The 2025 World Pork Expo, hosted by the National Pork Producers Council, is set to bring the pork industry’s leading producers, suppliers and innovators together for two days of education, networking and business opportunities. Taking place June 4-5 at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines, Iowa, this year’s event promises a fresh lineup of industry insights, new programming and …
Victrato® Registration Expected This Year
Registration is expected in 2025 for Syngenta’s new seed treatment for soybeans and cotton called Victrato®. “This will be the first product that’s federally labeled for Red Crown Rot as a seed treatment,” said Seedcare Technical Product Lead Dale Ireland at last week’s Commodity Classic. “This will set a new level of protection against early season foliar diseases as well …
Industry Ag News 3/7
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins praised President Donald J. Trump’s action to make adjustments to tariffs imposed on imports from Canada and Mexico that fall under his historic United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) in addition to a reduction of tariffs on potash, a key ingredient in fertilizers that farmers depend on. The American Farm Bureau Federation and Alabama Farmers Federation …
BioLumic Launches 1st Commercial Light-Activated Seed Traits
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 (xTrait™) technology to the global seed industry, enabling new opportunities for enhanced crop performance. With this launch, BioLumic delivers a breakthrough in …
A Mile High 2025 Commodity Classic
The 2025 Commodity Classic attendance was surprisingly close to a record. The last number I heard on my way home was 11,368 but it could have grown higher on the last day. Last year was a record at 11,530. Some of us were a little concerned about weather but it was mostly very nice. A storm system moved in on …
Syngenta Offers Choices for Farmers
The Commodity Classic trade show saw thousands of farmers visit once again this year to learn what’s new in agriculture, and despite the tough farm economy, Syngenta’s Eric Boeck says the mood was hopeful. “While farmers are facing some challenges and there’s very little margin for error for farmers, we realize that and we want to be there side by …
Precision Ag News 3/5
The Agricultural Retailers Association and The Fertilizer Institute issued a joint statement regarding the Trump administration’s announcement on tariffs on imports of Canadian goods. American Seed Trade Association President & CEO Andy LaVigne issued a statement on the news of additional tariffs imposed between the United States and its trading partners. Agtools, a leading provider of innovative software solutions for …
Trump Says Tariffs May Require Adjustment Period
In his address to Congress Tuesday, President Donald Trump said farmers may have to “bear with” him when it comes to tariffs on agricultural products, but he promises it will be worth it. “A new trade policy will also be great for the American farmer. I love the farmer. We’ll now be selling it to our home market in the …
AEM Gives Ag Market Update at #Classic15
The agricultural equipment market is facing the same challenges the overall ag economy and a lot of it has to do with uncertainty, according to Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) Senior Vice President Curt Blades. “That uncertainty is leading to people feeling a little bit uncomfortable about making capital equipment purchases, so until we get rid of that uncertainty, that’s …
New Durastak Corn Trait Stack Approved by EPA
Syngenta’s latest innovative corn trait stack for corn rootworm protection, Durastak™, has been approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and will be available in hybrids from both the Golden Harvest® and NK® brands, and through independent seed companies for the 2027 season. Drew Showalter, Head of Corn Portfolio Strategy for Syngenta, is at Commodity Classic this week to talk …