INDUSTRY DIRECTORY
May 31, 2023
Feature
John O'Connell, University of Idaho

A Century Of Weather Records: Information still gathered manually

At 8 a.m. sharp every day of the year, staff at University of Idaho’s Aberdeen Research and Extension Center conduct a 30-minute chore that has been done unfailingly for more than 110 years.
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May 30, 2023
News

Kratos Defense Self-Driving Trucks Are On The Road Across The United States, Increasing Worker Safety, Addressing Workforce Shortfalls: Working with Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative

San Diego -- Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. is a technology company in the defense, national security and global markets. Kratos has multiple self-driving trucks deployed on the road across the United States supporting new deployment use cases
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May 30, 2023
News
www.borkena.com

Sugar Factory Suspends Production Following Deadly Attacks, Looting

Addis Ababa – Ethiopian Sugar Industry Group (ESIG) disclosed  that 14 people were killed in Fincha Sugar Factory and the nearby area by “unidentified attackers.” The source said that 11 of the deceased are factory workers while three are people residing
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May 29, 2023
News

IFPA Criticizes EPA Plant Incorporated Protectorants Rule

Washington, D.C. – The Environmental Protection Agency released the final rule on Plant Incorporated Protectorants (PIPs), and Dr. Max Teplitski, Chief Science Officer of International Fresh Produce Association (IFPA) issued the following statement:
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May 26, 2023
News

Delta Biofuel Announces $100 Million Final Investment Decision For Renewable Fuel Facility In Jeanerette: Iberia Parish facility will convert sugarcane waste to fuel pellets

Jeanerette, La. – Delta Biofuel has announced a $100 million final investment decision for the construction and start up of a full-scale renewable fuel production facility in Iberia Parish that will convert sugarcane waste into feedstock for low-emissions
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May 25, 2023
News

Last Chance To Complete The 2022 Census Of Agriculture: Few days left to return the questionnaire

Washington – The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will end data collection for the 2022 Census of Agriculture on May 31. Producers who have not yet returned their completed questionnaires have just a
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May 24, 2023
News

BRANDT To Build Specialty Products Plant In Aurora, Neb.: Opening in the fall of 2024, facility will include 100,000 square feet for product production and storage

Tampa, Fla. – BRANDT, a leading retailer of professional agronomic services and manufacturer of specialty ag input products, is set to break ground on a new production facility in Aurora, NE, later this summer. To be called Advanced Ag Formulations, the f
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May 24, 2023
Feature

Washington State Issues Pesticide Drift Advisory

Olympia – The Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) is reminding pesticide applicators of their responsibility to ensure pesticides do not drift off-target and is offering suggestions on how to reduce the risk.
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May 23, 2023
News

Sugarbeet Planting Nearly Complete Across The U.S.; Just One State Still Below 50 Percent Planted

Sugarbeet growers were blazing across their fields last week trying to finish planting their beet crop. Most states are done or are close to done planting with just one still working to get past 50 percent.
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May 23, 2023
New Products

AGCO, Hexagon Agree To Expand Distribution Of Hexagon's Ag Guidance Systems

AGCO, a worldwide manufacturer and distributor of agricultural equipment, infrastructure and precision ag technology, announced that it has signed an agreement with Hexagon, to expand its factory-fit and aftermarket guidance offering. The new guidance
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May 22, 2023
Feature
Ed Augustin, Al Jazeera

How Cuba’s Sugar Industry Has Been Ground Into Dust: Amid tough US sanctions, fewer than two dozen of the nation’s sugar refineries were operational this season

Cienfuegos, Cuba – “Without sugar, there’s no country,” the old Cuban saying goes.
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May 22, 2023
New Products

Case IH Rolls Out 1000th Sugarcane Harvester From Its Pune Plant

Maharashtra, India - Case IH, a brand of CNH Industrial and a global leader in agriculture equipment has reached the production milestone of 1000 sugarcane harvester from its state-of-the-art manufacturing plant at Pune, Maharashtra. The Austoft sugarcane
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May 19, 2023
Feature

Blast From The Past

We were recently out and about in Fremont County, Idaho, taking pictures of the final days of potato planting for this spring and were driving on North Salem Road when something caught our eye.
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May 18, 2023
News

Case IH Set To Reshape Strip-Till Market Through Partnership With AGuru Machinery

CNH Industrial, parent company to Case IH, has entered into an agreement with AGuru Machinery, a strip-tillage company based in Congerville, IL. With this relationship, Case IH incorporates a key partner to enhance and elevate its Strip-Till product offer
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May 18, 2023
New Products

Sentera Introduces Lookback Program For Ag Data Analysis: Unlocks the value of existing data for research & product development

St. Paul, Minn. – Sentera, the industry-leading provider of ag analytics, introduced its Lookback Program initiative to the agriscience industry, providing a toolset to ag researchers and product developers to process agronomic data from past seasons to u
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May 17, 2023
News

2023 Snake River Weed Management Tour Scheduled For June 28

The annual Snake River Weed Management Tour, sponsored by the University of Idaho, is scheduled for Wednesday, June 28 at the UI Kimberly Research and Extension Center, in southcentral Idaho.
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May 16, 2023
News

Sugarbeet Planting At More Than 50 Percent In Most Beet Producing States

Huge strides were made in sugarbeet planting this past week as nearly all beet producing states have 50 percent or more planted with some states nearly or all completed.
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May 16, 2023
News
Geitner Simmons, IANR Media

Continued Below-Average Precipitation Reduces Groundwater Levels, Report Shows

Groundwater levels have declined in most of Nebraska following multiple years of below-average precipitation, University of Nebraska–Lincoln scientists found in a new statewide analysis. About three-quarters of the 4,787 observation wells across the state
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May 15, 2023
Feature
Katie Bohn, Penn State University

Analysis Of U.S. Farms Offers Clearer, More Nuanced Picture For Policymakers

University Park, PA - While farms in the U.S. can vary by many characteristics such as size, production scale and the products they produce, Penn State researchers say many agricultural policies are designed with a “one size fits all” approach.
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May 15, 2023
News

World Agricultural Supply And Demand Estimates – May 2023

SUGAR: U.S. sugarbeet production for 2023/24 is projected at 33.345 million tons with yield forecast at 30.77 tons/acre and area harvested projected at 1.084 million acres.
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May 13, 2023
News

Nichino America, Inc. Announces Management Appointments

Wilmington, DE (AgPR) – The following appointments will take place within the Nichino America, Inc. organization, effective June 1, 2023, the company announced.
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May 12, 2023
News

Montana 2023 Summer Field Days Scheduled

The Montana Agricultural Experiment Station Field Days for 2023 have been announced.
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May 11, 2023
News

10th Annual Ag World Golf Classic Just A Month Away

Celebrating it’s 10th anniversary, the Ag World Golf Classic is less than a month away and will feature two tournaments, one in Kennewick, WA, and the other in Moses Lake, WA.
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May 11, 2023
News

BASF Safety Scouts Farm Safety Program Launches In The US, Supporting Farm Safety For Families Across North America: Program provides a fun and interactive way to support family farm safety

Research Triangle Park, NC – BASF is excited to support a safe growing season in 2023 with the launch of the BASF Safety Scouts program for U.S. farm families.
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May 10, 2023
Video

We Finally Escaped The Office To Get Some Sugarbeet Planting Pics/Videos

We darn near missed it.
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May 09, 2023
Video

We Saved Our Video Camera From The Sugarbeet Planter

We were out taking photos and video of sugarbeet planting on Wahlen Farms a couple of weeks ago and thought we were being pretty tricky with our video camera placement. That is until we realized it was going to get run over by the planter. No worries, we
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May 09, 2023
News

Sugarbeet Planting Nearly Complete In A Couple Of States Across The Country

The weekly planting report from the most recent USDA National Agricultural Statistics report (dated May 7 and May 8 and for the week ending May 6) shows sugarbeet planting has finished or is close to being finished in a handful of states with other states
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May 08, 2023
Feature
Sean Ellis, Idaho Farm Bureau Federation

2023 Could Be Tougher Financially For Idaho Farmers, Ranchers

Pocatello, Idaho – Farm-level prices for many of the state’s top agricultural commodities have softened from record or near-record levels last year.
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May 08, 2023
News
Michigan Farm Bureau

Michigan Lawmakers Come Together To Fight Proposed H-2A Filing Fees

A bipartisan group of 12 Michigan lawmakers oppose filing fee increases for H-2A and H-2B applications that would hurt farmers and small businesses.
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May 07, 2023
News

Testimony As Prepared For Zippy Duvall, President, American Farm Bureau Federation: Senate Committee on Agriculture; Subcommittee on Commodities, Risk Management, and Trade

Madam Chairwoman and members of the Committee, my name is Zippy Duvall. I am a third-generation farmer and president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, and I am pleased to offer this testimony on behalf of the American Farm Bureau Federation and Farm
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May 06, 2023
News

Valent BioSciences Announces Retirement Of Ted Melnik, Promotion Of Salman Mir

Libertyville, Ill.-- Valent BioSciences LLC, a global leader in the discovery, development, and commercialization of highly effective, low-risk, environmentally compatible technologies and products for agriculture, public health, and forest health, announ
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May 06, 2023
News

Stewart-Peterson Launches Grain Market Insider: A New Grain Marketing Tool For Farmers

West Bend, WI - Stewart-Peterson has announced the official launch of Grain Market Insider, a newly created grain marketing newsletter. This new service will provide grain farmers with a trusted, rules-based approach to market commentary and actionable ad
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May 05, 2023
News

Valent Biosciences Announces The Acquisition Of FBSciences

Libertyville, Illinois – Valent BioSciences LLC, a global leader in the discovery, development, and commercialization of highly effective, low-risk, environmentally compatible technologies and products for agriculture, public health, and forest health, an
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May 05, 2023
Feature

4 Irrigation Management Tips: USDA’s Tarkalson offers ideas on how to help growers

You can hardly escape talk about water—especially irrigation water—and the drought that has gripped much of the western United States the past few years.
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May 04, 2023
News

Goehring Approves Additional Herbicide To Manage Resistant Weeds In Sugarbeets

Bismarck, N.D. – North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring has issued a Special Local Needs (SLN) registration to Belchim Crop Protection enabling North Dakota sugarbeet growers in select counties to manage certain difficult-to-control weeds.
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May 04, 2023
Feature

New Report Reveals Growing Footprint, Influence Of Food & Ag Sector In U.S. Economy, Beating Pre-Pandemic Levels

Washington, D.C. – Recently, 25 food and agriculture groups released the 7th annual Feeding the Economy report, revealing food and agriculture industries and their suppliers contribute over $8.6 trillion to the U.S. economy, nearly one-fifth of total nati
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May 03, 2023
Feature
Soils Matter, Get The Scoop

What Is Controlled Drainage And Subirrigation?

One of the most important jobs for a grower is managing water. Some areas of the United States have plenty of rainfall throughout the growing season. Others do not. And still others have too much water at some times of the year and not enough water at oth
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May 02, 2023
News

Testimony Of Neil Rockstad On Behalf Of The American Sugar Alliance

Following is the testimony of Neil Rockstad, who testified before the Senate Subcommittee on Commodities, Risk Management, and Trade in the hearing titled: Hearing: Commodity Group Perspectives on Title 1. It was given in Washington, D.C. on May 2, 2023
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May 02, 2023
News

Sugarbeet Planting Gaining Speed Across The Country

The weekly planting report from the most recent USDA National Agricultural Statistics report (dated April 30 and May 1 and for the week ending April 30) shows sugarbeet planting has picked up speed over the past week and fields have dried out and weather
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May 01, 2023
News

Oregon Releases Updated Top 20 Agricultural Commodities: Oregon No. 1 in country in sugarbeet seed production

Oregon’s nursery and greenhouse industry remains the leading agricultural commodity in the state, with a value of $1.32 billion in 2021. This is up 10 percent from the previous year. The industry represented 22 percent of the total agricultural value in 2
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May 01, 2023
News
Marc Cervera, Foodingredientsfirst.com

Scarce EU Sugar Supplies Push Up Prices As Farmers Stop Planting And Import Costs Climb

A few months after European sugar producers warned of a devastating blow to the beet sector as the Court of Justice of the EU stopped emergency exemptions for seeds treated with neonic insecticides, sugar prices are now, on average, 61 percent higher than
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