Growing Matters’ annual BeSure! campaign has returned for the 2025 planting and growing season to promote proper stewardship efforts around the safe usage of crop protection products. Since its 2019 inception, the campaign has educated growers and applicators about best management practices when using neonicotinoid products in both agricultural and urban settings.
Growers and retailers from across the U.S. and Canada joined the Azotic North America leadership team at the end of February to form the 2025 Envita Grower-Retailer Advisory Panel.
Lindsay Corporation, a leading global manufacturer and distributor of irrigation and infrastructure equipment and technology, is honored to announce that FieldNET Advisor™ – Whole Farm Water Management has earned the 2025 AE50 award from the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE). A whole farm water management solution, FieldNET Advisor simplifies irrigation decisions for growers with real-time data and a simplified subscription.
BioLumic, the world’s only company programming seed traits with light, has launched its first commercial Trait Activation System at Gro Alliance’s seed production facility in Cuba City, Wisconsin. This milestone brings the BioLumic proprietary light-based Genetic Expression Trait technology to the global seed industry, enabling new opportunities for enhanced crop performance.
Nutrien Ag Solutions is excited to announce the 2024 winners of its Sustainable Success Champion program and acknowledge Dyna-Gro Seed customers who placed in national and company-based high-yield contests.
SweetWater Technologies is proud to announce a powerful new addition to its crop input arsenal, DRONEZONE™ RECHARGED. As a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)-registered* plant growth regulator, DRONEZONE RECHARGED can provide up to 30 days of natural defense and abiotic stress resistance compared to the traditional two-week standard for stress mitigation. When added to SweetWater Technologies’ two-pass drone application program, row crop growers can see up to 60 days of defense, extending yield fortification, providing operational efficiency, and maximizing return on investment.
Gro Alliance and Dymaxion Labs are pleased to announce a strategic collaboration to enhance the Independent Professional Seed Association (IPSA) Seed Treatment Trials. Beginning this season, the trials will be hosted on Dymaxion Labs’ Good Seed platform, introducing advanced data analytics and streamlined trial management to provide deeper insights for participants.
Four new research and outreach projects have been funded with $5.1 million through the Agricultural Climate Resiliency Program, a partnership among Michigan State University, the Michigan Plant Coalition, and the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD).
Verinomics, a leader in agricultural genomics and gene editing, today unveiled two breakthrough platforms designed to accelerate specialty crop innovation: Genesis™, a transgene-free gene editing platform, primarily for vegetatively propagated crops and Genova™, a genomic-driven breeding acceleration platform for both seed and vegetatively propagated crops. Together, these technologies streamline trait discovery and product development, delivering high-value, market-ready crops faster than ever before.
Just one season into its commercial release, NewLeaf Symbiotics’ EPA-registered bioinsecticide TS201 – scientifically-proven to repel corn rootworm – is turning heads and yield monitors. Planted on nearly 450,000 acres in 2024, this first-of-its-kind biocontrol option delivered an average 9 bu/A* yield advantage over Grower Standard Practice. These results demonstrate the data-backed, performance-driven biologicals the industry has come to expect from NewLeaf’s industry-leading PPFM technology (Pink-Pigmented Facultative Methylotrophs).
