The Biden-Harris Administration announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) supported more than 23,000 climate-focused conservation contracts funded by the Inflation Reduction Act. These investments cover over 11 million acres in fiscal year 2024, contributing to the highest total investment in private lands conservation in any year in the history of USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). The Biden-Harris Administration’s Inflation Reduction Act, the largest investment in climate action in history, bolstered funding for NRCS’ in-demand conservation programs for climate-smart practices on farms, ranches, and forests. NRCS also released updated state-by-state data showing where financial assistance went in fiscal year 2024 for resources provided under both the Farm Bill and Inflation Reduction Act.
The Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA) honored Ernie Chappell with the Jack Eberspacher Lifetime Achievement Award for his decades of leadership in ag retail. Chappell received ARA’s highest individual honor during ARA’s Conference & Expo general session attended by more than 600 agricultural professionals.
The California Energy Commission (CEC) recently published the project report by AgMonitor Inc. on “Programmable Irrigation and Fertigation to Increase Energy Efficiency and Grid Stability in Disadvantaged Agricultural Communities.” The AI-powered platform integrates multiple data sets and domain expertise to boil down complex processes, such as scheduling irrigation or maintaining solar panels, into simple answers in English or Spanish across farming operations.
OPI, the global leader in grain storage management, is proud to be celebrating its 40th year of business delivering advanced technology to farmers and commercial grain operations.
Syngenta Crop Protection has reached a new milestone in its collaboration with AI-informed crop health company Enko to discover novel weed control molecules, advancing efforts to bring much-needed innovation in herbicide technology to farmers. The collaboration targets a new Mode of Action, which is the way the herbicide controls susceptible plants. The discovery of new leads targeting this MoA was made using Enko’s ENKOMPASS platform, which reduces time and cost compared to conventional agricultural R&D approaches.
With reports of high disease outbreaks in 2024, and the World Meteorological Organization (WO) predicting a 60 percent chance of La Niña1 weather in 2025, this could lead to cooler conditions. If this happens, soybean growers will need to be prepared for any weather condition or disease outbreak next season. Thanks to continued research into Saltro fungicide seed treatment, Syngenta has confirmed an additional way for soybean growers to unlock soybean yield potential, as well as their ROI potential, regardless of early-season pressure.
Within the portfolio of the National Corn Growers Association‘s (NCGA) Research and New Uses Action Team, the Research Ambassador program aims to build a network of future leaders in the agricultural sector. To qualify, students must demonstrate academic excellence, leadership potential, and be involved in research relevant to corn production.
Natural pet food brand NUTRO, proudly part of the Mars family of brands, is announcing the recipients of this year’s Soil Growth Grants totaling $300,000. As part of the GREATER GROUND initiative, Soil Growth Grants help select farmers within the NUTRO supply network with the transition costs needed to implement healthy soil practices.
BKT, a leading multinational company in the Off-Highway tire industry, renews its partnership with GIANTS Software and returns to star in Farming Simulator 25, the eagerly anticipated new edition of the popular video game saga.
MyLand, a soil health company, is proud to announce that its revolutionary microalgae-based Soil as a Service is now compatible with organic growing standards and has received California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF) approval.
Now farmers can access tied-up phosphorus in their soil through the new enzyme mode of action in PHOSFORCE™ nutrient enhancer from Koch Agronomic Services. This novel phosphorus use efficiency product works immediately to create more plant-available phosphorus in soils, resulting in optimal crop root systems, increased yield and improved soil fertility and health in row crops and more.
