- Dow AgroSciences announces that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has accepted label registration of new Cobalt™ insecticide for the broad-spectrum control of insects in row and selected specialty crops. Cobalt delivers powerful, consistent broad-spectrum insect control. Cobalt combines fast knockdown with residual activity to control a wide variety of pests, including, but not limited to, aphids, beetles, grasshoppers, mites, worms, weevils and many other insects. Cobalt is registered for use in alfalfa, Brussels sprouts, corn (field, sweet and seed), cotton, sorghum (milo), soybeans, sunflowers, tree nuts (almond, filbert, pecan and walnut) and wheat.
- The National FFA Foundation announced today that Toyota has agreed to increase its annual support with a two-year commitment of approximately $1.4 million dollars in cash and product. These additional funds will support National FFA student leadership development and alumni programs, local community service projects, collegiate scholarships, special events, and enhance diversity in agricultural education. In addition to a monetary donation, 25 Toyota vehicles will be provided to selected local agriculture education programs and key agricultural education leaders and organizations across the country.
- QUALISOY directors and staff will hit the road this summer and fall to bring the latest news on low-linolenic and other enhanced-quality soybean traits straight to the field. “Our customers in the food and feed industries are demanding enhanced-quality traits for improved human and animal health, like trans-fat-free cooking oils and feed that reduces animal wastes. Now it’s our job to grow and deliver those traits,” QUALISOY’s immediate past chairman, Jim Sutter, said.
