U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its final Insecticide Strategy that identifies practical protections for federally endangered and threatened species from the use of insecticides, while providing flexibility for pesticide users and growers. The Strategy identifies mitigations aimed at protecting more than 900 species listed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) that EPA considers when it registers a …
Advanced Agrilytics White Paper Focused on Transforming Global Food Production
Precision agronomic solutions provider Advanced Agrilytics has published a new white paper titled “Transforming Global Food Production One Algorithm at a Time,” underscoring the company’s mission to revolutionize food production and agricultural sustainability with its patented sub-acre analysis technology. The white paper introduces TerraFraming™, Advanced Agrilytics’ proprietary sub-acre analysis platform that redefines traditional agronomy. Instead of treating fields as if …
Alltech Announces Ideagro Research Center in Brazil
Ideagro, headquartered in Murica, Spain, is expanding its international presence with the opening of Ideagro Brazil at the Ingá University Center (Uningá) in the city of Maringá. The investment by Alltech Crop Science (ACS), a global leader in plant nutrition, in partnership with the university, makes possible physical, chemical and biological analyses, as well as development of high-impact biotechnological solutions …
Precision Ag News 4/30
U.S. Congressman Mike Flood testified before the House Committee on Appropriations’ Subcommittee on Agriculture April 29 highlighting the growing partnership of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) at the National Center for Resilient and Regenerative Precision Agriculture. Rep. Flood spoke on behalf of full funding for the project which, once fully completed, will …
New Data from Advanced Agrilytics Shows Higher Productivity
Advanced Agrilytics has published a new study showing how its data-driven, predictive agronomic methodology helps growers boost productivity in good years and better withstand tough seasons. The new article, “How Crop Resiliency Can Be Your Strongest Risk Management Tool,” highlights how growers using Advanced Agrilytics’ patented spatial analysis system are experiencing significantly lower loss cost ratios than USDA benchmarks. “Resilience …
Jord BioScience Trials Show Boost in Soybean Yields
Jord BioScience, a leading science and analytics company providing customizable microbial solutions for agriculture, has just released two years of field trial data showing its proprietary microbial solutions can increase soybean yield by up to more than three bushels per acre in the Midwest. The company’s approach, powered by its 6,500-isolate global microbial bank and advanced analytics, demonstrated win-rates* exceeding …
Full Agenda Set for 2025 AgGateway Mid-Year Meeting
AgGateway is pleased to announce that the agenda is now available for the 2025 North America Mid-Year Meeting. The meeting will be held June 9-11 at Prairie Meadows Casino and Hotel in Altoona, Iowa. This annual event is where member volunteers gather to discuss the work of AgGateway connectivity initiatives and working groups through the first half of the year …
Precision Ag News 4/25
Virtual registration remains open for the Water for Food Global Conference April 28 – May 2, 2025 at the Nebraska Innovation Campus Conference Center. The conference theme is “A Resilient Future: Water and Food for All,” focusing on the next generation of research, smart technology, policy development through three focus areas. The conference provides ample academic, practice and policy content …
Precision Ag News 4/16
U.S. Farmers and Ranchers in Action (USFRA) is introducing a webinar series on the five key opportunities to reduce the carbon footprint of agriculture identified in the “Potential for U.S. Agriculture to Be Greenhouse Gas Negative” report that was published late last year. Those opportunities include nitrogen fertilizer management, soil carbon management, the crop production and yield gap, animal production …
Precision Ag News 4/10
The Conservation Technology Information Center will release the results of the 8th National Cover Crop Survey Report on April 15, noon CT, during a webinar with partners USDA Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program and the American Seed Trade Association. The American Farm Bureau Federation, in partnership with Farm Credit, is seeking entrepreneurs to apply online by June 9 for …