- Salford Group welcomes David Webster as their new Director of Commercial Application.
- Rob-See-Co now carries Streamline Ag seed-driven crop input products. Streamline Ag’s product line, which address the full crop cycle, from pre-plant to post-harvest, will offer Rob-See-Co’s growers improved plant and soil health, and increased crop yields.
- WOLF TRAX® Dry Dispersible Powder (DDP®) micronutrients, from Koch Agronomic Services (Koch), has a new look, but is still specially formulated and designed to simplify micronutrient management, boost crop performance and maximize a grower’s nutrient use efficiency.
- Complete with greater tank capacity, a superior parallel-link row unit and new productivity-enhancing features, the Case IH Precision Disk™ 550 air drill is designed to boost yield potential in a variety of crops and tillage practices. Available to order for spring 2023, the new model will help producers get the most out of every seed.
- With the 2150S Early Riser® front-fold trailing planter, Case IH brings a productivity-boosting, split-row configuration to its lineup of 2000 series Early Riser planters. A 525-gallon fertilizer tank capacity — along with more seed capacity — enables operators to cover more acres between fills and make the most of their time in the field.
- Members of Farmers for Sustainable Food (FSF) say the group continues to pick up momentum heading into 2022. Members, leaders and industry partners met for a first annual meeting Jan. 20 at the Dairy Strong conference. FSF membership has grown to 40, including 14 newcomers in 2021. By partnering with six farmer-led conservation groups across Wisconsin, FSF now works with 231 farmers who represent 288,925 acres and 243,720 head of livestock.
- Direct Enterprises, Inc. (DEI) and TerraMax, Eagan, Minn., announced a new strategic marketing agreement. Under the agreement, DEI will now carry TerraMax’s unique in-furrow product, MicroAZ-IF, a biological shown to enhance nutrient take-up and plant vigor in corn and soybeans.
- Meristem Crop Performance Group and Talc USA, have joined forces in a strategic product development agreement focused on using Talc USA’s world-class talc-graphite seed fluency platform to deliver a wide-range of new in-furrow products to boost crop performance and reduce crop nutrition costs.
- Abundant Robots – a startup automating the apple harvesting process to deliver high-quality produce to consumers – has launched to raise up to $20 million in seed capital via equity crowdfunding site WAX.
- New Holland Agriculture North America announced the U.S. launch of the world’s first production T6 Methane Power tractor. The launch is a culmination of a multiyear development project to create and bring to market a tractor lineup that furthers the use of more sustainable fuel sources in U.S. agriculture.
