INDUSTRY DIRECTORY
October 31, 2022
News

Ubly FFA Named ACH Seeds Crystal Brand Sugarbeet Seed Homegrown Giving Recipient

Eden Prairie, Minn. — ACH Seeds Crystal Brand Sugarbeet Seed celebrated the inaugural year of its Homegrown Giving program by awarding $10,000 to the Ubly FFA Chapter of Ubly, Michigan.
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October 31, 2022
News
Philippa Larkin, IOL

Sugar Industry, Thousands Of Jobs Hang In The Balance

Thousands of jobs hang in the balance and the future of the local sugar sector is uncertain after troubled Tongaat Hulett yesterday went into business rescue.
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October 30, 2022
News

KALO Celebrates 90th Anniversary

Overland Park, Kansas – KALO is celebrating the 90th anniversary of its founding in 1932. For the last 90 Years, KALO has centered itself around a scientific approach and innovative solutions for its customers in the agriculture, seed care and turf supp
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October 30, 2022
News

Trimble RTX Integrity Validates Positioning Data Accuracy To Support Safety-Critical Applications: Providing even more reliable measurements for users of Trimble CenterPoint RTX Fast Networks in North America, Europe

Sunnyvale, Calif. — Trimble introduced data integrity monitoring for its precise point positioning (PPP) correction service, CenterPoint RTX Fast. The Trimble RTX Integrity monitoring system is an innovative, patented solution, built in direct response to
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October 29, 2022
News
Jeremy Jubenville, Michigan State University Extension

Michigan Pesticide Applicator Review Sessions, Recertifications Credits, Testing Options For Fall 2022, Winter 2023

In Michigan, autumn is a time when the commercial agricultural community starts to think about pesticide applicator certifications. For some, it may be because the new production season is approaching and they would like to make sure everything is in plac
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October 29, 2022
New Products

Biotalys, Novozymes Announce Successful Evoca Feasibility Study: Partners identify new ways to scale Biotalys’ first biofungicide more cost-efficiently

Ghent, Belguim and Copenhagen, Denmark – Biotalys (Euronext - BTLS), an Agricultural Technology (AgTech) company protecting crops and food with protein-based biocontrol solutions, and Novozymes, a world leader in biotech solutions including Ag biological
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October 28, 2022
News

USDA Announces Early Release of Select Commodity Tables For Agricultural Projections To 2032

Washington – On Nov. 7, 2022, at 3 p.m. EST, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will release selected tables from the upcoming USDA Agricultural Projections to 2032 report prepared in support of the President’s annual budget process as defined in t
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October 28, 2022
News
Blake Nicholson, Bismarck Tribune

Super Weed Found In 3 More North Dakota Counties; Expert Says Threat Is 'Eye-Opening'

The potentially devastating weed Palmer amaranth has been documented in three more North Dakota counties, raising the total to 19 counties in a four-year span -- a total one expert says is "staggering."
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October 27, 2022
New Products

KROHNE Announces New OPTIWAVE 6500C Level Transmitter: A radar level transmitter ideal for powders and dusty atmospheres

Beverly, MA - KROHNE, a world-leading manufacturer and supplier of solutions in industrial process instrumentation, highlights its OPTIWAVE 6500C, a radar level transmitter for powders and dusty atmospheres.
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October 27, 2022
News

Reinke, Freewave Technologies Announce Partnership To Optimize Collection Of Irrigation Data

Deshler, Neb. – Reinke Manufacturing, a leader in precision irrigation equipment, and FreeWave Technologies, a leader in industrial wireless connectivity, announced a partnership to simplify data connectivity between irrigation systems and the cloud, maki
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October 26, 2022
News

Grand Farm Breaks Ground On Future Agriculture Technology Innovation Facility In North Dakota

Fargo, N.D. -- Leaders and community members were on hand 20 miles west of Fargo near Casselton, North Dakota, recently as ground was officially broken on the 140-acre site of Grand Farm's Innovation Facility.
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October 26, 2022
News

Propane Council Urges Farmers To Prepare For Winter Season Now: PERC offers insight and tools to help producers ensure energy needs and cut costs during this year’s harvest and winter seasons

Washington – The Propane Education & Research Council (PERC) recommends producers plan for winter energy needs now and consider adding or expanding the use of propane to keep operations running smoothly and boost bottom lines. With harvest in full swing a
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October 25, 2022
News

Agricultural Water Alliance Forms Amid Persistent Drought To Tackle State Water Issues: Decades of insufficient investment in infrastructure and ongoing regulatory uncertainty have imperiled Oregon’s food and water supply

Salem, OR – Several Oregon agricultural organizations announced the emergence of a new alliance to focus on strategic water investments and common-sense policies that will promote water and agricultural sustainability. This comes as much of Oregon continu
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October 25, 2022
Feature
Derek Albert, LSU Ag Center

2022 Sugarcane Harvest Off To A Positive Start

Thibodaux, La. — In October 2021, Jason Richard was doing exactly what he is doing this October. He was waking up at the same time before 5 a.m., climbing in the same John Deere, harvesting sugarcane in the same fields and hauling his crop to same place —
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October 24, 2022
News

Farmers Nationwide Send A Strong Message To EPA On Atrazine

Manhattan, KS -- More than 16,000 farmers and agricultural organizations representing corn, citrus, grain sorghum, sugar cane and other crops recently united against EPA’s proposed revision to its 2020 atrazine registration review decision, submitting com
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October 24, 2022
News

Need Pesticide Credits?

Join the University of Idaho (UI) Extension Pesticide Safety Education Program for the 2022 Fall Recertification Webinar Series via Zoom (no account/camera needed). Each webinar is $10 per applicator. Completed webinars receive 1 Idaho Department of Agric
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October 21, 2022
New Products

Trimble’s New Agriculture Displays Provide Next-Generation Performance, Connectivity For In-Field Operations: Powerful to run, simple to use

Sunnyvale, Calif. — Trimble introduced its next-generation displays for precision agriculture applications—the Trimble GFX-1060 and GFX-1260 displays. Trimble’s portfolio of innovative displays enables farmers to complete in-field operations quickly and e
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October 21, 2022
News

New H-2A Regulations Published: Rule designed to simplify and modernize the application process

On Oct. 6, 2022, the Department of Labor (DOL) announced the final rule, “Temporary Agricultural Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants in the United States,” amending the department’s regulations governing the H-2A program to increase protections for workers a
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October 20, 2022
News

USDA Provides Payments Of Nearly $800 Million In Assistance To Help Keep Farmers Farming: Immediate help for over 13,000 distressed USDA farm loan borrowers; begins process to provide up to $500 million more for up to 23,000 additional borr

Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that distressed borrowers with qualifying USDA farm loans have already received nearly $800 million in assistance, as part of the $3.1 billion in assistance for distressed farm loan borrower
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October 20, 2022
News
RFE/RL's Radio Farda

Sugar Factory Workers Join In Strikes As Unrest In Iran Continues

The latest wave of dissent was sparked by the death last month of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini while in police custody for allegedly wearing a hijab improperly.
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October 19, 2022
News

Amalgamated Sugar Donates $2,500 To Local Veterans Group

On Sept. 28, Amalgamated Sugar employees gathered in front of the Twin Falls factory’s newly-installed American Flag mural to present a $2,500 ceremonial check to representatives of American Legion’s Idaho Post 7.
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October 18, 2022
News

American Crystal Promotes Rosenau To Vice President Of Agriculture

Steve Rosenau has been promoted to the position of Vice President of Agriculture at American Crystal Sugar Company’s corporate office.
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October 18, 2022
Feature
Andrew Moore, CEO, National Agricultural Aviation Association

Recasting How We Communicate About Pesticides

PESTICIDES! Yep! I said it! The “P” word. Don’t be aghast. It’s all right. We’re saying it again. We need to say it again because by trying to be politically correct for a quarter of a century and renaming them “crop protection products (CPPs),” the envir
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October 17, 2022
News
Dennis Rudat, Michigan Farm News Media

USDA Reports Trim Michigan Corn, Soybean, Sugarbeet Yield Predictions

USDA’s Crop Production report and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE), both recently released, called for minor reductions in national yields and total production for U.S. corn and soybean producers from last month’s report.
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October 17, 2022
News

Romanian Farmers Buy Sugar Factory From French Tereos

A group of 400 farmers from Transylvania, organized in an association led by the Sibiu farmer Teodor Aflat, succeeded in taking over the Ludus sugar factory that the French Tereos group was planning to close down.
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October 16, 2022
Feature
Sarah Fronczak and Jonathan LaPorte, Michigan State University Extension

Start Planning Your Nutrient Needs Now

As fall season approaches, producers across all farms are beginning to look at 2023’s profit potential. One key ingredient to a profitable year is how much your farm’s nutrient management needs will cost.
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October 16, 2022
News

9th Annual Ag World Golf Classic Gives $110,332 To Benefit The Ronald McDonald House Charities Inland Northwest

Area agriculture producers, processors and industry businesses gathered to give more than $110,332 to benefit the Ronald McDonald House Charities Inland Northwest (RMHC), another amazing year for the Ag World Golf Classic hosted by Simplot, Lamb Weston, M
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October 15, 2022
News

DISAGRO Partners With Biome Makers To License BeCrop Technology

Davis, California - Biome Makers, a global AgTech leader, announces a strategic partnership with DISAGRO, the largest provider of agriculture solutions in Latin America, based in Guatemala. DISAGRO is aligning itself with technology providers, like Biome
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October 15, 2022
News

Letting Farmland Recover May Let Air Quality Recover, U of I-Led Study Finds

Moscow, Idaho — The USDA’s Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) that promotes sustainable agricultural practices to improve habitat may have an unintended benefit of improving air quality, according to new University of Idaho-led research published in Ameri
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October 14, 2022
News

AMVAC Launches AMVAC Academy – Learning Management System For Continuing Education, Training: New opportunity for retailers, farmers, advisors, consultants to stay current on evolving technical, agronomic, and product information

Newport Beach, Calif., – AMVAC has announced the launch of AMVAC Academy, a new online learning management system (LMS) for continuing education and training in agriculture.
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October 14, 2022
News

Kroger, Albertsons Companies Announce Definitive Merger Agreement

Cincinnati and Boise, Idaho -- Kroger and Albertsons Companies today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which the companies will merge two complementary organizations with iconic brands and deep roots in their local communi
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October 14, 2022
New Products

Tires And Slopes - How Can You Deal With That?

Seregno, Italy - Driving a 3-ton piece of agricultural machinery in the fields is one thing; doing the same on slopes is quite a different matter. And it is not just operational difficulties and mechanical effort we are talking of. It is mainly about the
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October 13, 2022
News
News18.com

India Becomes World's Largest Producer of Sugar With 394 Lakh Tonnes Output

New Delhi, India - India has emerged as the world’s largest producer of sugar with a record production of about 394 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) of sweetener being produced during the sugar season 2021-22 (October-September).
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October 13, 2022
News
USDA/NASS

World Agricultural Supply And Demand Estimates

SUGAR: U.S. 2022/23 sugar ending stocks are increased by 161,933 short tons, raw value (STRV) on increases in imports, beginning stocks, and production. On September 15, the USDA established the fiscal year (FY) 2022/23 refined sugar TRQ at 220,000 metric
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October 12, 2022
News

Most Northwest Ag Commodities Benefit From Strong Demand

Spokane, Washington – Northwest Farm Credit Services, the Northwest’s leading agricultural lending cooperative, has released its quarterly Market Snapshot reports covering the state of major agricultural commodities in the region.
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October 12, 2022
News

Comer & Thompson Lead Letter To GAO Regarding Foreign Investments In U.S. Farmland

Washington — This past weekend, Republican Leader of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, James Comer, and Republican Leader of the House Committee on Agriculture, Glenn “GT” Thompson, were joined by 128 of their Conference colleagues in sending a
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October 11, 2022
New Products

Fusionware Announces John Deere Integration To Optimize Farming Operations : Syncs on-farm data seamlessly

Idaho Falls, Idaho (AgPR) – Fusionware, a leading end-to-end 'cloud-based' supply chain platform, announces integration with John Deere Operation Center precision ag, data management software. The new connection further empowers Fusionware users with incr
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October 11, 2022
News

Updated NSAC Report Illustrates Minimal Impact Of Crop Insurance Subsidy Caps On Farms: Addendum bolsters original report projecting billions saved

Washington, DC –– Today, the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) published an updated version of a special report projecting billions in taxpayer savings over 10 years if modest payment caps are instituted on subsidized discounts for farmers
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October 10, 2022
News
Debbie James, Farmers Weekly

Succession Plans Vital As Poll Shows More UK Farmers Aim To Quit

More than a quarter of UK farmers are considering quitting farming or at least scaling back, according to a survey conducted by NFU Mutual.
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October 10, 2022
News

Vive Crop Protection Expands US Sales Team

Vive Crop Protection expands its US sales team with the additions of four new agricultural professionals: Key Account Manager Meggie Gilbert, Southeast Sales Manager Sarah Savage, Delta Regional Sales Manager Jeremy Watts and Western Technical Sales Agron
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October 08, 2022
New Products

Sentera Announces Increased Availability Of 6X Sensors: Science-grade multispectral sensor captures more data to help advance research

St. Paul, Minn. – Sentera, the industry leading real-time ag analytics platform powered by machine learning, announced increased availability of its 6X sensors, which captures high-resolution imagery with eight channels of image data, to meet demand cause
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October 07, 2022
News

Western Growers Issues Statement On Signing Of AB 2183

Irvine, CALIF. – Following Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signing of AB 2183 into law, Western Growers President and CEO Dave Puglia issued the following statement:
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October 06, 2022
News

Largest Grant In U Of I History To Incentivize Food Producers Adopting Climate-Smart Practices

Moscow, Idaho — University of Idaho’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences is set to receive up to $55 million — the largest award in the university’s history — to help Idaho farmers and ranchers combat climate change through agricultural practices.
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October 05, 2022
News

Major USDA Grant Supports Pioneering Agricultural Genome To Phenome Collaboration Led By Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture announced it is awarding more than $1.8 million to support the work of the Agricultural Genome to Phenome Initiative (AG2PI) being led by Iowa State University in
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October 05, 2022
Video
Michigan Farm Bureau

Rains Help Sugar Content In Sugarbeets

Michigan sugarbeet harvest officially kicked off Aug. 29.
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October 03, 2022
Feature
John O'Connell, University of Idaho

U Of I Expert Offers Water Conservation Tips Heading Into Fall With Drained Reservoirs

Moscow, Idaho – Absent an extremely wet winter, University of Idaho Extension educator Terrell Sorensen expects growers throughout southern and eastern Idaho will have to get creative next season to stretch meager water supplies.
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October 02, 2022
News

A Leader Gone Too Soon, But the Legacy Goes On

Today, we sadly announce the loss of our fearless leader, Rob Larose. He was a visionary businessman and BioSafe Systems’ employees, industry partners, lifelong colleagues and friends all mourn his loss immensely.
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October 01, 2022
News

Biome Makers, Syngenta Crop Protection Team Up To Address Soil Health In Agriculture

Davis, California – Biome Makers BeCrop technology is used across the globe to deliver insights into soil biology and sets the standard for soil health. Syngenta’s R&D-led LIVINGRO program will utilize BeCrop to make science-based decisions that support t
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October 01, 2022
News

Land O’Lakes Positioned To Support Carbon-Curious Farmers: Cooperative leveraging sustainability and agronomic expertise with program that provides a warranty to farmers transitioning to regenerative agricultu

Arden Hills, Minn. – Land O’Lakes, Inc., one of America’s largest farmer-owned cooperatives, is encouraging more farmers to adopt regenerative farming practices by working to remove one of the biggest barriers – fear of lost profitability and productivity
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