INDUSTRY DIRECTORY
January 31, 2023
Video

What Does The Future Hold For Fertilizer?

That is a question on the mind of nearly every farmer in America and beyond. Corey Rosenbush, President and CEO of The Fertilizer Institute provided some important information to growers attending the 2023 American Sugarbeet Growers Association annual mee
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January 30, 2023
Video

John Deere’s Perspective On Tractor, Implement Automation In Farming

John Deere’s Dave Gordillo took part in the Washington Oregon Potato Conference’s Ag Innovation Session, which features a handful of new products/companies and what they're bringing to the ag table. Here we highlight what John Deere is planning for the fu
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January 30, 2023
Feature

ASGA Leaders Lay Wreath At The Tomb Of The Unknown Soldier

In a solemn and respectful ceremony, American Sugarbeet Growers Association president Nate Hultgren and vice president Neil Rockstad laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery Sunday.
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January 29, 2023
News

BASF Partners With Agriculture Future Of America, Murray State University To Endow Scholarship In Honor Of Former BASF Employee

Kansas City, MO. - In partnership with Agriculture Future of America (AFA) and Murray State University, BASF recently announced the endowment of a scholarship in honor of former employee, Rocky Napier. The Rocky Napier Scholarship is funded by BASF and wi
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January 27, 2023
News

Shark Wheel Announces Partnership With Reinke Manufacturing Company

Lake Forest, Calif. - Shark Wheel, the California-based company that has reinvented the standard wheel design, has unveiled a new partnership with Reinke Manufacturing Company.
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January 26, 2023
News

GROWMARK Acquires Allied Seed

Bloomington, Illinois (AgPR) – GROWMARK, Inc. announced the acquisition of Allied Seed, LLC., based in Nampa, Idaho. Allied Seed offers a full line of forage, turfgrass and cover crop seed as well as custom production, blending, packaging and seed treatme
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January 26, 2023
News

Emergency Pesticide Authorisation Approved To Protect National Sugarbeet Crop: National sugarbeet crop could face serious losses due to risk from aphids – more than 50 percent of UK sugar comes from domestic production

Defra has approved an emergency temporary authorisation for the use of a neonicotinoid pesticide treatment on this year’s sugarbeet crop due to the risk to the crop from yellows viruses.
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January 25, 2023
News

Most Northwest Ag Commodities To See A Slightly Profitable Year

Spokane, Washington – AgWest Farm Credit has released its quarterly Market Snapshot reports covering the state of major agricultural commodities in its northern region.
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January 25, 2023
News

Ag World Annual Golf Classic Registration Now Open

Registration for the 10th annual Ag World Golf Classic is now open.
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January 24, 2023
Feature

"We've Got To Find Out What The West That We Want Is”

Family Farm Alliance President Patrick O’Toole, whose family operates a sheep and cattle ranch on the Wyoming-Colorado border, was interviewed last month in Las Vegas by E&E Daily while attending the Colorado River Water Users Association conference. In t
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January 24, 2023
Video

Manage Your Farmland Better With MZA

Every field contains variations throughout the landscape—different areas have different needs. So, how do producers know how to manage all these unique sections on their land? Watch to see how Management Zone Analyst, a software developed by ARS, makes ma
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January 23, 2023
News
Michigan Farm Bureau News Media

Michigan Corn, Soybean, Sugarbeet Yields Fell In 2022, Says USDA

USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) has released a slew of data detailing yield results from Michigan and across the country, along with year-end stock figures and wheat planting estimates for the year ahead.
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January 23, 2023
Feature
Caroline Allen, www.agriland.ie

Artist Stirs Debate On Closure Of Sugarbeet Factories

A Dutch-born artist who is based in Stradbally, Co. Laois, has been stirring up a debate on the closure of the sugarbeet factories in this country.
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January 22, 2023
News

Agronomy Pro Caleb Miller Named Meristem Account Manager

Columbus, Ohio, (AgPR) – Experienced ag account professional and seed rep Caleb Miller has joined Meristem Crop Performance Group, LLC (www.MeristemAg.com), one of the fastest-growing crop input suppliers in America. Miller becomes Meristem’s account mana
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January 22, 2023
News

Biome Makers Is Leading Innovation With The Largest Global Database Of Microbes

Davis, Calif. - BeCrop technology, which leads the largest global taxonomic database, has expanded further to include 14 million taxonomic references of microorganisms. This remarkable growth, which has doubled in less than one year, is a result of the v
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January 20, 2023
News
Michigan Farm Bureau

Biden Administration Sued Over Water Rule’s ‘Impossible And Unpredictable’ Burdens

AFBF and other prominent ag and business groups are suing the Biden administration over the EPA’s complicated and confusing new set of water rules.
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January 20, 2023
News

Director Of Research And Agronomy At Michigan Sugar Company A Leader In Helping Sugarbeet Farmers Implement Sustainable Growing Practices

Lansing – The Nature Conservancy in Michigan (TNC) announced Corey Guza, Ph.D., director of research and agronomy for Michigan Sugar Company, as the recipient of the organization’s 2022 Conservation Excellence Agribusiness Award.
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January 19, 2023
Feature
North Dakota State University

Popular Herbicides No Longer Control Kochia In Some Areas

A North Dakota State University study showed that some kochia populations in western North Dakota likely have developed resistance to commonly used preplant burndown herbicides.
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January 19, 2023
New Products

SOILPAM TRACKSACK

SNF’s SOILPAM TRACKSACK consists of soil-stabilizing, water-soluble polymer tablets in mesh bags. The tablets contain a high quality, high purity linear anionic copolymer.
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January 18, 2023
News

American Sugar Alliance Congratulates Alexis Taylor On Her Appointment As USDA Under Secretary For Trade And Foreign Agricultural Affairs

The American Sugar Alliance congratulates Alexis Taylor on her Senate confirmation to serve as the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs.
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January 18, 2023
Feature

Daniel Whitley: “I’m Bullish On American Agriculture”

Daniel Whitley, the new Administrator of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) spoke to a group of sugarbeet and sugarcane growers as well as other members of the sugar industry, sharing his take on the latest foreign tra
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January 17, 2023
News

U.S. Department Of Labor Awards $3M Grant To Support Sugarcane Workers In Dominican Republic

Washington – The U.S. Department of Labor announced the award of a $3 million cooperative agreement project to Impactt Limited to increase the capacity of field workers and their families to advocate and organize for the improvement of working and living
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January 17, 2023
News

BS&B Launches Website With Interactive Product Selection Guide: Product selection tool helps process engineers, equipment designers efficiently choose the correct rupture disk technology to meet their specification

For American sugarbeet producers and production facilities that use rupture disk products to help minimize the risk of sugar dust explosions, BS&B Safety Systems has launched a new website (www.bsbsafety.co) that features an interactive product selection
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January 16, 2023
Feature
Sanjay Borkar, MENAFN (https://menafn.com)

Goa's Sugarcane Farmers In Distress As They Find No Buyers

Panaji, India - Sugarcane farmers in Goa are in distress over no 'buyers' for their sugarcane, who are dependent on neighbouring states for purchase as the only sugar factory of this coastal state has stopped operations for the last three years.
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January 16, 2023
News

UI Extension To Conduct Trials Aimed At Finding Special-Needs Herbicide Labels For Quinoa

Moscow, Idaho — Forthcoming field trials at the University of Idaho’s Aberdeen Research and Extension Center could help provide the first herbicides to local farmers who raise quinoa, a niche crop that’s gaining a foothold in the state’s eastern region.
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January 13, 2023
News

Western Growers Joins Other Grower Groups In Opposing Kroger-Albertsons Merger

Western Growers joined the California Fresh Fruit Association and Colorado Fruit & Vegetable Growers Association to send a letter to Lina Khan, Chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), opposing the merger between Kroger and Albertsons.
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January 13, 2023
News
The Brussels Times

Some 1,000 Hectares Of Sugarbeets To Be Destroyed After December Frost

Belgium experienced severe bouts of frost last month around 10 December, which is now making farmers and sugar factories face severe consequences as around 1,000 hectares of sugarbeets need to be destroyed, L'Avenir reported on Wednesday.
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January 12, 2023
News

World Agricultural Supply And Demand Estimates – December, 2022

SUGAR: U.S. sugar supply for 2022/23 is increased 178,027 short tons, raw value (STRV) over last month. Revisions for 2021/22 increase 2022/23 beginning stocks by 4,472 STRV.
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January 12, 2023
News

Electric Sustainability: With "E-READY," BKT Puts Its Mark On It

Seregno, Italy - The logo that officially kicks off the BKT tire family specifically tailored for electric vehicles was unveiled just a few weeks ago. E-READY made its debut at SIMA, where we first saw it imprinted on the AGRIMAXFACTOR tire (BKT's all-new
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January 11, 2023
News

John Deere Announces Its 2023 Startup Collaborators

Olathe, Kansas — Deere & Company has released the names of eight companies chosen for its 2023 Startup Collaborator program. The Startup Collaborator was launched in 2019 and helps John Deere enhance precision technology in its agriculture and constructio
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January 11, 2023
News

Eli Swenson Joins Meristem Team: Experienced agronomist set to reach more farmers, expand Meristem’s dealer network in North Dakota, Red River Valley

Columbus, Ohio (AgPR) – Another leading agronomic professional has joined Meristem Crop Performance, one of the fastest-growing crop input suppliers in America. Eli Swenson becomes a Meristem sales representative in North Dakota and the Red River Valley.
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January 10, 2023
News

USDA Announces Major Program Improvements, Progress, Investments To Benefit American Farmers, Ranchers, Producers

San Juan, P.R. — At the recent American Farm Bureau Federation annual convention, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced several major developments at the U.S. Department of Agriculture that will benefit farmers, ranchers and producers across the nat
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January 10, 2023
News

Nelson Irrigation R2000FX Rotator Is Silver Winner In 2022 Irrigation Association's New Product Award For Agricultural Irrigation

Nelson’s R2000FX is a low pressure sprinkler that delivers greater radius of throw and the benefit of flow control nozzles to the low pressure market segment.
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January 09, 2023
News

AFBF Signs Right To Repair Memorandum Of Understanding With John Deere

The American Farm Bureau Federation and John Deere signed a memorandum of understanding that ensures farmers’ and ranchers’ right to repair their own farm equipment. The MOU, signed at the 2023 AFBF Convention in San Juan, Puerto Rico, is the culmination
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January 09, 2023
Feature
Lane Lindstrom, Editor Sugar Producer Magazine

Farm Insurance: 6 Areas To Consider

For an investment as small as 1.48 percent, not making that investment can be quite costly, even catastrophic.
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January 08, 2023
News

Farmers Can Now Order Biological Soil Tests In Biome Makers’ Online Store

Davis, California - Biome Makers, global agtech leaders in soil microbiology, announce a new online store where farmers and advisors can now order BeCrop® Test, an advanced biological soil test, directly from their website.
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January 07, 2023
Feature
Karen Longwell, inSauga.com

Sugarbeets Help Remove Ice From Pavement For a Mississauga Organization

A Mississauga (Canada) organization is now using a sugarbeet-based product to remove ice from pavement.
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January 06, 2023
News
Alina Ramos Martin, Prensa Latina

Barbados Will Begin Privatization Of Sugar Industry

Bridgetown - The government of Barbados will gradually begin the promised privatization of the national sugar industry, at the end of the sugar harvest in April this year, an official source announced.
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January 05, 2023
News

World’s First Agri-Focused Satellite Prepares For Launch From Cape Canaveral

London, United Kingdom -- EOS SAT-1, the first imaging satellite to be built by Dragonfly Aerospace, lifted off Jan. 3 from SpaceX’s launch site in Cape Canaveral, Florida, as part of the Transporter-6 mission.
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January 05, 2023
News

Farm Credit Stockholders Vote To Form New Association In The West

Spokane, Washington – Stockholders of both Northwest Farm Credit Services and Farm Credit West have overwhelmingly approved a merger of their associations to form AgWest Farm Credit – a new association serving more than 22,000 customers throughout seven w
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January 04, 2023
Feature

A Lasting Impact: Microplastics Settling Into Soil: Soils with high concentrations of microplastics could experience limited water flow

Whether we like it or not, plastic is a major part of our lives. The production and use of plastics has been found to create a problem because “microplastics” are accumulating in our soils.
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January 03, 2023
News

Western Montana Grazing And Agriculture Conference Scheduled For Jan. 19-20 In Missoula

Bozeman – The annual Western Montana Grazing and Agriculture Conference, scheduled for Jan. 19-20 in Missoula, will focus on opportunities in agriculture in western Montana.
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January 03, 2023
News
Scott Elliott, ARS Office of Communications

Water Vision 2050: USDA, ARS Scientists Chart Course of Water Management

As much water as there is in the world, only about one-half of 1 percent of it is drinkable. To illustrate, if the world’s water supply was condensed to 26 gallons (about 100 liters), fresh water would amount to only one-half of a teaspoon. What’s worse,
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January 02, 2023
News
Connor Veenstra, Huron Daily Tribune

Michigan Sugar, Kroger Show Appreciation To Michigan Farmers With New Ad

Michigan Sugar has partnered with Kroger to create a new advertisement highlighting the partnership between the companies and showcasing Michigan sugarbeet farmers.
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January 01, 2023
News

Mattracks Introduces Employee Energy Relief Program; Distributes Over a Half Million Dollars To Employees In 2022: Highest employee bonus package since established in 1994

Karlstad, MN – Mattracks Inc, a northwest Minnesota manufacturer of track conversion systems, celebrated its most successful year since its inception in 1992 by rewarding its employees for all of their hard work over the past year.
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January 01, 2023
News

The Top Crop Summit Is Returning To Saskatoon – In Person

Canadian farmers and agronomists have faced incredible challenges over the last few years, but the agility and resilience of Canada’s ag industry has never been stronger. We’re thrilled to showcase the merits of Canadian farmers and the scientific communi
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