- Novus International, Inc., a leader in the animal health and nutrition industry, have announced that it has broken ground on a new global headquarters facility in the Missouri Research Park in Saint Charles, Missouri (suburban Saint Louis). When completed, the 90,000 square foot facility, a $20 million investment, will consolidate Novus’s headquarters and the Novus International Research Center into a single, flagship global facility. In addition to office space, the building will include 10 research laboratories, a state-of-the-art employee and customer training center, a fitness center, and a library. The building will include a multitude of meeting spaces ranging from large conference rooms to “huddle spaces” for small, private meetings. A coffee bar and lounge will be available for more casual gatherings.
- Syngenta crop specialists are emphasizing trait rotation as farmers plant more corn-on-corn to keep up with the growing ethanol demand. “We’ve witnessed a historic shift in the Midwest, with total corn acreage increasing by nearly 20 percent over 2006,” says Tracy Mader, marketing manager for Agrisure® Corn Traits, Syngenta. “Many of these new corn acres were planted into last year’s corn crop, which raises the importance of trait rotation to maintain yield potential while optimizing weed and insect control.” Cultivation is currently the only post-emergent control option for volunteer corn in conventional corn hybrids. “Agrisure GT, for example, allows for glyphosate application to control non-GT volunteer corn, while Agrisure CB/LL allows for control of conventional or GT hybrid volunteer corn with LIBERTY® herbicide (glufosinate),” says Mader.
- This season, Pioneer Hi-Bred will again offer to its customers the Pioneer FITSM (Field Information Tool) mapping system, now integrated with the Pioneer GrowingPoint® website online record keeping system. These innovations can help growers make better management decisions and do a better job of managing their important crop records using a simple and secure online system. These services are available at no charge. The Pioneer FIT mapping system provides growers a harvest summary report including high-quality yield maps for each field with soil type overlays, a farm overview map including a high-resolution aerial image, and a tabular harvest report showing yield statistics for each field. FIT mapping seamlessly integrates with the Pioneer GrowingPoint website recordkeeping system. Growers very easily can keep crop field records and track growth stages on their online maps. Growers also can access their yield maps through the GrowingPoint website.
