INDUSTRY DIRECTORY
March 30, 2021
News

ARS Launches Site for Science-Minded Students

AgLab, a new science-education website operated by USDA's Agricultural Research Service, is now "open for business" to student and educators.
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March 30, 2021
News
Ann Bailey

American Crystal Campaign Winding Down

Processing is being completed earlier this year because 2020 sugar beet production fell short of the target, said David Braseth, American Crystal Sugar Co. vice president of operations.
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March 30, 2021
News

Michigan Sugar Announces Results from Slicing Campaign

Cooperative sliced 4.2 million tons of beets, will produce nearly 1.3 billion pounds of sugar
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March 30, 2021
New Products, News

100+ Farms Supported through Propane Farm Incentive Program

The Propane Education & Research Council recently surpassed 100 financial incentives given to producers for new propane equipment purchases through its Propane Farm Incentive Program.
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March 30, 2021
New Products, News
Lisa Stiffler

AgTech Startup Draws on Farm Roots

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March 30, 2021
News

USDA Announces Gonzales as Assistant Secretary for Administration

Oscar Gonzales was appointed yesterday by President Joe Biden to serve as assistant secretary for administration at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
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March 22, 2021
New Products, News

Meristem, Planet Earth Agronomy Team Up to Develop Biologicals

Planet Earth becomes Meristem’s ally in helping farmers gain access to the latest beneficial and field-ready microbials
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March 19, 2021
News
Chuck Abbott

Vilsack Calls for Structural Changes in U.S. Food Distribution Systems

Part of this effort will involve reassessing the Farmers to Families food box program, a $5.5 billion initiative launched last year.
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March 18, 2021
News

Crop Insurance Basics: Incentives

In the world of agriculture, the public-private crop insurance system is often used as an incentive vehicle.
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March 18, 2021
News
Chabella Guzman

Sugar Producers Applaud Comments by USTR

Newly confirmed U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai recently signaled strong support for America’s sugar producers and affirmed her commitment to America’s no-cost sugar policy.
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March 17, 2021
News

UPL Joins UN Global Compact

UPL Ltd. announces its commitment to the United Nations Global Compact initiative — a voluntary leadership platform for the development, implementation and disclosure of responsible business practices.
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March 17, 2021
New Products

New Product: Dosatron D40MZ Series Injectors

Dosatron International, LLC has officially launched its new series of water-powered chemical injectors.
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March 16, 2021
News

USDA Seeks Partner-Led Conservation Projects

USDA is seeking proposals to fund new, unique projects under the Regional Conservation Partnership Program’s Alternative Funding Arrangements that take innovative and non-traditional approaches to conservation solutions at the local, regional and landscap
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March 16, 2021
News

Syngenta Announces Site for North American Crop Protection Headquarters

Syngenta expects to invest $68 million in a new office complex with renovated lab facilities to support its 750 local work force, expected to be fully completed in 2024.
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March 15, 2021
News

Wyoming Sugar Sets Sugar Content Record

The 2020 harvest had 19.6 percent sugar content in the majority of the beets.
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March 12, 2021
Feature
Courtney Gaine, President & CEO, The Sugar Association

Science Prevails over Opinion

New Dietary Guidelines maintain 10 percent added sugars recommendation
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March 12, 2021
Feature
New Holland news release

Telling Your Story

America’s sugar producers need to let the public know what makes them great.
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March 12, 2021
Feature
Luther Markwart, Executive Vice President, ASGA

Season of Transition

Dealing with change is what America’s sugar industry does best.
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March 11, 2021
New Products, News

New Company Announced: New Dawn Crop Performance

New Dawn Crop Performance's line of crop production solutions is designed to serve North and South Dakota farmers with the quality crop inputs needed to boost yields and improve return on investment.
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March 11, 2021
News

Crop Insurance Basics: Actual Production History

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March 11, 2021
News

Farm Budgets: Planning Now for Profits

March 30 webinar will discuss the various nuances of farm profitability.
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March 11, 2021
News

Motion Announces Promotions

Motion Industries announces the promotion of James Howe to executive vice president of eCommerce, sales excellence, strategic pricing and corporate accounts; and of Joe Limbaugh to executive vice president of supply chain, operations support, marketing an
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March 10, 2021
New Products, News

FMC Invests in Scanit Technologies

Launches trials of the Scanit autonomous airborne pathogen detection sensor
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March 10, 2021
News

Manure Improves Soil, Microbe Community

Manure compost in arid region improved soil health, but results took more than a year.
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March 10, 2021
News

TFI Releases 2021 Policy Priorities

The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) today released its list of 2021 public policy priorities for working with the Biden administration, as well as a closely divided 117th Congress.
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March 09, 2021
News

Calendar: Virtual Salinas Valley Ag Tech Summit

Registration is still open for the Eighth Annual Salinas Valley Ag Tech/AgTechX Summit on March 18-19, offering a combined emphasis on workforce challenges and the produce industry’s increasingly international scope.
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March 09, 2021
Feature
Tyrell Marchant, editor

Below the Surface: Broken Fences

Fixing what really needs fixing
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March 09, 2021
News
Jeremiah Vardiman

Dirt & Money

What it costs to implement herbicide resistance management
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March 09, 2021
News

New Tech Could Offer Chemical-Free Pest Solution

USDA-ARS Scientists in Kearneysville, W.V., are using ultraviolet light to kill pests of strawberry and other fruit crops.
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March 05, 2021
New Products

Solinftec, Planet Provide Real-Time Agronomic Insights

Solinftec, a leader in agricultural digitalization, announces a global partnership with Planet, operator of history’s largest commercial fleet of earth observation satellites, to deliver real-time data that will further drive efficiency and transparency a
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March 05, 2021
News

“We Believe in Growing” Scholarship Winners Announced

World Ag Expo and E.M. Tharp, Inc. have teamed up again for the "We Believe in Growing" scholarship, which supports local high school students who will be attending four-year universities to major in an agricultural field.
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March 05, 2021
News

Nichino America Celebrates 20 Years Supporting Ag Industry

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March 04, 2021
New Products, News

Syngenta Acquires Leading Biologicals Company

Valagro will continue to operate as an independent brand in the market, leveraging the resources of Syngenta to accelerate its innovation and growth.
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March 04, 2021
News
Susan Fisher

Making Cents of Agronomics

How growers can create budgets, prepare for in-season costs, and find the balance between highest possible yield and maximum profit potential
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March 03, 2021
New Products, News

Liphatech’s Rozol Brand Celebrates 50 Years

Since 1971, farm communities have relied on Rozol to help manage field rodents. Today, Rozol is labeled for use on ground squirrels, black-tailed prairie dogs, pocket gophers, rats, mice and voles on farms and ranches in many states.
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March 03, 2021
News
Sushila Chaudhari, Erin Lizotte, Amy Irish-Brown, Emily Pochubay, Michael Reinke, Benjamin Werling and Benjamin Phillips, Michigan State University Extension; and Cassandra Brown and Doug Doohan, Ohio State University

Survey to Assess Drift Damage in North-Central U.S.

Specialty crop growers are asked to fill out this survey to help us understand the impact of herbicide drift.
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March 02, 2021
News

New Website Resource for Idaho’s Farmers, Ranchers

The Idaho State Department of Agriculture announced today a new website resource to help Idaho producers manage, start or transition farms and ranches.
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March 02, 2021
News

Producers Bullish about Farmland Values

Farmers continue to report strong current economic conditions on their farms, according to the February Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer.
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March 01, 2021
New Products

New Product: Tepera Plus HD

Corn and soybean growers can upgrade their in-furrow protection with UPL's Tepera Plus HD, a liquid-fertilizer-compatible fungicide and insecticide formulation.
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March 01, 2021
News

Coalition Urges Officials to Protect Crop Insurance

A group of 58 farming, banking and conservation organizations sent letters last week to House and Senate budget and appropriations committees, as well as to secretary of agriculture Tom Vilsack and leaders at the Office of Management and Budget, asking th
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March 01, 2021
New Products, News

Solinftec, AGCO Expand Global Partnership

Solinftec announces a global partnership with AGCO Corporation, bringing Solinftec’s real-time agricultural insights to AGCO customers around the world.
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March 01, 2021
News
Philip Kaatz, Michigan State University Extension

Tips for Excellence in Agriculture

Why do some farms make money while some farms lose money?
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