Precision Ag News 7/12

Carrie Muehling

  • Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Rostin Behnam announced the second voluntary carbon markets convening will be held on Wednesday, July 19 at the CFTC’s Washington, D.C. headquarters at 11:30 a.m.
  • Verdesian Life Sciences recently finished in the top three for a BioAg Innovator Award at the BioAgTech World Congress for its newest Phosphorus efficiency technology, the soon-to-be-released Phree-uP. This new product builds upon the long line of Verdesian Phophorus products such as AVAIL and AVAIL T5 with technology that protects applied Phosphorus from being tied up in the soil while also making the Phosphorus already in the soil more available to the plant.
  • Huma, a company regarded for developing innovative humic solutions and technologies to support regen ag and soil health initiatives, has appointed two new members to its board of directors. This includes Chief Marketing Officer Fred Nichols and Chief Financial Officer Steve Lunt, effective immediately.
  • The Center for Food and Agricultural Business has once again partnered with the American Seed Trade Association to present the 2023 ASTA Management Academy. The academy’s unique delivery approach, a blend of asynchronous online and in-person aspects, will take place on Purdue University’s West Lafayette campus August 15-17.
  • Sentera announces the launch of its Crop Damage analytics to empower researchers, product developers, retail ag advisors, and crop insurance professionals to make critical decisions about mitigation strategies for key weather events.
  • Indigo Ag announced a program with Consolidated Grain and Barge Co., a subsidiary of CGB Enterprises, Inc., designed to quantify the environmental benefits of sustainably grown crops sourced by CGB.
  • The pilot episode of Destination Regeneration, a regenerative agriculture docuseries from the Soil Health Academy, has been selected for the prestigious Breck Film Festival and the South Dakota Film Festival, the non-profit organization announced.
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