Traction Ag Inc., a leading provider of farm accounting and operations software, has just launched its latest billing integration with Keystone Cooperative. This new workflow enables Keystone Cooperative bills to sync directly into Traction Ag’s cloud-based platform, reducing manual data entry and ensuring accounting entries remain accurate and up to date. The integration addresses a major need for farmers by …
Alltech Honors Young Leaders at Ag Media Summit
At last week’s 2025 Ag Media Summit (AMS) in Rogers, Arkansas, four agricultural communications students were honored for their excellence, professionalism and leadership. These awards are made possible by the Livestock Publications Council (LPC) Student Award Program, sponsored by Alltech, which provides travel scholarships for four students to attend AMS. “Alltech is proud to support the next generation of agricultural …
ZimmCast 749 – Tech Hub LIVE 2025
In five short years, Tech Hub LIVE has already become the go-to meeting of the year for agricultural retailers and ag tech companies. In this edition of the ZimmCast, we hear from a couple of the CropLife Ag Tech Awards of Excellence winners this year – Aman Anand with Nutrien Ag Solutions and Iowa farmer April Hemmes, and we learn …
DWFI Podcast 44 – The Vadose Zone
The vadose zone is the area between crop roots and the water table, and is a critically important region for storage, transport and transformation of chemicals that can impact groundwater quality. In this episode of the Water for Food Podcast, host Frances Hayes talks with Arindam Malakar, a researcher with the Nebraska Water Center (NWC, a part of DWFI) who …
Ag Retailers Face Challenges on Federal Level
One of the Fireside Chats at last week’s Tech Hub LIVE focused on what’s happening inside the Beltway with Daren Coppock, president and CEO of the Agricultural Retailers Association. Coppock says one of the bigger issues is the impact the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) report released in May could have on the agricultural industry as a whole. “We’re all …
Tech Hub LIVE Farmer Panel Hits Home Run
The traditional Tech Hub LIVE closing farmer panel gave attendees the opportunity to get unfiltered and honest opinions on ag tech, AI, and retailer relationships in the real world. Moderated by Farm4Profit Podcast co-host Tanner Winterhof, the panel included three innovative Iowa farmers: April Hemmes, Hemmes Farms in Hampton, Iowa; Tanner Knupp, Knupp Farms in Southeast Iowa; and Jeremy Muff, …
Successful Tech Hub LIVE 2025 Concludes
The fifth annual Tech Hub LIVE Conference and Expo wrapped up another hugely successful event this week, ensuring they will be back again next year in Des Moines. The exhibit hall was packed this year with the latest and greatest in ag technology, including an impressive group of companies who were honored for being there all five years: AgVend, DTN, …
Alltech Gets USDA Grant for Biological Fertilizer Production
Alltech has been awarded a $2.34 million grant from the USDA’s Fertilizer Production Expansion Program (FPEP) to expand Alltech Crop Science’s (ACS) biological fertilizer production in Kentucky. The funding will support the construction of a new $4.6 million, 15,000-square-foot manufacturing facility dedicated to producing biological fertilizers and crop inputs. Located on the campus of Alltech’s global headquarters in Nicholasville, Kentucky, …
Agri-Access Supports Tech Hub LIVE and Women in Ag Tech
Agri-Access, part of Compeer Financial, partners with financial institutions, agri-fintechs and agricultural retailers to expand access to capital across rural America, and this year they were a major sponsor for both the Women in Ag Tech conference and Tech Hub LIVE 2025. Kelly Miller, Director of Agtech and Retail, says Women in Ag Tech is really important to them because …
Bonsai Robotics Acquires farm-ng
Bonsai Robotics Inc. (“Bonsai”), a leader in vision-based autonomy software for agriculture, today announced its acquisition of farm-ng Inc., a pioneer in modular electric robots for farm management. This brings together two of agtech’s most advanced and innovative companies to deliver powerful AI solutions that tackle the labor, cost, and efficiency challenges growers face today. The integration of Bonsai’s high-performance …