Zimfo Bytes

Melissa Sandfort July 31, 2011

U.S. distributor Kubota Tractor Corporation announces it has retailed 1.5 million Kubota units in America.
Valley Irrigation has expanded its Valley GPS product line to include compatibility with Trimble GPS products.
Osborn & Barr is further expanding its digital offerings with four new hires in St. Louis: Chris Feix, Kim Bracey, Gary Schrader and Stephanie Phillips.
PureSense Environmental Inc. was presented with the “2011 Game Changers of the Year” award in the category of Water and Irrigation Management at the recent 2011 California Agriculture Innovation Conference held at UC Davis.

Besides an interview with Rob Shaffer, Illinois farmer, about the John Deere announcement about B30 biodiesel compatibility across all of their engine portfolio, I’m sharing an interview with Andy Heggenstaller, Global Oilseeds and Cereals Portfolio Strategy Head, Syngenta, who talks about Syngenta and M.S. Technologies and the next generation in soybean herbicide tolerance, and then Craig Abell, National Executive Agronomist, Syngenta, who talks about a new soil-applied insecticide product soon to come to market.