Innovar Ag is pleased to announce that InnoSolve PKMe, a recently introduced biodegradable nutrient enhancer, is set to expand global supply due to excellent results and additional manufacturing capability at its Illinois-based production location. This expansion will allow fertilizer manufacturers, distributors, dealers and farmers to provide a proven efficiency solution which is profitable for the entire chain. “We are pleasantly …
GreenPoint Ag Embracing Data Challenges
“Advancing Agribusiness: Embracing the Challenges Ahead” was the title of the keynote address at this week’s AgGateway Annual Conference presented by Jeff Blair, President and CEO of GreenPoint Ag, a retail operation serving farmers across 10 southern states. Based in Decatur, Alabama, GreenPoint Ag operates 114 retail and wholesale agronomy locations in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, …
Custom Agronomics Partners with Inverness Graham
Custom Agronomics, Inc., a provider of private-labeled liquid plant nutrition and other specialty products for agriculture, turf and ornamental markets, has announced a partnership with Inverness Graham Investments. Company co-founders Michael Williams and Brian Scott will continue running the business. “We look forward to collaborating with the team at Inverness Graham to further expand our offerings and capabilities for both …
Agronomy in Action 2022 Research Review Explained
Golden Harvest is working to help growers better understand how specific hybrids respond to different management practices. After surveying 100 random Midwest growers, the company learned that 84 percent believe having access to hybrid specific information is extremely important. But, only slightly more than half said they were not managing their hybrids down to that level. Golden Harvest has an …
Concept AgriTek Field Day Showcases Product Successes
Concept AgriTek recently held its 2022 field day at the Seyer Farm in Oran, Missouri to showcase leading research on the company’s micronutrient and biological product portfolio and answer questions farmers have regarding implementing plans that include biology and micronutrient management. “We decided a couple of years ago, that if we were going to do plots, we were going to …
Syngenta Agronomy Alert – DuracadeViptera Success
Corn rootworm is one of the primary insect pests, costing growers an estimated $1 billion annually in lost yields and control measures. I talked with Bruce Battles, technical agronomy manager for Syngenta to describe how bad it is and what his suggestions are for growers in this current season. He specifically talks about the successes growers have had using Syngenta’s …
Plant Response Announces New Team Members
(Research Triangle Park, NC) — Plant Response Inc. announces new team members joining the company as its biologicals business continues to grow. Matt Sowder is the company’s new director of global agronomy. Sowder is responsible for building and leading Plant Responses global agronomy team to support new product development, assessment, and trialing as well as positioning and training as product …
Field Notes from Koch Agronomic Services – Episode 19
The Field Notes podcast series from Koch Agronomic Services (Koch) breaks down the science and technology behind agronomy to help growers do more with less. The experts we’ve heard from on our previous episodes have covered topics ranging from how different crops use nitrogen to the 4R’s of Nutrient Stewardship and how growers and retailers work together to choose the …
SEED+™ GRAPHITE Shows Results
Verdesian Life Sciences wants to show farmers how SEED+™ GRAPHITE with corn can average a 10% yield increase. SEED+™ GRAPHITE is a nutritional seed treatment that improves germination, crop emergence, seedling vigor, and plant tolerance under abiotic stress, leading to higher yields. Product Manager Joe Vaillancourt and Mike Canady, Director of Agronomy, held a virtual media day recently to introduce …
Benson Hill and CropTrak Collaborate for Sustainability and Innovation
Benson Hill, Inc. today announced a relationship with CropTrak that allows them to accelerate collection of agronomic data to improve product performance and farm sustainability. The CropTrak relationship provides the technological infrastructure to accelerate this connection and further positions Benson Hill as a leader, providing the ingredients needed to deliver more healthy and sustainable food and feed products. “Our collaboration …