GROWMARK Supports Hurricane Harvey Relief Efforts
GROWMARK has donated $50,000 to support relief efforts following Hurricane Harvey through the Midwest Food Bank, a Salvation Army First Responder organization. The contribution was made through The...
View ArticleSMART Farmer Robb Fraley
Robb Fraley isn’t our typical SMART Farmer, but after growing up on a small Illinois farm, his work has helped farmers around the world produce food more sustainably with science and technology that...
View ArticleJohn Deere Acquires Blue River Technology
Deere & Company has signed an agreement to acquire Blue River Technology, a leader in applying machine learning to agriculture based in Sunnyvale, California. As an innovation leader, Blue River...
View ArticleArkansas Urged to Consider Impact of Dicamba Ban
Soybean leaf cupping seen from suspected dicamba drift (ZimmComm file photo)The Arkansas State Plant Board is considering recommendations for dicamba use in the 2018 growing season that Monsanto calls...
View ArticleBiostimulants World Congress Coming to Miami
The use of biostimulants in agriculture has grown dramatically over recent years and could reach $2 billion by next year, but there is still much that needs to be learned about the diverse formulations...
View ArticleBayer Arkansas Showcase Day
Bayer hosted growers at the recently opened Soybean Breeding and Trait Development Station in Marion, Arkansas on September 13 for a Showcase Day highlighting new varieties and seed treatments for...
View ArticleEthanol Report on E15 Hurricane Help
In this edition of the Ethanol Report podcast, Renewable Fuels Association president and CEO Bob Dinneen talks about how an early end to the summer restriction on sales of E15 (15% ethanol fuel) has...
View ArticleAg Secretary Heads Home to Survey Irma Damage
Irma damage to mature pecan tree in Georgia – UGA ExtensionGeorgia Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black asked Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue to see first-hand the damage the Hurricane Irma caused...
View ArticleStatement by Agricultural Export Coalitions in Support of the Cultivating...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Members of the Coalition to Promote U.S. Agricultural Exports and the Agribusiness Coalition for Foreign Market Development welcome and strongly support passage of S. 1839, the...
View Article2017 NAMA Fall Conference
The National Agri-Marketing Association held its 2017 NAMA Fall Conference September 19-21 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The theme of the conference was “Full Throttle” in honor of the home of Harley...
View ArticleAgricultural Export Coalition Calls for Increased Federal Funding for Export...
More than 120 members of the Coalition to Promote U.S. Agricultural Exports are urging leaders of the House Committee on Agriculture to increase funding for USDA export programs in the new farm bill to...
View ArticleNew Ag International will host 3rd Biostimulants World Congress in Miami,...
The 3rd World Congress on Biostimulants in Agriculture is an international scientific and technical congress to review the latest knowledge on these products, which are increasingly used in crop...
View ArticleASTA Support for Cover Crops
The latest Cover Crop Survey released earlier this month will be highlighted at the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) Farm & Lawn Seed Conference, coming up November 5-6 in Kansas City. Since...
View ArticleZimmCast with Brian Carter
Brian Carter is the #1 bestselling author of The Like Economy, LinkedIn for Business, Facebook Marketing, and The Cowbell Principle. Brian was selected by IBM as an Influencer and Futurist and by...
View ArticleEthanol Fuels Crappie Masters Championship
The recent 2017 Crappie Masters National Championship, sponsored in part by the Renewable Fuels Association, American Ethanol, and Bass Pro Shops, saw Missouri fishermen Paul Alpers and Phillip Haynes...
View ArticleEthanol Report on EPA RFS Notice
The Environmental Protection Agency released its proposed Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) renewable volume obligations (RVOs) for 2018 on July 5, the comment period just ended on August 31, and then this...
View ArticleAg Export Coalition Urges More Funding for Programs
More than 120 members of the Coalition to Promote U.S. Agricultural Exports are urging leaders of the House Committee on Agriculture to increase funding for USDA export promotion programs in the new...
View Article2017 World Dairy Expo
“Discovering New Dairy Worlds” is the theme for World Dairy Expo 2017 in Madison, Wisconsin October 3-7. World Dairy Expo serves as a forum for dairy producers, companies, organizations and other dairy...
View ArticleThird Youth Ag Summit
The third Youth Ag-Summit, October 9-13, 2017 in Brussels, Belgium,offered 100 bright young talents from around the world the opportunity to tackle one of humanity’s biggest challenges: how to feed a...
View ArticleFarmers Edge and Planet Partner to Change Global Agriculture Using Daily...
Landmark deal delivers Planet’s global daily imagery directly to Farmers Edge users, enabling growers to improve crop yields, quickly react to crop stress and boost profitability Farmers Edge™, a...
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