INDUSTRY DIRECTORY
March 30, 2019
Feature
Luther Markwart, Executive Vice President, ASGA

Wading Through: Sugar industry does the tough work of ensuring favorable trade

Sugar industry does the tough work of ensuring favorable trade
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March 30, 2019
New Products

Crop Protection Buyers' Guide

Planting a sugarbeet crop is a costly investment, and everyone knows you can’t just leave those beets out there to fend for themselves. The products below will help growers protect their beets and reduce the sting of weather-related problems.
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March 30, 2019
Feature
Courtney Gaine, President & CEO, The Sugar Association

Defining "Moderation": Helping consumers understand sugar’s role in a healthy diet

Helping consumers understand sugar’s role in a healthy diet
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March 29, 2019
News
Phillip Hayes, ASA

Sugar’s Sweet Success Story : Sugarbeet growers take their message to Congress

Sugarbeet growers take their message to Congress
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March 29, 2019
New Products

New Product: Spectrum WatchDog Wireless Rain+Temp Station : Manage field activities in real time using Sigfox low-power wide area (LPWA) network

Manage field activities in real time using Sigfox low-power wide area (LPWA) network
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March 29, 2019
News

Researcher to Explore Farm Labor Shortages, Immigration Policy: Agribusiness professor finds that deporting undocumented workers would have huge cost impact

Agribusiness professor finds that deporting undocumented workers would have huge cost impact
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March 28, 2019
Grower of the Month
Tyrell Marchant, editor

Doing It Different: Grower of the Month: Ryberg Farms of Buffalo Lake, Minn.

Grower of the Month: Ryberg Farms of Buffalo Lake, Minn.
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March 28, 2019
News

Laying the Groundwork Early : Successful management of Cercospora leaf spot

Successful management of Cercospora leaf spot
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March 28, 2019
News
Garrett Hottle

Spring Brings Hope, Anxiety to Idaho Growers

As the warmer months begin to roll in and irrigation canals are beginning to open across Idaho, farmers don't have much time to talk. "We're all way too busy," says producer Kyle Bowers.
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March 27, 2019
New Products

West Central Adds Starter Fertilizer, Adjuvant to Lineup

West Central Distribution has developed starter fertilizer Paralign, which helps increase nutrient uptake, and adjuvant Last Chance, which has shown to increase efficacy of herbicides.
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March 27, 2019
News

USDA Offers Conservation Assistance to Landowners

The USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service plans to invest $450 million this year through the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program to help private landowners, tribes, land trusts and other groups restore and protect wetlands, agricultural lan
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March 22, 2019
News
Carrie Haderlie

Wyoming Sugar Industry Paints Contrasting Pictures

Wyoming Sugar thriving; Western Sugar undergoing changes
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March 22, 2019
New Products, News

What’s on Your Seed?

Seed treatments may look similar when on the seed, but not all created equal.
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March 22, 2019
New Products, News

Don’t Let Mother Nature Ambush Your Weed Management Plan

From weather conditions to pest pressures and commodity prices, the only thing you can count on each year is unpredictability. But that doesn’t mean you have to let chance dictate how your season will turn out.
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March 21, 2019
News

Dinglasan Promoted to Vive VP of Product Development

Vive Crop Protection announces the promotion of Jordan Dinglasan to vice president of product development.
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March 21, 2019
New Products

Sentera Announces Real-Time Analytics for FieldAgent: Scouts can sample 100× more points and achieve better field coverage than manual methods

Scouts can sample 100× more points and achieve better field coverage than manual methods
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March 21, 2019
News

Feed a Bee Program Reaches 50-State Milestone: Bayer national pollinator forage initiative achieves goal of funding the creation of new pollinator-attractant wildflowers in all 50 states to support

Bayer national pollinator forage initiative achieves goal of funding the creation of new pollinator-attractant wildflowers in all 50 states to support honey bees
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March 21, 2019
New Products

Fertilgold Organics Earns OMRI Listing for 21 Products

Fertilgold Organics, a brand of organic fertilizer products from Bio Huma Netics, Inc., has achieved Organic Materials Review Institute (OMRI) listing for 21 initial products.
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March 20, 2019
News

Senninger Welcomes New Australasia Area Manager

Senninger Irrigation announces the recent hire of Martin Porter, who joins the company’s international department as Senninger’s new area manager for Australasia.
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March 19, 2019
New Products, News

Growers Edge Financial Delivers Data-Driven Fintech Platform for Agriculture: Expands machine-learning fintech offering to help growers manage and grow profitability

Expands machine-learning fintech offering to help growers manage and grow profitability
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March 18, 2019
New Products, News

Kubota Accelerates its Large Tractor Business : Customized OEM agreement reached with manufacturer Buhler to expand tractor lineup

Customized OEM agreement reached with manufacturer Buhler to expand tractor lineup
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March 18, 2019
News

Michigan Residents Lose Appeal over Sugar Processor Odor

The Michigan appeals court reversed a decision by a Bay County judge and dismissed the case against Michigan Sugar of Bay City.
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March 15, 2019
News

Syngenta Scholarship Program Now Open: $20,000 in total awards are available to selected applicants. Applications are being accepted until May 27, 2019.

$20,000 in total awards are available to selected applicants. Applications are being accepted until May 27, 2019.
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March 15, 2019
News
Kate Zook, Program Analyst, Office of Energy and Environmental Policy, USDA Office of the Chief Econ

USDA Report Provides Data on Conservation Practices

In a new report, USDA is offering consolidated data on ten years’ worth of greenhouse gas-reducing conservation practices in the United States.
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March 13, 2019
New Products

BioSafe Introduces Sustainable Soils Program

This “Sustainable Soils Program” is a crop-neutral, flexible program that gives growers the assurance that their plants will grow quickly without succumbing to disease and nematodes.
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March 13, 2019
New Products

Prepare for Growing Season with ESN Smart Nitrogen

A proprietary flexible polymer coating protects the nitrogen contained within from loss mechanisms like heavy rains, dry, windy conditions, and microbial attacks caused by standing water.
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March 11, 2019
News

Sugar Association Proud to Sponsor Ag Day 2019

March 14 will mark the 46th anniversary of National Ag Day, which is celebrated in classrooms and communities across the country.
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March 11, 2019
News
John O’Connell

High Sugar Levels Help Amalgamated Approach Record Production

In the homestretch of processing the 2018 crop, officials with the grower-owned company anticipate they’ll end up with about as much—and possibly even more—finished sugar as their record-setting 2016 crop.
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March 08, 2019
News

Changes at Senninger’s Nebraska Warehouse

Ray Glaser retires in March after more than 28 years as the area manager. Donna Groenke will take on the role of area manager of the North Central U.S.
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March 08, 2019
News

Fertilizer Additive Market Set for Growth

Technological innovations and modern-day advancements are helping manufacturers develop fertilizer additives that enhance fertilizer performance significantly and increase the average crop yield.
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March 07, 2019
New Products, News
Lynn Grooms

Stay in Bounds: Mitigating Spray Drift: Growers and applicators should use all the information and tools available to prevent or reduce spray drift.

Growers and applicators should use all the information and tools available to prevent or reduce spray drift.
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March 05, 2019
News

ACH Seeds Awards Sugar Bounty Winners

ACH Seeds named Craig and Michelle Herickhoff of H & H Acres in Belgrade, Minn., as the winners of the 2018 National Sugar Bounty Program.
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March 05, 2019
New Products

New Product: Valley GPS Corner Guidance

Valley Irrigation announces improvements to Valley GPS Guidance, providing growers with the latest advancements in competitive GPS corner technology.
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March 05, 2019
News

Corteva, ZeaKal Announce R&D Collaboration: Companies will collaborate to develop ZeaKal’s proprietary technology to increase yields

Companies will collaborate to develop ZeaKal’s proprietary technology to increase yields
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March 05, 2019
News

Adoption of Precision Ag Grows as Farm Sizes Grow

Since the first auto-steer tractor was introduced in the 1990s, precision agriculture has only gained traction amongst farmers for its cost and time savings benefits—and it’s a trend that’s not likely to slow down anytime soon.
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March 01, 2019
News
Ronald Goldy, Michigan State University Extension Vegetable Educator

Explaining It All: Genetic engineering works because all organisms translate DNA the same way.

Genetic engineering works because all organisms translate DNA the same way.
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March 01, 2019
News

Midwest Bio-Tech Opens Soil Health Lab in Illinois: Biological activity tests quickly provide farmers usable information for critical crop decisions

Biological activity tests quickly provide farmers usable information for critical crop decisions
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