INDUSTRY DIRECTORY
September 30, 2022
News

TFI Welcomes USDA Investment In Fertilizer Production

Arlington, VA – The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) praised the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announcement of $500 million in grant funding available through the Fertilizer Production Expansion Program for domestic fertilizer production.
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September 30, 2022
Feature
Jonathan LaPorte, Michigan State University Extension; Farm News Media

Average Michigan Farmland Rental Values Range From $20 To $317 Per Acre In 2022

The USDA Farmland Cash Rent Report is a listing of the county rental rates dating from 2011-2022. The information was obtained from the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) and is based on their survey results from producers.?
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September 29, 2022
New Products

GHX By Golden Harvest Launches The Future Of Seed Sales With GHX Mobile: New digital application puts everything farmers need to manage their operations in their hands

Downers Grove, Ill. -- GHX by Golden Harvest announced the launch of GHX Mobile, an online and app experience that puts the future of seed sales in the farmer's hands. GHX Mobile contains everything farmers need to manage their operations throughout the y
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September 29, 2022
New Products

KUHN Interceptor 8055 High-Speed Conservation Tillage

Kuhn North America has introduced the new Interceptor 8055 high-speed conservation tillage tool for sizing, distributing and incorporating residue into a full cut width of worked soil.
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September 28, 2022
Feature
Daren Bakst, Senior Research Fellow, Environmental Policy and Regulation, The Heritage Foundation

Biden’s Food Conference Should Put People First, Not Environmental Extremism

The Biden administration should ensure the correct focus of a conference it will host next Wednesday on food-related issues such as nutrition and access to food.
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September 28, 2022
News

With Court Approval, U.S. Sugar Announced Plans To Close On Imperial Sugar, Including The Savannah Refinery: Joining two unique companies into a truly great American sugar business

Clewiston, Fla. -- With the Friday court ruling rejecting the Department of Justice's attempt to prevent U.S. Sugar from acquiring Imperial Sugar, U.S. Sugar announced its plans to move forward as quickly as possible to consummate the transaction, complet
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September 27, 2022
News

Biden-Harris Administration Makes $500 Million Available To Increase Innovative American-Made Fertilizer Production: New grant program will spur competition, help U.S. farmers address rising costs

Washington – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the Biden-Harris Administration is making $500 million in grants available to increase American-made fertilizer production to spur competition and combat price h
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September 27, 2022
News

Senate Communicator Joins American Sugar Alliance as Director of Communications

Today, the American Sugar Alliance (ASA) announced Lillie Zeng as its new Director of Communications.
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September 26, 2022
News
Sugar Alliance

Key Senators Urge USDA To Support Sugar Policy, U.S. Sugar Producers Praise Bipartisan Letter

Key U.S. senators urged U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack to “reject proposals that would weaken U.S. sugar policy and jeopardize our nation’s food security,” in a letter. The bipartisan letter was led by Sen. John Hoeven (R-N.D.
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September 26, 2022
New Products

New Crop Health Insights Validate Agriscience Development: Sentera announces seven new analytics to help agronomic leaders uncover key attributes about crop health and performance

St. Paul, Minn. – Sentera, the industry leading ag analytics platform powered by machine learning, has launched seven new crop health and performance analytics as part of its FieldInsights product, which helps agronomic leaders make critical in-season and
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September 24, 2022
News

Dilution Solutions Welcomes Justin Sorenson As Technical Sales Rep

Dilution Solutions LLC, with corporate offices in Clearwater, FL, has announced new team member Justin Sorenson as a Technical Sales Representative.
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September 24, 2022
News

Shell Rotella Celebrates National Farmer’s Day With Second Annual SuperTractors Competition: Farmers across North America encouraged to participate in virtual competition

Houston, Texas (AgPR) — Shell Rotella is hosting the second annual SuperTractors virtual tractor beauty contest to celebrate National Farmer’s Day. SuperTractors began in 2021 in order to recognize and honor hardworking farmers and allow them to showcase
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September 23, 2022
New Products

Legend 5L ST Insecticide Seed Treatment Launched In US Seed Treatment Market

Ankeny, IA — Albaugh has announced the registration from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for Legend 5L ST, a new insecticide seed treatment offering available for sale in fall 2022.
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September 23, 2022
News

FMC Corporation Wins Patent Infringement Case In China

Singapore – FMC Corporation, an agricultural sciences company, announced the Zhengzhou Court in the Henan province of China has ruled in its favour in a patent infringement lawsuit against Henan Yongfeng Chemical Co., Ltd; Suqian Haide Pharmaceutical and
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September 22, 2022
News

2022 University Of Idaho Sugarbeet Conference

The 2022 University of Idaho Sugarbeet Conference is coming right up, being slated for Dec. 7 in Burley, ID.
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September 22, 2022
News
American Sugar Alliance

Sugar Farmers: Stakes Have Never Been Higher

“If we value a strong food supply, we need America and Congress to continue supporting our farmers, now and in the future.”
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September 21, 2022
Feature

Turning Data Into Decisions: LSU AgCenter Works To Give Louisiana Sugarcane Farmers A Sweeter Deal Using AI, Drones

Slattery McCollam farms 2,800 acres of sugarcane near Schriever and Thibodaux in southern Louisiana, in Terrebonne Parish and Lafourche Parish. It’s a large farm—a land area equivalent to half of all football stadiums in the world.
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September 21, 2022
News

Albaugh Announces Facilities Expansion In St. Joseph, Missouri

Ankney, IA — Albaugh has announced the expansion of its flagship North American manufacturing facility, located in St. Joseph, Missouri.
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September 20, 2022
News
American Sugar Alliance

Sugarbeet Scientist Testifies On Sustainability Advances In Conventional Agriculture

Conventional agriculture has paved the way for farmers to make rapid advancements in protecting and promoting soil health, Dr. Rebecca Larson, Chief Scientist for the Western Sugar Cooperative, testified before the House Agriculture Committee last week.
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September 20, 2022
News
American Sugar Alliance

New Study Finds Big Candy Posting Big Profits

Life is sweet and profits are up for American confectioners, in part due to the reliability of America’s sugarbeet and sugarcane growers and the stability provided by U.S. sugar policy.
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September 19, 2022
Feature
John O'Connell, University of Idaho

Lime Application Study Assesses Looming Soil Threat

Moscow, Idaho – A northern Idaho farmer planted barley after a few years of raising Kentucky bluegrass. The barley seedlings grew to about 3 inches tall and then started to die.
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September 19, 2022
New Products

Pivot Bio Launches The First-Ever On-Seed Nitrogen

Berkeley, Calif. – Pivot Bio launched an entirely new class of products that integrates nitrogen seamlessly with the seed during planting. The first-ever product to deliver nitrogen-producing microbes on the seed for crops like corn, sorghum, and spring
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September 17, 2022
News

Ceres Solutions Cooperative Assumes Operations Of Frick Services Agronomy Locations

Crawfordsville, IN -- Effective Sept. 13, 2022, Indiana-based agricultural cooperative Ceres Solutions announced that it will now serve customers of the former Frick Services agronomy operation. The four facilities joining the Ceres Solutions network of r
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September 17, 2022
News

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Historic Investment In Partnerships For 70 Climate-Smart Commodities, Rural Projects: USDA to triple commitment with initial $2.8 billion investment piloting new revenue streams for America’s climate-smart farmers, ranchers and forest l

Washington – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the Biden-Harris Administration through the U.S. Department of Agriculture is investing up to $2.8 billion in 70 selected projects under the first pool of the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Com
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September 16, 2022
News

Hoeven Leads Colleagues In Pressing USDA To Reject Requests To Undermine Domestic Sugar Policy: Senators highlight sugar supply chain resiliency

Washington – Senator John Hoeven, ranking member of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee and a senior member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, today led his Senate colleagues in pressing the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to maintain
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September 15, 2022
News

BCTGM Union, American Crystal Sugar Company Reach Four-Year Collective Bargaining Agreement

Moorhead, Minnesota – The BCTGM Union employees of American Crystal Sugar Company voted yesterday to ratify a new four-year collective bargaining agreement. Representatives of the union and American Crystal reached a tentative agreement last week, which w
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September 15, 2022
News

U.S. Beet Sugar Industry Leaders Announce $50M USDA Climate-Smart Commodities Award

Washington, DC — Today, the US Beet Sugar Association (USBSA) and American Sugarbeet Growers Associations (ASGA) announced a $50 million multi-partner Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities Pilot Program award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (
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September 14, 2022
News

Chris Reat Joins Meristem Team As Senior Business Development And Sales Leader: Veteran ag leader to serve farmers and dealer-partners in the South

Columbus, Ohio – Meristem Crop Performance announced that ag industry veteran Chris Reat has joined their team to expand business opportunities in Texas and across the southern US. He will seek to further boost Meristem’s portfolio of innovative solutions
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September 14, 2022
News

World Agricultural Supply And Demand Estimates

SUGAR: U.S. 2021/22 sugar stocks are reduced by 74,093 short tons, raw value (STRV) as combined lower production and imports are only partially offset by lower use. Beet sugar production is lowered by 53,440 STRV on a small reduction in estimated sucrose
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September 13, 2022
Feature

Purdue Agriculture Experts Provide Insights Into Global Food, Economic Security Crises

West Lafayette, Ind. — With the war in Ukraine entering its seventh month and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic still being experienced, growing challenges threaten the world’s economic and food security.
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September 13, 2022
News

Tessenderlo Kerley Celebrates Groundbreaking In Ohio For Fertilizer Facility: Meeting the agricultural needs of the Eastern Great Lakes

Phoenix, Arizona – Tessenderlo Kerley, Inc. held a celebratory groundbreaking to mark the commencement of construction on a new liquid fertilizer facility in Defiance, Ohio.
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September 12, 2022
New Products

Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions Highlights Pumps For Seed Treatment Applications

Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions (WMFTS) highlights a wide range of pumps ideal for seed treatment applications. For low-pressure feed pump applications, Watson-Marlow offers Qdos chemical metering pumps, as well as its cased peristaltic pumps.
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September 10, 2022
News
KROX

The 17th Annual Red River Valley Sugarbeet Museum Harvest Festival Is Happening This Sunday

The 17th Annual Red River Valley Sugarbeet Museum Harvest Festival will be this Sunday, Sept. 11, at the Red River Valley Sugarbeet Museum in Crookston from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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September 09, 2022
News

Summit Nutrients Acquires AGVNT to Further Strengthen, Accelerate Its Technology Platform, R&D Capabilities

Belle Glade, FL - Summit Nutrients, LLC., a precision-based manufacturer and marketer of bio-nutritional and fertilizer products, announced today that it has acquired AGVNT, LLC., an R&D company known for pioneering the industry’s most recognized technolo
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September 09, 2022
News
Michigan Farm Bureau

Michigan Sugarbeet Harvest Is Underway

Michigan sugarbeet harvest is underway, and recent rains proved to be a blessing.
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September 08, 2022
New Products

Meristem Announces Two New Tech-Delivery Systems Designed To Boost The Performance Of Biologicals: BIO-CAPSULE and MICROBILIZE protect, position microbes to maximize impact

Columbus, Ohio – Meristem announced here today the commercial launch of two patent-pending biological delivery systems – BIO-CAPSULE and MICROBILIZE – building on their effort to bring real productivity gains to farmers. Both innovative technology systems
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September 08, 2022
News
Andy Coyne, Just Food

Germany Green-Lights Sugar Cooperation Plan As Gas Supply Shortages Bite: The competition watchdog said the deal is a “one-time temporary cooperation project”

Germany’s competition regulator has given the green-light for the country’s major sugar manufacturers to cooperate in the event of gas supply shortages worsening.
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September 07, 2022
News
Andrew Wulfeck, FOX Weather

Halloween Candy Shortage? Chocolate Maker Creates Scare

Children and candy lovers received a scare over the summer when news broke that there might be more tricks than treats this Halloween season, but thanks to a steady sugar industry and the apparent changing tones of a chocolatier, the holiday might be able
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September 07, 2022
News

NASS To Review Acreage Information

USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will review all available data, including survey data, satellite-based data, and the latest information from USDA’s Farm Service Agency and Risk Management Agency for planted and harvested acreage for
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September 06, 2022
News

Then … And Now: They’re all grown up now

When we stopped by Galen Lee’s Sunnyside Farm in New Plymouth, Idaho, earlier this summer we were looking to take some pictures of newly emerged sugarbeets.
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September 06, 2022
News

Soiltech Wireless Completes $2.5M Funding Round To Increase Product Velocity And Advance Sustainability: The new funding will bolster product offerings to support sustainability and value-added traceability

Rupert, Idaho - Soiltech Wireless, the leader in remote crop monitoring and traceability from field to transport and storage, has completed its seed funding round of $2.5 million. Leading the round was Homegrown Capital along with Great North Ventures, Ca
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September 05, 2022
News
Sean Ellis, Idaho Farm Bureau Federation

Idaho Ag Export Value Up 2 Percent In First Half Of 2022

Pocatello – During the first six months of 2022, the total value of Idaho agricultural exports increased 2 percent compared with the same period last year.
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September 05, 2022
News
Jessie Molloy, Tasting Table

The Real Reason France Is Rushing Its Production Of Sugar

Although the U.S. has seen energy prices drop from their record highs earlier this summer, Europe is still facing skyrocketing power costs, as much of the continent is at least partially dependent on natural gas from Russia, which has reduced supplies and
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September 04, 2022
News
KROX

American Crystal Prepile, Spring Wheat Harvest Is Underway, Soybeans Are Next

August is over, and farmers are making their rounds in their fields to harvest their crops, ranging from wheat to sugarbeets to soybeans. Even with a late planting start, the harvest has been coming along nicely, according to several farmers.
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September 03, 2022
News

Trimble To Acquire Bilberry To Extend Its Selective Spraying Capabilities For Sustainable Farming

Sunnyvale , Calif. —Trimble announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held Bilberry, a French technology company specializing in selective spraying systems for sustainable farming. The transaction is expected to close in the
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September 02, 2022
News

Nathan Bowen Named IA Advocacy Director

Fairfax, Virginia — The Irrigation Association has hired Nathan Bowen as its new advocacy director. Bowen brings extensive experience leading advocacy efforts for organizations, including working closely with agriculture stakeholders and federal and state
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September 02, 2022
News

USDA Announces Details For The Upcoming Census Of Agriculture

Washington – America’s farmers and ranchers will soon have the opportunity to be represented in the nation’s only comprehensive and impartial agriculture data for every state, county and territory. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will mail the 2
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September 01, 2022
News

Stephanie Clark Promoted To IA Strategic Partnerships And Business Development Vice President

Fairfax, Virginia — The Irrigation Association has announced that Stephanie Clark, CEM, has been promoted to strategic partnerships and business development vice president. Clark joined the IA in 2020 as the director of business development.
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September 01, 2022
News
Jared Strong, Iowa Capital Dispatch

Vilsack: America’s Voluntary Approach To Agriculture Is Better Than Europe’s Mandates: U.S. Secretary of Ag says challenge is to increase production ‘in a climate-smart way’

Boone, Iowa — The more than $1 billion the federal government is devoting to voluntary efforts to reduce agriculture’s adverse effects on the environment is a better long-term strategy than mandating new rules for farmers, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture To
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