With planting underway across the Midwest, Syngenta agronomist Matt Geiger is reminding growers not to cut corners on early-season weed management—even in a challenging farm economy. “Starting clean is step one,” Geiger said during an interview at the 2026 Commodity Classic in San Antonio. He noted that modern tillage equipment often fails to eliminate emerged waterhemp and Palmer amaranth, creating …
White House Celebrates Farmers and Ranchers
Hundreds of farmers and ranchers representing various regions and commodities joined President Donald Trump on the south lawn of the White House Friday to hear him make several announcements related to agriculture, including addressing Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) system complaints, and finalizing historically high Renewable Fuel Standard volume obligations. With a gold tractor on one side and a red, white …
Trump Promises Farmer Announcements Today
During a cabinet meeting Thursday, President Donald Trump talked about the White House gathering later today of farmers and ranchers from across the country. “So tomorrow we will be announcing a variety of actions that we’re taking to support American farmers, who we never forget,” Trump said. “We love the farmers. We gave them $12 billion out of tariff money. We had a tremendous …
Survey Reveals Cotton Farmer Concerns
U.S. farmer competitiveness in the global marketplace, the cost-price squeeze of inputs and commodity prices, and market consolidation and corporate power, are top concerns of farmers responding to a survey conducted by the Southern Cotton Ginners Association at the recent Mid-South Farm & Gin Show. The Mid-South Farm & Gin Show created a forum for producers and industry representatives to …
Senate Ag Committee Leaders Pledge Farm Bill Action This Year
Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman John Boozman (R-AR) and Ranking Member Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) say they are working toward swift passage of a “Farm Bill Part 2” that ties up loose ends from last summer’s budget package. Speaking at the Agri-Pulse Ag and Food Policy Summit in Washington D.C., Boozman said he is coordinating with House Agriculture Chairman G.T. Thompson and …
Syngenta Spotlights Biologicals at Classic
Syngenta Biologicals featured two products at the Commodity Classic in San Antonio last month – Boosten, which supports crop resilience under stress, and YieldON, which helps plants push more sugar and starch into seed to increase yield. YieldOn has been available for several years now but this is the first year of sales for Boosten, according to Joe Ben Bogle, …
Industry Ag News 3/23
Torrey Advisory Group (TAG), a boutique lobbying and consulting firm specializing in food, agriculture, and forestry issues, announced the promotion of three team members whose work has been instrumental in the firm’s success. Olivia Lucanie has been promoted to Policy Director; Caroline Sowinski has been promoted to Senior Policy Manager; Eden Lambert has been promoted to Economist and Policy Manager. …
Zeldin Emphasizes Transparency at Agri-Pulse Summit
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin detailed significant strides in reducing the agency’s pesticide registration backlog during his appearance at the Agri-Pulse Ag and Food Policy Summit today, stressing expedited reviews and greater public transparency. “We’ve made tremendous progress,” Zeldin told Agri-Pulse founder Sara Wyant that the pesticide review backlog stood at 14,500 when he took office but has now dropped to …
Precision Ag News 3/18
Grassroots Carbon announced the launch of GroundOwl, a new soil carbon measurement technology developed in partnership with EarthOptics, which will be exclusively deployed by Grassroots Carbon across U.S. grasslands and grazing lands. With GroundOwl, the company enhances its soil carbon measurement capabilities at scale by pairing its existing meter-deep soil sampling program with high-resolution, non-invasive EMI sensing across the entire …
ACE 2026 DC Fly-In Marks 15 Years
The American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) is marking 15 years of grassroots ethanol advocacy on Capitol Hill this week at its 2026 DC Fly-In. Since launching the first event in 2009, more than 300 individuals from over 30 states have participated in ACE Fly-Ins, bringing firsthand perspectives from rural America to the policymakers and regulators responsible for shaping the nation’s …