., a leading U.S. farmer-owned cooperative, has named Jared Wolfley as general manager for its CHS Bingham business in Blackfoot, Idaho.
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August 30, 2018
News

Sims Named Motion Industries Marketing VP

Motion Industries, Inc., a leading distributor of maintenance, repair, and operation replacement parts, announces the promotion of Pamela Sims to vice president of marketing.
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August 30, 2018
News

Calendar: NDSU Extension Cover Crop Field Day: Sept. 18 in Fargo, N.D.

Sept. 18 in Fargo, N.D.
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August 30, 2018
New Products

Amity Introduces Section Control for Air Seed Carts

Amity announces the availability of section control for new orders of its 3800 and 5250 air carts, providing growers with the ability to greatly reduce overlap in seed and fertilizer application.
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August 29, 2018
New Products

New Product: Valley VRI-iS

Valley Irrigation announces the release of its next-generation variable rate irrigation solution: VRI-iS, which gives growers control of individual sprinklers for optimal control of water application.
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August 28, 2018
New Products

New Book: Farmers’ Guide to Business Structures

The newest book from Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education provides practical tools to help you choose the best business entity for your operation.
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August 28, 2018
News

The Difference Between Seed Genetics and Traits

Most seasoned row crop farmers, and a fair number of younger ones, can remember the first time they poured a bag of traited seed into the planter.
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August 27, 2018
News

Farms Becoming More Environmentally Friendly

Environmentally friendly farming practices now employed by nearly one-third of world’s farms
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August 27, 2018
New Products

New Product: Valley Scheduling

Valley Irrigation announces the North American release of Valley Scheduling, its advanced irrigation management software to help growers make better irrigation decisions.
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August 27, 2018
News

Beet Harvest Starts in Red River Valley

Brian Ingulsrud, American Crystal Sugar's vice president for agriculture, said the sugarbeet harvest has been "good," but noted that most farmers have only been harvesting for about a week.
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August 27, 2018
News

What Every Grower Should Know about Gene Editing

With the help of gene-editing technology, what initially may have sounded like science fiction has become a useful tool at the hands of farmers across the country.
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August 24, 2018
News

Cultivating Climate Resilience on Farms and Ranches

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August 24, 2018
New Products

New Product: AgJunction Wheelman Automatic Steering: Wheelman puts precision agriculture productivity in reach of small farmers

Wheelman puts precision agriculture productivity in reach of small farmers
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August 23, 2018
New Products

Valley Releases Hybrid Configuration for X-Tec Motor

The hybrid X-Tec pivot configuration uses the high-speed Valley center drive motors on the inner drive units and X-Tec drives on the outer drive units.
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August 23, 2018
New Products

Alterra 570 Headlines Textron’s 2019 ATV Lineup

Textron Specialized Vehicles Inc. announces new Textron Off Road ATVs for the 2019 model year, led by the new Alterra 570 ATV and an updated Alterra 700 line.
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August 22, 2018
New Products

New Product: Benson Hill Gene Editing System: Agribody Technologies will employ Benson Hill Biosystems’ novel gene editing system to express gene targets validated to increase yield, stress tolera

Agribody Technologies will employ Benson Hill Biosystems’ novel gene editing system to express gene targets validated to increase yield, stress tolerance and shelf life.
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August 22, 2018
News

Ostara Reaches Agreement with Taurus to Market Products in Canada

Ostara Nutrient Recovery Technologies announces a long-term exclusive distribution agreement with Taurus Agronomic Marketing to market and sell Ostara’s Crystal Green phosphate fertilizer and forthcoming technologies in western Canada and Ontario.
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August 21, 2018
News

Yields Projected to Be Down in Minnesota: Long winter and heavy rains blamed for 4 percent drop; crops are better in dry northwestern part of the state.

Long winter and heavy rains blamed for 4 percent drop; crops are better in dry northwestern part of the state.
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August 21, 2018
News
April Baumgarten

Red River Biorefinery to Break Ground

A Grand Forks, N.D., biorefinery that will turn sugarbeet waste into ethanol will break ground this week.
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August 21, 2018
News
Mark Dorenkamp

Grower: Tough Beet Year in West-Central Minnesota

Kyle Peterson of Murdock says planting was delayed by cold and wet conditions.
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August 20, 2018
News

Michigan Sugar Hiring Seasonal Employees

Michigan Sugar Co. is ready to begin its annual beet harvesting and processing and is hiring workers to help through mid-March.
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August 20, 2018
News

Catch Weed Escapes Before It’s Too Late

Weeds typically stop growing once crops approach dense canopy closure, but this does not mean you can stop worrying about weed management.
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August 20, 2018
News
Michael Larkin

Experts View Ag Robot Revolution as Imminent

A farming robot revolution is imminent, with fruit-picking machines nearly ready to roll into the fields and start replacing human workers.
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August 10, 2018
News
Lyndon Kelley

Timing the Last Irrigation Application: Maximizing profit and returns on resources invested can be dependent on the last irrigation application.

Maximizing profit and returns on resources invested can be dependent on the last irrigation application.
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August 09, 2018
New Products

Vive Announces Five New Products for 2019: New nanotechnology-enabled products provide proven insect or disease control

New nanotechnology-enabled products provide proven insect or disease control
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August 09, 2018
News

Krull Joins Nufarm Portfolio Solutions Team

Nufarm announces the hiring of Mike Krull as North America lead for portfolio solutions.
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August 09, 2018
News
Ed Maixner

U.S. Producers Face Pressure from Swollen World Sugar Stocks

A global tidal wave of sugar production will put downward pressure on prices for at least the next few years, said experts speaking at this week's Sweetener Symposium.
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August 08, 2018
Feature
Amy Nesemeier, CEO, Agrasure Insurance

Ugly Truths: Workers’ compensation, family farms and employee injuries

Workers’ compensation, family farms and employee injuries
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August 08, 2018
News
Luther Markwart

Where the Current Farm Bill Fight Stands

This article is intended to give you a perspective on the players and the dynamics of the battle of sugar policy.
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August 07, 2018
News

Soil Phosphorus Availability and Lime

More than just pH? Soil’s prior management impacts response to liming
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August 07, 2018
Feature
Phillip Hayes, ASA

Friendly Faces: From farm to factory, faces of the industry tell similar stories

The ASA's “Faces of Sugar Policy” initiative includes video testimonials from the field, profiles of farm families and feature stories about sugar communities.
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August 07, 2018
Feature

Enough of This Rot: Managing Rhizoctonia root and crown rot

Managing Rhizoctonia root and crown rot
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August 06, 2018
New Products

New Product: Challenger TerraGator C Series Applicators

AGCO Corporation, introduces the new TerraGator C Series high-flotation nutrient applicator and redesigned spray system.
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August 06, 2018
New Products

Tillage Equipment Buyers’ Guide

Check out some of the latest and best tillage equipment in the industry.
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August 06, 2018
News
Robert Mikkelsen, International Plant Nutrition Institute

Let’s Not Ignore the Obvious: Sustainable agriculture can’t ignore plant nutrition.

Sustainable agriculture can’t ignore plant nutrition.
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August 05, 2018
News

Broadband Internet in Rural Areas Is Essential: As farming moves rapidly into the digital age, the need for faster, more reliable broadband access in rural areas grows.

As farming moves rapidly into the digital age, the need for faster, more reliable broadband access in rural areas grows.
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August 04, 2018
Feature

Livin' the Dream: Grower Chris Payne of Ontario, Ore.

Grower Chris Payne of Ontario, Ore.
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August 03, 2018
New Products, News
Brad Buck

SmartPath Technology to Lead to Smart Farm Irrigation

By testing new technology, University of Florida scientists will work with growers to encourage their use of alternatives to fresh water by using new smart irrigation systems.
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August 03, 2018
News

IA Announces Industry Achievement Award Recipient

The Irrigation Association has named Jim Klauzer of Clearwater Supply in Ontario, Ore., as the recipient of the 2018 Industry Achievement Award.
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August 02, 2018
News

BASF Closes Acquisition of Assets from Bayer

BASF has closed the acquisition of a range of businesses and assets from Bayer. The transaction is a strategic complement to BASF’s crop protection, biotech and digital farming activities.
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August 02, 2018
News

Betaseed Expands Idaho Facility

North America’s largest producer of sugarbeet seed is expanding its local research facility for work that will give growers the choice of three different herbicides to control weeds without harming their crops.
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August 02, 2018
New Products

New Product: AyrMesh IndoorHub

The new AyrMesh IndoorHub is a simple indoor meshing wi-fi access point. It is an upgrade to Ayrstone’s successful IndoorAP, with several important improvements.
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August 01, 2018
News

Colorado Crop Hit Hard by Recent Weather

With the tornadoes that tore through the area Sunday evening, Western Sugar growers experiences damages to approximately 2,100 acres of sugarbeet crops.
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August 01, 2018
News
Cindy Snyder

Using Cover Crops for Pest Control

As cover crops continue to gain ground across southern Idaho's Magic Valley, growers are finding that species are not interchangeable. Matching the specie or blend of species to particular goals is critical for getting your money’s worth.
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August 01, 2018
News
Lyndon Kelley

Consider Drought-Motivated Irrigation Purchases Carefully

Hot, dry summers sometimes result in quick irrigation investment decisions that may be regretted.
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