The 2024 Tech Hub LIVE Conference and Expo, powered by CropLife Media Group®, is just around the corner now, scheduled for July 29-31 at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines. Lara Sowinski, Crop Life Group Editor for Meister Media Worldwide, says this will be the fourth year for the event that continues to grow. “As we evolve, we see …
MyLand Adds Algae Operations & Innovation Director
Soil health company MyLand announces that Mike LaMont has joined the company as Senior Director, Algae Operations & Innovation. With nearly three decades of excellence in biotechnology and algae innovation, LaMont will oversee algae and lab operations, leading a diverse team of scientists and engineering staff on the Operations team. He will also spearhead MyLand’s research and development initiatives to …
Pivot Bio Releases 2023 Impact Report
Since 2022, Pivot Bio customers have reduced carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) emissions by over 932,000 metric tons (MT), according to the company’s 2023 impact report. The report looks back on 2023 and provides in-depth evidence demonstrating the critical role microbial nitrogen plays in permanent on-farm decarbonization. Last year alone, growers who used Pivot Bio products avoided the emission of more …
Alltech Introducing Levelset™ at World Pork Expo
As the 2024 World Pork Expo gets underway this week in Des Moines, producers will be able to learn about an innovative solution designed to reinforce gut health in pigs from Alltech called Levelset™. In addition, Alltech will be hosting a business seminar at Expo on the U.S. pork industry’s role in global trade, animal health, and sustainability. Levelset consists …
DPH Biologicals Unveils New Technology Platform
DPH Biologicals has announced its new Prime platform to deliver next generation biologicals with an expanded portfolio. The platform uses a patented production process for Bacillus spp., a leading plant growth rhizobacterium, to accelerate the germination of bacteria spores, supporting overall plant development while providing crops with more consistent resilience against heat, drought, and alkaline and saline soil conditions. “Historically …
AgGateway Mid-Year Meeting Preview
The AgGateway Mid-Year Meeting is coming up June 10-12 in Altoona, Iowa. AgGateway Executive VP & COO Jeremy Wilson says this meeting is where the organization’s work of digital connectivity gets done. “We have a lot of different working groups that meet and work on different items that we have as priorities right now the and we have a wide …
Ethanol Report on Days of Summer
When it’s summertime, the driving is easier with ethanol. As millions of Americans are looking ahead to summer vacations and family road trips, high fuel prices may be a concern, but ethanol is helping to keep prices lower than they might be otherwise, and the Renewable Fuels Association notes that higher ethanol blends like E15 and E85 offer even lower …
Central Stockyards Prepares for Canadian Expansion
Central Stockyards, LLC, a livestock marketing service that hosts the weekly Fed Cattle Exchange, has expanded its team and is preparing for the addition of Canadian feedyard and packer participation in its weekly sales. Brent Difley has been named Business Development Director for Canada. In this role, he will be responsible for working with Canadian feedyards and packers to market …
Gearing up for Tech Hub LIVE 2024
The 2024 Tech Hub LIVE Conference and Expo, powered by CropLife Media Group®, will be taking place July 29-31, 2024, at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines. Tech Hub LIVE has become the leading event for advancing data-driven agriculture, attracting a diverse group of stakeholders, including ag retailers, distributors, consultants, manufacturers, and other key players in the ag supply …
NAFB Names Gardner Hatch as Executive Director
The new executive director of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting (NAFB) is a name well-known in the agricultural marketing world – Gardner Hatch. Hatch brings 30-plus years of experience in public relations, agriculture marketing, and strategic communications to the role, having worked with some of the ag industry’s leading companies. Most recently, he was strategic marketing lead at Woodruff, …