Precision Ag News 8/31

Carrie Muehling

Western Growers and S2G Ventures are now accepting applications for the 2022 AgSharks Competition, a unique event where startup companies pitch their innovations in front of a live audience of the world’s largest specialty crop producers to win a $250,000 minimum investment. Impact-driven entrepreneurs and startups developing technologies that promote a more healthy and sustainable food and agriculture system can …

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GHX by Golden Harvest Launches GHX Mobile

Cindy Zimmerman

At the Farm Progress show this week, GHX by Golden Harvest® highlighted the launch of GHX™ Mobile, an online and app experience that puts the future of seed sales in the farmer’s hands. GHX Mobile contains farm management tools farmers need, such as field scouting recommendations, yield tracking and predictions, weather and markets, all in one user-friendly place. “GHX Mobile …

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Syngenta Group Reports Strong Second Quarter Growth

Cindy Zimmerman

Syngenta Group reports strong financial results for the second quarter and first half of 2022, with the quarter up by 24 percent to $9.2 billion, increasing $1.8 billion compared to year ago. All business units achieved double-digit sales growth in the quarter and the first half of 2022, benefiting from strong demand for the Group’s products and services that help …

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Yield10 Bioscience Honored with AgTech CEO of the Year

Cindy Zimmerman

Yield10 Bioscience CEO Oliver Peoples has been selected as 2022 AgTech CEO of the Year by AgTech Breakthrough, a leading market intelligence organization that recognizes the top companies, technologies and products in the global agricultural and food technology markets. Peoples serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Yield10 Bioscience, which is developing Camelina as a sustainable platform crop to …

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Precision Ag News 8/24

Carrie Muehling

FarmLogs, a farm management software for growers from Bushel, an independently owned software company and leading provider of software technology solutions for agriculture, announced an in-app integration to allow growers to easily enroll in Nori’s blockchain-backed carbon removal marketplace. Ceres Imaging announced a long-term partnership with Soiltech Wireless under which Soiltech Wireless will deliver critical enabling technology for the Ceres …

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RIP Dr. Harold Reetz, Precision Ag Pioneer

Cindy Zimmerman

We are saddened to report the passing of precision agriculture industry pioneer Dr. Harold Reetz on August 15. Reetz was a champion of technology and precision agriculture throughout his career, starting out in Extension in the Purdue University system in the 1970s. Reetz initiated the InfoAg Conference in the mid-1990s as a way of getting people together to build a …

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Huber Signs Agreement to Acquire Biolchim Group

Cindy Zimmerman

J.M. Huber Corporation, a specialty engineered materials manufacturing company, has signed an agreement to acquire the Biolchim Group from NB Renaissance, Chequers Capital and the Biolchim Group management team. The Biolchim Group has its main operating base in Italy and is a leading producer and distributor of a full range of specialty plant nutrition and biostimulants. The Biolchim Group operates …

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Precision Ag News 8/17

Carrie Muehling

AgGateway announced the opening of advance registration for the 2022 Annual Conference, November 14-16 at the Wyndham Clearwater Beach in Florida. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) welcomed the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, which will deliver $19.5 billion in new conservation funding to support climate-smart agriculture. This historic funding will bolster the new steps that USDA’s Natural Resources …

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Precision Ag News 8/10

Carrie Muehling

Bayer’s national flagship brand DEKALB is proud to announce its new partnership as the Official Corn Seed of MLB at Field of Dreams presented by GEICO. On August 11, the Cincinnati Reds and Chicago Cubs take the field next to the legendary filming site in Dyersville, Iowa, surrounded by none other than DEKALB corn. As harvest begins across the country, …

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Update on Global Ag Tech Initiative

Cindy Zimmerman

The Global Ag Tech Initiative, launched in June by Meister Media Worldwide (MMW), was in the spotlight at the recent Tech Hub LIVE in Indianapolis. “The initiative will leverage all MMW domestic and international markets and diverse platforms to build out new global and region-specific programs to advance the new generation of digital data-driven agriculture around the world,” said Global …

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