Registration is officially open for the 2024 VISION Conference taking place January 22-24, 2024, in Glendale, Arizona. The VISION Conference is the premier event where forward-thinking executives of the ag tech community come together to chart the strategic roadmap for the adoption of the latest innovative technologies and systems, with a focus on the drivers that will transform the agribusiness industry within three to five years.
AGI announced the appointment of Kate Glasser to the position of Executive Vice President, Global Operations. This is a new leadership role at AGI. Kate will lead and manage AGI’s global business functions including product management, sales execution, manufacturing, supply chain, and engineering.
Syngenta, a member of The Sustainability Consortium (TSC), announces alignment of their Sustainable Outcomes in Agriculture (SOA) standard with TSC’s THESIS, or The Sustainability Insight System, for a turn-key sustainability solution designed specifically for growers. Enabled through an easy-to-use mobile application, Cropwise Sustainability, Syngenta’s SOA standard is a framework for continuous improvement – allowing any grower or supply chain company to seamlessly track and communicate their progress in adopting regenerative practices.
CNH continues to support the acceleration of smart harvesting technologies with a minority investment in the California-based start-up Advanced Farm Technologies, which specializes in the robotic harvesting of apples, strawberries and other fruits. The two businesses will partner to drive industry and ecosystem innovation by collaborating across R&D and commercialization.
GDM announced that it signed an agreement to acquire all of Biotrigo, a leading wheat breeding company in South America. The acquisition, which depends on approval by the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) in Brazil and the National Commission for the Defense of Competition in Argentina, represents an opportunity for innovation for U.S. farmers and multipliers, as well as development possibilities for employees of both companies with potential growth opportunities at GDM’s four U.S.-based research and development stations located in Gibson City, Illinois; Jonesboro, Arkansas; Des Moines, Iowa; and Hutchinson, Minnesota.
As farmers reflect on the season and evaluate input decisions from the combine cab, they can use the TruChoice offer to help maximize their budget and plans for next year. The TruChoice offer is now open for the 2024 growing season, providing farmers with opportunities to earn upfront savings or finance their crop protection needs to help improve cash flow next year.
Valent U.S.A. LLC announced the release of its fiscal year 2022 Sustainability Report. The comprehensive report reflects the company’s commitment to sustainable agriculture and its contributions to the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), specifically focusing on Zero Hunger, Quality Education, Gender Equality, Industry Innovation and Infrastructure and Responsible Consumption and Production.
Priva and IUNU announced that they have expanded their ongoing partnership to focus on AI-driven growing. Combining their complementary strengths to give growers the advanced, flexible oversight and control they need to run their operations their own way, now and in the future.
Members of the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement (LGMA) will adopt Western Growers‘ proprietary GreenLink data sharing platform to collect and analyze food safety data.
