March 30, 2024
News

Solectrac Announces Strategic Reorganization To Further Amplify Electrification Efforts, Enhance Customer Support

Windsor, CA -- Solectrac, a leader in the electric tractor industry and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ideanomics, announced a strategic reorganization and shift in its business model.
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March 29, 2024
News

Tampa Entrepreneur Joins BRANDT Board Of Directors: Brad Oleshansky, founder & CEO of The Motor Enclave, brings market growth expertise and creative thinking to BRANDT board

Tampa, Fla. (AgPR) – BRANDT has welcomed another entrepreneur to its board of directors. Brad Oleshansky, one of the most dynamic businessmen in the greater Tampa area, will bring creativity, drive and competitiveness to the company.
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March 29, 2024
Feature
Steve Lundeberg, Oregon State University

Oregon State Researchers Take Deep Dive Into How Much Water Is Stored In Snow

Corvallis, Ore. – A heavy snowpack is fun for skiers and sledders, and it also acts like an open-air storage tank that melts away to provide water for drinking, irrigation and other purposes during dry months.
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March 28, 2024
News

Vestaron, Simplot Grower Solutions Forge Strategic Distribution Partnership To Deliver Novel Sustainable Solutions For Farmers: Collaboration aims to elevate farmer productivity and environmental stewardship

Durham, North Carolina – Vestaron Corporation, a leading innovator in sustainable crop protection solutions, and Simplot Grower Solutions, a North American agricultural retailer, have officially announced a distribution agreement poised to reshape the lan
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March 28, 2024
New Products

John Deere Announces See & Spray Premium Availability On 2025 Hagie STS Sprayers

Olathe, Kansas – John Deere announces the expanded availability of one of its premier technology solutions - See & Spray™ Premium – on model-year 2025 Hagie STS sprayers.
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March 27, 2024
News

NGA Calls On House And Senate Antitrust Subcommittees To Hold Hearings On Revealing Grocery Report From Federal Regulators: Report issued by FTC staff found that national grocery retailers took advantage of pandemic-era supply chain disruptions to cement their dominance ove

Washington, D.C. – A day after the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released its findings that big national grocery chains exploited disruptions in the supply chain caused by the Covid pandemic to solidify their control over the market, exacerbating shorta
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March 27, 2024
Feature
American Sugar Alliance

Sixteen Sweet Facts About Sugar

It’s nearly the end of March and the college basketball playoffs are in full swing. Did your favorite team not make the playoffs? Is your bracket already busted?
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March 26, 2024
News

John Deere Foundation Commits Nearly $4 Million In Grants to the National FFA Organization: The John Deere Foundation’s unrestricted, multi-year giving supports the educational outreach and mission of FFA to lift up the next generation of lea

Moline, Illinois – The John Deere Foundation announced a three-year grant totaling $3.9 million to the National FFA Organization (FFA), the premier organization preparing youth for leadership and careers in the science, business and technology of agricult
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March 26, 2024
News
Federal Trade Commission

FTC Releases Report On Grocery Supply Chain Disruptions: Pandemic-induced disruptions disproportionally impacted smaller firms, as larger companies sought to protect market share, power

The Federal Trade Commission issued a report on the causes behind grocery supply chain disruptions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. The report revealed that large market participants accelerated and distorted the negative effects associated with supp
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March 25, 2024
News

MU Institute Releases New Baseline Food And Agricultural Outlook Report: The University of Missouri’s Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute’s latest baseline report reflects downward shifts in commodity prices and

Farm commodity prices have tumbled from the peak levels they rose to during spring 2022 — and new projections suggest that downward pressure on prices could continue throughout 2024 and beyond.
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March 25, 2024
New Products

Built Tough To Take On More: 2024 Kawasaki Brute Force 750, Brute Force 750 EPS, Brute Force 750 EPS LE ATVs

In the world of off-road adventures, the Brute Force name has been associated with reliability, functionality, and sporting ATV prowess. For 2024, the Kawasaki Brute Force 750 is back for a whole new era of fun and functionality, reaffirming its status as
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March 24, 2024
News

Congressman Fulcher, Pacific Northwest Colleagues Press WSDOT On Economic Consequences Of Breaching Lower Snake River Dams

Washington D.C. - Congressman Russ Fulcher joined Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05), Reps. Dan Newhouse (WA-04), Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05), Cliff Bentz (OR-02), Matt Rosendale (MT-02), and Ryan Zinke (MT-01) in questioning Washington State Department
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March 24, 2024
News

USDA Outlines Vision To Strengthen The American Bioeconomy Through A More Resilient Biomass Supply Chain

Washington – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a plan that will boost biomass supply chain resiliency for domestic biobased product manufacturing, while also advancing environmental sustainability and market opportunities for small and mi
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March 24, 2024
News
Rob Sirrine, Michigan State University

Michigan Agritourism Summit And Pre-Summit Farm Tour Set For May 7-8 In Traverse City

Recognizing the importance and value of agritourism to the state of Michigan, Michigan State University Extension and its partners have announced the inaugural Agritourism Summit and Pre-Summit Farm Tour on May 7-8, in Traverse City, Michigan.
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March 23, 2024
News

Barn Owl Precision Agriculture Wins Ag Innovation Challenge: Secret Garden Bees wins People’s Choice Award

The Farm Bureau Ag Innovation Challenge, now in its 10th year, provides opportunities for Farm Bureau members to showcase business innovations being developed for agriculture. Barn Owl Precision Agriculture is the winner of this year’s competition.
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March 23, 2024
News
Food Ingredients First

U.S. Confectionery Industry Achieved US$48 Billion In Record Sales During 2023

The U.S. confectionery industry has reached a landmark US$48 billion in sales in 2023, according to the National Confectioners Association’s (NCA) latest State of Treating report. The industry high comes despite the “economic squeeze” consumers are facing
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March 23, 2024
News
Oregon Farm Bureau

Public Hearings Scheduled For Proposed Groundwater Allocation Rules

The Oregon Water Resources Department (OWRD) has officially opened the public comment period for its new Groundwater Allocation Rules. As part of the public comment period, OWRD will be holding public hearings throughout Oregon.
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March 22, 2024
News

Motion Enters Into Definitive Agreement To Purchase Two Fluid Power Companies: Motion’s Canadian hydraulic/pneumatic footprint to expand

Birmingham, Ala. – Motion Industries, Inc., a leading distributor of maintenance, repair, and operation replacement parts, and a premier provider of industrial technology solutions, signed a definitive purchase agreement to acquire the operating assets of
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March 22, 2024
News
Sean Ellis, Idaho Farm Bureau Federation

Idaho Net Farm Income Dropped By $400 Million In 2023

Pocatello – Total net farm income in Idaho dropped by an estimated $400 million in 2023, an 11 percent decline compared with 2022.
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March 22, 2024
News

John Deere, Kinze, Ag Leader Announce Collaboration Agreement To Enhance Customer Experience With Improved Technology And Data Integration

Moline, IL, Ames, IA, and Williamsburg, IA — John Deere, Kinze Manufacturing, and Ag Leader Technology announced a collaboration agreement that will make it easier for farmers to integrate each company's equipment and technology solutions into their farmi
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March 21, 2024
News

AEM United States Ag Tractor And Combine Report - February 2024

Milwaukee -- The AEM Ag Tractor and Combine Report is provided monthly and is derived from AEM member companies through proprietary statistical reporting programs. The data is provided by AEM members and represents preliminary monthly retail sales of Ag e
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March 21, 2024
News

Corteva Launches Corteva Catalyst: New investment and partnership platform will accelerate next generation ag-tech innovation

Indianapolis – Corteva, Inc. today announced the launch of Corteva Catalyst, a new investment and partnership platform focused on accessing and bringing to market agricultural innovations that advance the company’s R&D priorities and drive value creation.
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March 21, 2024
News
Steve Lundeberg, Oregon State University

Oregon State Researchers Make Key Advance Toward Removing Pesticide From Groundwater

Corvallis, Ore. – Scientists led by an Oregon State University chemistry researcher are closing in on a new tool for tackling the global problem of weedkiller-tainted groundwater.
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March 20, 2024
News

Industry Leaders Meristem, Pivot Bio, Syngenta Sponsor Farmer-Centric Row Crop Biologicals Study: Research to measure changes in ag biologicals landscape since baseline survey

Columbus, Ohio (AgPR) – Three giants in the agricultural biologicals sector have signed on to sponsor a comprehensive, farmer-centric market research effort around row-crop farmers’ increased use of agricultural biologicals.
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March 20, 2024
News

CropX, WiseConn Announce Digital Integration To Streamline Irrigation Management For Drip Irrigators

CropX Technologies, a leading provider of digital farm management, announced an API integration with WiseConn, a global leader in precision drip irrigation solutions, to further improve data gathering and analytics for farmers worldwide. WiseConn users wi
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March 20, 2024
Feature
Dr. Anthony Hanson, Regional Extension Educator - Field Crops Integrated Pest Management

What Does A Record-Warm Minnesota Winter Mean For 2024 Insect Forecasts?

Cold winters help prevent many potential pest insects from establishing in Minnesota or require species that cannot survive our winters to migrate up from southern states each year. Extreme cold can also knock back species that are established here.
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March 19, 2024
News

Challenge For Beet Growers And The Sugar Industry: Südzucker Joins Forces To Combat SBR

Sugarbeet sowing for the next campaign is about to begin. Sugarbeet growers face many challenges today: The phasing out of more and more crop protection products, increased political requirements and restrictions, and a rise in agronomic problems are just
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March 19, 2024
Feature
American Sugar Alliance

Keep It Sweet On National Ag Day

Today we celebrate National Ag Day, a day dedicated to honoring the hardworking farm families who help feed our families. We’d like to shine a spotlight on a few of the more than 11,000 sugarbeet and sugarcane farmers who help keep it sweet in America.
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March 18, 2024
New Products

New AI-driven Portfolio Insights Product Suite Unlocks Potential Of Geographically Dispersed Agriculture Assets

Portfolio Insights brings a new AI-enabled product suite that empowers teams with the data they need to simplify agricultural management. The new suite of tools offers ag land investors, lenders, growers and crop insurers an easy way to collect, analyze a
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March 18, 2024
News

European Commission Proposes Targeted Review Of Common Agricultural Policy To Support EU Farmers

Delivering on its commitment to ease administrative burden for EU farmers, the European Commission has proposed to review certain provisions of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), aiming to deliver simplifications while maintaining a strong, sustainable
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March 17, 2024
News

British Sugarbeet Researcher Dr. Simon Bowen Passes Away

The British Beet Research Organisation shared the news that its colleague, friend and Head of Knowledge Exchange, Dr. Simon Bowen, passed away on Sunday 10 March.
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March 17, 2024
Feature
Alliance For Food & Farming

Part 2: What EWG Doesn’t Want You To Know

As the Environmental Working Group (EWG) prepares to release its so-called “Dirty Dozen” list, which inaccurately disparages popular and more affordable fruits and vegetables, it’s important to note the information that EWG does not want consumers to know
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March 17, 2024
Feature
Alliance For Food & Farming

What EWG Doesn’t Want You To Know: Part 1

As the Environmental Working Group (EWG) prepares to release its so-called “Dirty Dozen” list, which inaccurately disparages popular and more affordable fruits and vegetables, it’s important to note the information that EWG does not want consumers to know
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March 16, 2024
News

AgroLiquid Announces Plans For New Production Facility In Lake City, Florida: Forty years of innovation in plant nutrition to culminate in Southeastern expansion

St. Johns, Mich. - AgroLiquid announces the upcoming construction of a new 48,355-square-foot production facility in Lake City, Florida. This strategic decision reflects AgroLiquid's unwavering commitment to prosper the farmer, by providing liquid fertili
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March 16, 2024
News

The Fertilizer Institute: EPA’s New Rule Makes Communities Less Safe

Arlington, VA – The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) expressed deep concern with the release of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) changes to its Risk Management Program (RMP), citing serious national security concerns with new public disclosure requir
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March 16, 2024
Feature
David Salmonsen

Why Are EU Farmers Protesting?

Tractors are in the streets in Paris, Rome, Brussels and many other cities and towns across Europe this winter. The continuing farmer protests in several European countries have many motivations, some common to all and some particular to specific nations.
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March 15, 2024
Feature

From The Field To The Beet Pile

You may have seen our feature on Nate Hultgren and Hultgren Farms in the March issue of Sugar Producer Magazine [“Past, President And Future,” Sugar Producer Magazine, March, 2024, page 12].
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March 15, 2024
News

Bayer Aims To Enhance Performance, Regain Strategic Flexibility In 2026; Adjusted Guidance For 2023 Achieved

Leverkusen/London – The Bayer Group achieved its adjusted guidance for 2023. In his speech at the Financial News Conference in London, CEO Bill Anderson took stock of the company’s situation and looked toward the future.
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March 14, 2024
News
University of Wyoming Ag News

UW Researchers Publish Results Assessing Coal Char As A Soil Amendment

A University of Wyoming research team led by Research Professional Resham Thapa in the School of Energy Resources (SER) published an article assessing the effects of coal char as a soil amendment in Agronomy, a top-tier journal in the fields of agronomy a
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March 14, 2024
News

Millborn Seeds Acquires Luhrs Certified Seed, Expands Production Capability In Western Plains

Brookings, SD – Millborn Seeds, a seed company dedicated to enriching land and lives for more than 37 years, is continuing its focus on being visionaries in the seed industry by expanding its footprint through the acquisition of Luhrs Certified Seed in Im
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March 13, 2024
Feature

International Sugarbeet Institute Show Opens

The International Sugarbeet Institute Show (https://www.sugarbeetinstitute.com/) opened this morning at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks, ND.
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March 13, 2024
News

Crapo, Colleagues Introduce Bill To Provide Relief For American Farmers

Washington, D.C.--Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) joined Senator Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina) and 15 additional colleagues to introduce the Supporting Farm Operations Act of 2024, which would revert the Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR) to the December 2023
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March 12, 2024
News

Special Edition C&H Sugar Packets Celebrate The Crockett Community

The C&H Sugar Crockett Refinery is showing its hometown pride through a series of sugar packets that celebrate the Crockett, California, community. Our employees delivered free cases of the sugar packets to restaurants, coffee shops and organizations in t
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March 12, 2024
News

Finstad Slams Biden Administration Attack On U.S. Sugar Farmers

Washington, D.C. – Last week the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) published a notice in the Federal Register increasing the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 raw cane sugar tariff-rate quota (TRQ) by 125,000 metric tons (MT),
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March 11, 2024
Feature
Montana State University News Service

Montana State University Extension Specialist Offers Phosphorus Fertilizer Recommendations

Bozeman – As spring approaches and Montana farmers make final cropping and fertilizing decisions for 2024 — including how and how much phosphorus fertilizer to apply — Montana State University Extension specialists have recommendations to help growers mak
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March 11, 2024
News

World Agricultural Supply And Demand Estimates – February 2024

SUGAR: Mexico production for 2023/24 is projected at 4.747 million metric tons (MT), a decrease of 127,518 from last month and also 476,766 lower than last year. The sugarcane harvest in Mexico continues to lag at levels unprecedented in recent times.
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March 10, 2024
New Products

Twin Tilt-Down Flexible Screw Conveyor On Mobile Base Built To 3-A Standards

Bethlehem, PA ? New from Flexicon is a Twin Tilt-Down Flexible Screw Conveyor system with dual hoppers on a common mobile base, constructed and finished to 3-A sanitary standards.
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March 10, 2024
News

Eastern Idaho Agriculture Hall Of Fame Announces 50th Anniversary Commemorative Book

The Eastern Idaho Agriculture Hall of Fame celebrates its 50th Anniversary this year with a commemorative hardcover collector-quality book titled Leaders & Legacy. The book celebrates the history of the EIAHF, its 253 inductees from the 16 counties of eas
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March 09, 2024
News
Michigan State University Extension

Improve Your Drone Spraying Skills At The Michigan Spray Drone Spring Fly-In Workshop

An all-new event for 2024, the Spray Drone Spring Fly-in on April 10 is an all-day workshop for current or future spray drone pilots. This event will start with a morning of education on several aspects of applications for agriculture and related industri
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March 09, 2024
News

Savage Adds Transload And Railcar Repair Services In Pocatello With Acquisition Of Idaho Rail Shop

Pocatello, Idaho – For the past three years, Savage, a global provider of supply chain infrastructure and solutions, has been operating Idaho’s first and only intermodal rail terminal in Pocatello. Savage Railport – Southern Idaho provides southern Idaho
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March 09, 2024
News

Biome Makers’ World's Largest Soil Database Reaches Over 24MM Microorganisms Paired With AI To Decode Soil Biology

Davis, California - Biome Makers, a global soil genomics company, announced its soil database has surpassed 24MM microorganisms, further expanding the world's largest database of soil data paired with AI.
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March 08, 2024
News

Martin Brower Pilots Autonomous Refrigerated Freight Service Between Dallas And OKC With Kodiak Robotics: Kodiak, Martin Brower are also exploring ways to expand their commercial operations across the Martin Brower network

Rosemont, Ill. and Mountain View, Calif., - Kodiak Robotics, Inc., a leading autonomous trucking company, and The Martin-Brower Company, L.L.C., a global leader in supply chain solutions, announced that the companies are working together to autonomously d
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March 08, 2024
New Products

A Cart For Every Operation: John Deere Announces New C-Series Air Cart Line

Olatthe, Kansas — John Deere announces the new C-Series air cart line, providing new options for farmers focused on seeding-time productivity, quality and accuracy.
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March 08, 2024
Feature
Sean Ellis, Idaho Farm Bureau Federation

Excitement Growing For University Of Idaho’s Deep Soil Ecotron

Moscow, Idaho – A $25 million project on the University of Idaho campus that will allow scientists to conduct studies on one of the last research frontiers – deep soil – is getting closer to completion.
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March 07, 2024
Video

Wiping Away Winter – Kind Of

After a somewhat mild winter in eastern Idaho, Mother Nature roared back with a whopper of a winter storm the first week of March. Here a worker clears the snow off an Amalgamated Sugar sugarbeet pile near Liberty, Idaho. Beets were being loaded and truck
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March 07, 2024
Feature
Zippy Duvall, President AFBF

Time For Congress To Step Up And Deliver A New Farm Bill

Farmers and ranchers don’t shy away from hard work. When there’s a storm coming, we band together to bring the crops in. When our neighbors need a hand rebuilding, we pack our tools in our trucks and head right over.
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March 06, 2024
New Products

Yield Optimizer Helps Farmers Choose The Best Hybrids For Their Farms: New tool creates a precise list that ranks top-performing hybrids by yield, specific to a farmer’s location and eliminates the Yield G

Des Moines, Iowa (AgPR) — Yield Optimizer, the first independent seed selector program that arms farmers with objective seed performance data and helps them choose the best hybrids, has been released by AcreShield. This new tool is backed by an industry-f
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March 06, 2024
News
Restaurants Canada

Canadian Restaurant Industry Struggles Increase In 2024

Toronto — The restaurant industry is preparing for a tough first half of 2024.
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March 05, 2024
News

Chlorpyrifos Insecticide Products Legal For Insect Control In 2024

In November 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued a ruling overturning the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s final rule of August 2021, which revoked all food crop tolerances for chlorpyrifos.
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March 05, 2024
Video

A Nonprofit’s Courageous Efforts Eliminates Hidden Threats, Protects Lives

We came across this video from John Deere showing the work being done to clear landmines from farmer’s fields in Ukraine. It is definitely worth sharing.
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March 04, 2024
News

EPA Launches New Office To Strengthen Engagement With Agricultural And Rural Communities

Washington – On March 1, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that it is establishing a new office to expand engagement opportunities with agricultural and rural communities.
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March 04, 2024
News

SweetWater Technologies Powered By Gripp Launches Innovative Partnership: New business opportunity empowers young people in ag to earn income through drone services

Wyanet, Ill. (AgPR) – SweetWater Technologies Powered by Gripp has launched a new business partnership opportunity for the next generation of agricultural entrepreneurs. The enterprise, a turn-key, owner-operator drone business, is targeting young agricul
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March 04, 2024
News
Tami Terella-Faram, ARS Office of Communications

ARS Develops Freeze Date Tool For Localities

Agricultural Research Service (ARS) climatologists have developed a first-of-its-kind Freeze Date Tool. Operated by the Midwestern Regional Climate Center at Purdue University, the Freeze Date Tool is a publicly accessible zone map that pinpoints temperat
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March 03, 2024
News

DPH Biologicals Builds On Research And Development Commitment To Quantify Full Potential Of Biologicals

Houston, TX - To instill confidence and foster innovation in the agricultural biologicals sector, DPH Biologicals announced the expansion of its science-first, data-verified approach with a multi-year effort to quantify the comprehensive value potential o
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March 03, 2024
News

Commissioner Wilton Simpson Issues Statement After JPMorgan Chase, Blackrock Drop Out Of Anti-Agriculture U.N. Climate Alliance

Tallahassee, Fla. — Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson issued the following statement after JPMorgan Chase and BlackRock abandoned anti-agriculture climate policy commitments to the United Nation’s Net-Zero Banking Alliance:
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March 03, 2024
News

Biotalys Reports Full-Year 2023 Financial Results, Business Highlights

Ghent, Belgium – Biotalys (Euronext - BTLS), an Agricultural Technology (AgTech) company developing protein-based biocontrols for sustainable crop protection, announced key business achievements and consolidated financial results for 2023, prepared in acc
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March 02, 2024
News

2024 GROWMARK Foundation Scholarship Application Now Open

Bloomington, Ill. – The GROWMARK Foundation is pleased to offer 55 scholarships once again, totaling $2,000 each, to students pursuing agriculture and business-related degrees or certificates at colleges, universities, and technical schools in the United
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March 01, 2024
New Products

Run Faster, Run Easier: John Deere Announces New 9RX Tractor Models Including 830 Horsepower Option, MY 2025 Updates

Olathe, Kansas — John Deere announced its new lineup of high-horsepower four-track tractors, including an industry-leading 830 horsepower option. With weather patterns shifting, the labor pool shrinking and input costs rising, the ability to prep the fiel
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March 01, 2024
News

Südzucker AG Successfully Completes Delisting Tender Offer

Südzucker AG announced on Feb. 21, the results of the public delisting tender offer in connection with the delisting of CropEnergies AG. During the acceptance period, which ended on Feb, 16, 9,191,764 CropEnergies shares were tendered into the offer.
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