Global agriculture technology leader Corteva announced that its Board of Directors has unanimously approved a plan to separate the company into two independent, publicly traded companies, one comprising its current Crop Protection business and the other comprising its current Seed business.
GreenLight Biosciences announced the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s registration of Norroa, the first-ever nature-based treatment specifically designed to combat varroamites, the leading threat to honey bee colonies. This groundbreaking innovation provides beekeepers with a powerful new tool proven to protect these pollinators, which are critical to U.S. agriculture.
John Deere announced it is expanding its iconic Gator™ utility vehicle lineup with the introduction of the all-electric Gator GX and GX Crew, built for reliable and quiet performance across residential, rural and light-duty commercial jobs.
InnerPlant, the seed technology company engineering crops that communicate their needs, announced the world’s first real-time detection of an early fungal infection in soybeans through its CropVoice™ disease alert network currently deployed across Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota.
Nutrien Ag Solutions has expanded the capabilities of its Nutrien HUB, an online portal designed to bring retail services, agronomic recommendations, environmental insights, and financing together in one streamlined platform for U.S. farmers. This innovative tool offers a faster, simpler, and more connected way for farmers to manage their operations.
Corn rootworms, pests responsible for billions of dollars in yearly crop losses, are evolving resistance that weakens even the latest biotechnology controls, according to a new study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Drawing on decades of data across multiple states, University of Arizona entomologists found that field-evolved resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis, or Bt, is undermining the effectiveness of corn that targets rootworms with the combination of Bt and RNA interference, or RNAi, a new biotech control that turns the rootworms’ own genetic instructions against them.
Registration is now open for the ARA Management Academy, happening January 20-22, 2026, at Arizona State University in Tempe, AZ. Offered in partnership with the Agricultural Retailers Associations and ASU’s W.P. Carey School of Business, this three-day program provides ag retail professionals with the tools to lead with confidence, create value and deliver results.
