INDUSTRY DIRECTORY
August 29, 2019
News

Harveson Recognized by American Phytopathological Society

Bob Harveson, Extension plant pathologist at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Panhandle Research and Extension Center, has been awarded the Distinguished Service Award for the American Phytopathological Society’s North Central Division.
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August 29, 2019
New Products

Premier Crop Systems Introduces Data Visualization Platform

This new platform allows growers to gain key insights that give them the ability to make informed decisions based off economics, seed, crop protection, fertility, operations and management.
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August 28, 2019
New Products, News

Vive Makes Big Investment in Crop Protection

Vive Crop Protection recently announced the closing of its $10 million financing from existing and new investors. This capital will support commercialization of three new crop protection products and continued field development of Vive’s deep pipeline.
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August 28, 2019
New Products, News

AGCO Invests Heavily in Fendt : New Fendt products include row crop-friendly tractor, revolutionary new planter

New Fendt products include row crop-friendly tractor, revolutionary new planter
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August 28, 2019
News

NAMA Announces Professional Development Awards of Excellence

The Professional Development Awards of Excellence honor members of the organization based on outstanding achievement in each of NAMA’s professional development areas.
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August 27, 2019
New Products

New Product: Great Plains Implement Command System

Available on new 18- to 35-foot Turbo-Maxes, Implement Command allows producers to make active decisions and on-the-go, real-time field adjustments to improve yields and soil health.
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August 27, 2019
News

Perdue Statement on U.S.-Japan Trade Agreement

“Japan is a significant market for United States agriculture exports, making today a good day for American agriculture.”
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August 27, 2019
New Products

Coming in 2020: Valley 365 Crop Management Platform

Valley 365 combines the best features of existing Valley technology into one easy-to-use interface for single-sign-on access to complete connected crop management.
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August 23, 2019
New Products, News
Andrew Olson

5 Things You May Not Know About Your Irrigation Sprinklers

Ongoing design changes in center pivot irrigation sprinklers have made it possible for today’s growers to do more with less water.
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August 22, 2019
News
Ann Bailey

American Crystal Pre-pile Harvest Underway

After wet weather last week delayed the start of the pre-pile sugar beet harvest in the Red River Valley, American Crystal Sugar Company’s five factories are up and running this week.
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August 20, 2019
News

John Blue Brings Back Original Company Name

John Blue is known for being an award-winning pioneer in the agriculture market with a commitment to outstanding design, uncompromising quality and world-class customer service.
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August 20, 2019
New Products

New Product: Great Plains 7000 Series Disk Harrow

Now available in smaller sizes, the Great Plains 7000 Series disk harrow delivers reliable, quality conventional tillage in a highly competitive disk harrow market. With new 10-, 12-,and 15-foot working widths, sizes are available up to 36 feet.
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August 20, 2019
News

'30 Harvests' Takes a Look at Farmers' Role in Battling Climate Change

U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance launches short film as start of movement to create sustainable food systems
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August 20, 2019
News

CropLogic Helps Growers Water Right

The New Zealand-based company’s system helps farmers track soil moisture in real time. The technology helps crop growers streamline their irrigation systems, giving them data that makes it easier to avoid overwatering or underwatering plants.
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August 19, 2019
News
Kenny Wiley

Accurate Ag Information the Key to Better Nutrition

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August 19, 2019
News

What Current U.S. Water Policy Means for Growers

Every five years, NASS conducts an Irrigation and Water Management Survey as a follow-up to the Census of Agriculture. Such a survey was conducted in 2018, and NASS indicates that the results of that survey will be made available in November 2019.
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August 19, 2019
News
American Sugar Alliance

World Sugar Prices Hit 'Rock Bottom,' but Poised for Recovery

The executive director of the International Sugar Organization addressed the International Sweetener Symposium recently with encouragement that world sugar prices may have hit bottom, and signs are pointing to a recovery.
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August 14, 2019
News

Discovery Park of America Announces Exhibit about Ag Innovation

Discovery Park of America will open an exhibit dedicated to telling the story of innovation in agriculture. "AgriCulture: Innovating for Our Survival" will be located in the 8,900-square-foot building that currently houses the museum and heritage park's t
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August 13, 2019
New Products

Tillage Equipment Buyers’ Guide

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August 13, 2019
News

Soil Pore Structure May be Key to Carbon Storage

Michigan State University researchers recently discovered a new mechanism determining how carbon is stored in soils that could improve the climate resilience of cropping systems and also reduce their carbon footprints.
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August 12, 2019
New Products

New Product: Great Plains Velocity Hybrid Tillage

The Velocity combines some of the positive aspects of vertical tillage, while maintaining similar features of a conventional disk, resulting in a new classification in the Great Plains product line called hybrid tillage.
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August 12, 2019
New Products

BioSafe's PerCarb Now Approved in California

PerCarb is an EPA-registered, zero-hour REI, broad-spectrum bactericide/fungicide designed to treat and control plant pathogens that cause major foliar diseases on field-grown crops, tree crops, vine crops, berries, small fruits, vegetable crops and green
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August 11, 2019
News
Lucy de la Pasture

UK Beet Growers May Stop Growing Crop in Wake of Neonicotinoid Ban

Sugarbeet is a crop that has always demanded close attention to grow well, but Norfolk, UK, grower Mark Means has taken that meaning to a whole new level. Like many growers he’s concerned about how farmers are going to feed the world with all the restrict
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August 10, 2019
News
Julia Gerlach

Calculating the Value of Cover Crops

A recent study found the ability to sequester carbon in the soil may have more to do with the presence of a diverse plant population than with aggregation or decomposing residue, suggesting that a multi-species cover crop will do more for building soil he
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August 09, 2019
New Products, News

Vive Crop Protection Adds to Leadership Team

Vive Crop Protection recently welcomed two new additions to its leadership team: Dan Bihlmeyer as vice president of sales and marketing, and Barbara Hopper as chief financial officer and vice president of operations.
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August 09, 2019
News

Corteva, 4-H Showcase Future of Farming at Iowa State Fair

This year, the Iowa State Fair will welcome more than 1 million guests to one of the oldest and largest agricultural and industrial expositions in the United States. Corteva Agriscience will showcase its partnership with 4-H during the opening weekend to
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August 09, 2019
New Products

Great Plains Front-Fold Planters

Great Plains Engineering has developed the new PL5700 front-fold planters. Available in 12- and 16-row configurations, producers have their choice of two 50-bushel bulk tanks or new 3-bushel individual hoppers.
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August 08, 2019
New Products

Low-Cost Cameras Can Detect Crop Stress Early : Novel camera system could provide cost-effective way to monitor crop temperatures, University of Missouri researchers find

Novel camera system could provide cost-effective way to monitor crop temperatures, University of Missouri researchers find
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August 08, 2019
News

Chamber of Commerce Continues to Push for USMCA Passage

Leaders of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce have tabbed the passage of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement as its top policy priority for 2019.
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August 08, 2019
News

Effects of N Application on Yield, Sugar Content

Researchers at Montana State University's Eastern Agricultural Research Center have been conducting studies on the effects spring and fall nitrogen have on sugarbeet sugar content and root yield.
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August 05, 2019
Feature, Below the Surface

Between the Rows: Masterpiece

The magnum opus of the American farmer
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August 05, 2019
Feature
Luther Markwart, Executive Vice President, ASGA

Staying Vigilant

Things look good for the sugar industry, but we shouldn’t rest on our laurels.
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August 04, 2019
Feature
Phillip Hayes, ASA

Warning Signals

European Union serves as warning to sugar policy critics
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August 04, 2019
Feature, Below the Surface
Tyrell Marchant, editor

Below the Surface: The Sound of Silence

The beauty of getting a break—however brief—from it all
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August 02, 2019
Feature
Tyrell Marchant, editor

Not Your Granddaddy’s Fertilizer

Actagro’s innovation makes growers more efficient
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August 01, 2019
News
Stanley Moore, Michigan State University Extension

The Tale of Two Transitions

Getting farm transition right can make or break a farm’s chances of surviving from one generation to another.
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