Soil compaction can be associated with a majority of field operations that are often performed when soils are wet and more susceptible to compaction. Heavy equipment and tillage implements can cause damage to the soil structure. Soil structure is important because it is the number one defense the soil has against compaction and it determines the ability of a soil to ...
The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) voiced its opposition to a carbon pricing policy yesterday. Todd Lewis, APAS president, travelled to Ottawa to ask the senate ag committee to review the implementation of a carbon tax in Saskatchewan, an organization release said yesterday. “We need to be very clear,” Lewis said in the release. “The c...
I have always been honest and unbiased in my work communicating market signals to farmers. To me, consumer preference can no more be ‘right or wrong’ than supply or demand can be ‘too big or too small’. It just is what it is. An analyst’s work is to understand all the relevant information available, and to use this knowledge to predict the price trends that will follow. ...
All previous fundraising since the company’s founding in 2014 has come from family offices in and out of the United States. Gro Intelligence has built a data product that provides global agricultural data analysis and intelligence on what CEO Sara Menker says is an unprecedented scale. In order to create a complete collection of crop production, consumption, weathe...
The round, which the company expects to close later this month, includes a group of Japanese investors including public-private partnership the Innovation Network Corporation of Japan, agricultural chemical maker Kumiai Chemical Industry Co., one of Japan’s largest companies Sumitomo Corporation and its subsidiary Sumitomo Chemical Co., the Japanese National Federation ...
Cargill is creating a “cloud-first technology platform” that will have different go-to-market farm management and data analysis products relevant to individual species built off it. Animal nutrition is just one of Cargill’s five enterprises; the company at-large plans to roll out similar digital technologies across all five, including the grain origination business an...
Botlink is compatible with fixed-wing, multirotor, and vertical takeoff and landing drones and makes it simple to acquire aerial imagery and create detailed maps of crops. Now that the platform is automatically synced with agX and the process is more streamlined. This integration provides an end-to-end crop scouting and analysis workflow that saves farmers and agron...
The ELD requirement may not apply to agricultural businesses under these exceptions: Using the agricultural exemption §395.1(k) Operating “Covered farm vehicles” §395.1(s) Operating under one of the short-haul exceptions at §395.1(e) Drivers operating vehicles older than model year 2000 At the 2017 National Health and Safety School hosted at the Asmark Institute...
The Edit system combines the analytical power of Benson Hill's CropOS computational platform with a portfolio of novel genome editing nucleases to create the first comprehensive genome editing system. Edit is designed to optimize plant characteristics such as flavor profiles, nutrient-density, and environmental sustainability with greater speed and precision than previou...
Cassava brown streak disease is spreading westward across the African continent and, together with cassava mosaic disease, threatens the food and income security of more than 30 million farmers in East and Central Africa. Likewise, banana is threatened by fungal and bacterial diseases, including the devastating banana bunchy top virus, while late blight still plagues pot...
AMSOIL 20W-50 Zero-Turn Synthetic Hydrostatic Transmission Fluid features a high-zinc formulation to fight wear while preserving mower speed and responsiveness. It is purpose-built to withstand the unique demands of hydrostatic transmissions to resist high-heat and shear while delivering smooth, responsive operation in zero-turn mowers, stand-on mowers and other landscap...
The online tool being piloted by rangeland ecologists Dr. Bill Fox and Dr. Jay Angerer at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center in Temple, along with collaborators from the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and the Texas Grazing Land Coalition, could change the way cattle producers monitor their operations and plan for the future. The project is desi...
North America has acquired the largest market share in agricultural drones market due to growth in use of drones in California vineyard for making better wine. Europe is the second largest region leading which is driven by crop spraying methods which has led to precise and accurate spraying of pesticides and chemicals on slopes. Asia-Pacific region drives India in boosti...
In these hot days of summer, it’s easy to appreciate just how much sunlight we get in Nebraska. A growing number of people and communities across the state are starting to take advantage of this resource. “2016 was, in total, a very significant year,” said David Bracht of the Nebraska Energy Office. In the last 18 months, Nebraska’s total solar power generation has g...
Agriculture, in general, has undergone a similar evolution. Technology has become an indispensable part of doing business for every farmer, ag retailer and agronomist. In fact, a recent study by Hexa Reports suggests precision agriculture is set to grow to $43.4 billion by 2025. For a concept that was born in the 1990s, that’s quite impressive. The increasing adoption...
Located in the MassRobotics collaboration space in Boston, which is an emerging hub for robotics startups, the startup will use the funding to further develop its integrated drone system for commercial farming and to expand the team. This is the first seed round for the company, founded by alumni from Carnegie Mellon and Stanford universities. American Robotics’ techn...
The pre-sidedress soil nitrate test (PSNT) for corn was developed by Fred Magdoff in Vermont in 1984. When done correctly, the PSNT is an excellent tool to determine available nitrate-N from organic matter mineralization. It will enable farmers to reduce their N fertilizer rates without risking yields. Identifying the right fields based on the field’s history and some pr...
As harvest season approaches, more and more large, slow-moving farm equipment from the 58,000 farms in Indiana will make their way onto different roadways. Road Machinery In an effort to ensure the safety of farmers and other motorists, the Indiana State Department of Agriculture is teaming up with the state’s departments of Homeland Security and Transportation, al...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture-National Institute of Food and Agriculture has awarded the grant funds, which will build upon data collected over the past two years using both fixed-wing and copter UAV and ground vehicle data. “We are extremely pleased to have been awarded this grant, and it will build upon an already well-established UAV program with activities ongo...
In its comprehensive report, Rabobank Global Outlook 2017 – which looks at the prospects for 13 crucial food and agricultural commodities – Rabobank highlights the role of China in creating further uncertainty in the market. The world’s most populous country has huge stocks of many key commodities, with estimates suggesting it holds 60 percent of global cotton supplie...
The five-year, $4 million financial commitment between General Mills and USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will support farmers across the U.S. by providing technical assistance to plant and protect pollinator habitat, such as native wildflower field edges and flowering hedgerows. General Mills, the Xerces Society, and the U.S. Department of Agricul...
These data will all be combined to produce the June Acreage report and the June Grain Stocks report, both issued on June 30th for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The Acreage report will provide an update to the Prospective Plantings Report that was issued on March 31, 2017. USDA-NASS uses two components in this data collection effort; one is a complete enumeratio...
With consumer acceptance of GMO food at all time lows, this technology could be a game changer for many sectors and last week the public markets got their first chance to access it in an agricultural context. Calyxt, a Minnesota-based subsidiary of French biopharmaceutical company Cellectis, successfully spun out from its parent and raised $64.4 million in an IPO on t...
Gilles raises 35 dairy cows of different breeds on 73 hectares, including 50 hectares of meadow: he’s a real expert in grass management! Meanwhile, Anne, who aims both to supply food that’s good for you and to spread knowledge through farm visits, processes milk on the farm and welcomes around 1700 guests each year. A ruminant can create everything it needs with a ver...
As Southern Plains ranchers scramble to pick up the pieces from wildfires that charred more than 1 million acres and left death and destruction in their wake, farm communities across the country have been coming to the rescue. Farmers and ranchers in southwest Kansas and the panhandles of Oklahoma and Texas are desperate. For them, the fires were their Hurricane Katr...
To paraphrase President Gerald R. Ford as he watched "Tricky Dick" ride into the Watergate sunset, "My fellow beef producers, our long cattle-feeding nightmare is over." Pardon the picking of old political scabs, but somehow, only the magnitude of that famous historical pivot adequately describes the financial sea change cattle feeders are set to experience in 2017. I...
There's a definite chill in the air when it comes to this year's hard red winter wheat crop. Frost and freezing temperature across parts of Kansas this week have left questions as to how much damage might have occurred in a crop that is more mature than normal, and therefore, more vulnerable. Starting Tuesday, nearly 80 grain traders, government officials, reporters,...
The study was conducted by researchers at the University of Georgia “in partnership” with the Frozen Food Foundation, a technically non-profit entity set up to benefit the makers and sellers of frozen food. Usually, we avoid any studies that have this kind of conflict of interest, but this one is both interesting and can be backed up by previous studies, so with those ca...
On AgriTalk Monday, host Mike Adams spoke with Kristi Boswell, director of congressional relations with American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF). She said while AFBF supports border security, they are watching enforcement in the interior “very closely” because of the executive orders resulting in deportation. Boswell said farmers are having a lot of anxiety with the pos...
One winner is chosen from each of three regions and receives an expense-paid trip to the Agricultural Retailers Association conference and expo. The award is presented by AgPro, the Agricultural Retailers Association and SST Software. “Precision ag is multifaceted: equipment, technology and agronomy,” explains Patrick Sanders, account manager, SST Software. “And it me...
I am pleased that the company will remain American owned, rather than internationally controlled, like others in the industry. A strong American presence in the inputs marketplace allows the needs of American farmers to drive research and innovation priorities. This keeps American farmers competitive while strengthening agriculture worldwide. Combining the two compani...
John Wyckoff doesn’t usually deliver. But he made an exception three years ago: On Thanksgiving Day, Wyckoff and his family drove more than 200 miles to present Michelle Obama with an 18-foot-tall Douglas fir for the White House’s Blue Room. “I take Christmas trees very seriously,” he says. It’s something the seventh-generation farmer was born to do. His ancestors gre...
Ag-Tronic Control Systems Inc. has grown hand-in-hand with the industry it supports in Ontario and elsewhere. Joe Sleiman is the mastermind and owner behind the company, which is celebrating 25 years in business in 2016. Located in Lakeshore, Ont. – near Lake St. Clair – Sleiman says Ag-Tronic has become known as an innovative automation design and manufacturing company...
This annual event brings together some of the most progressive tree fruit, grape, and nut growers in the Western U.S. with suppliers and product solutions ranging from crop protection and nutrition to irrigation and nursery stock. In advance of the event, each grower attendee took part in an in-depth interview to identify his or her most pressing needs and upcoming pr...
BHN is a supplier of agricultural liquid fertilizers and specialty products. The EPA SAB Agricultural Science Committee is a new standing committee created as a result of the Agricultural Act of 2014. The committee will provide advice to the chartered SAB on matters referred to the Board that EPA and the Board, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, determ...
Last December agribusiness private equity firm Paine & Partners made a majority investment in the company. We caught up with CEO Anthony Hawes, ahead of his speaking slot at the 400M AgInnovate Investment Forum in Toowoomba next month to hear the company’s future plans and his views on the biologicals sector. What can you tell us about how the investment from Paine & ...
