Case IH is doubling down on power and productivity at AGRITECHNICA 2025 in Hanover, Germany this week. From the Case IH Steiger® 785 Quadtrac®, to the new Optum series Optum™ 440, as well as the Farmall® 120 M, and the completely reimagined Puma® 185, every machine is designed to push performance forward. The new Steiger® 785 Quadtrac® increases the iconic …
CruiserMaxx Vibrance Elite Receives EPA Registration
Syngenta’s latest offering for cereals, CruiserMaxx® Vibrance® Elite seed treatment, has been registered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and will now be available for use in the upcoming growing season. The fungicide and insecticide seed treatment premix is an upgraded formulation of CruiserMaxx Vibrance Cereals designed to deliver early-season disease and insect protection. Syngenta spotlighted the product at the …
Precision Ag News 11/6
Syngenta Group announced financial results for the third quarter and the first nine months of 2025. Sales for the third quarter 2025 were $6.4 billion, down six percent compared to the prior year. Sales for Syngenta Crop Protection were three percent higher at $9.8 billion in the first nine months of 2025. Overall conditions in Crop Protection continue to improve …
AI and Future-Ready Agriculture
Tami Craig Shilling retired earlier this year after 35 years with Monsanto/Bayer, but she is not done working. “I’m advising some ag tech organizations and spending some time volunteering to build some generative AI benchmarking efforts in the industry,” she said during an interview at this week’s AgGateway Annual Meeting. At the same time, Shilling is still living on a …
AgGateway Keynote: AI Playbook for Ag
Preston Fay with the global management consulting firm Kearney gave the keynote presentation this week at the 2025 AgGateway Annual Meeting and Conference, offering what he called a Practical AI Playbook for Ag. Fay says right now is agriculture’s iPhone moment. “So we have this really interesting situation where we’re using AI in a lot of ways in the ag …
State of AgGateway at 20 Years
All this year, AgGateway has been celebrating two decades of achievement in fulfilling its core mission: To develop the resources and relationships that drive digital connectivity in global agriculture and related industries. This celebration is reaching its peak this week at the North America Annual Conference in Clearwater, and at the 20 year mark, AgGateway president and CEO Brent Kemp …
Precision Ag News 10/31
Inari, the SEEDesign™ company, announced that Lisa Nunez Safarian has been appointed Inari’s new chief executive officer, effective Nov. 4. Safarian will replace the interim CEO, Ignacio Martinez. Safarian previously spent more than 30 years building Monsanto’s $12 billion seeds, traits, licensing and crop protection businesses before transitioning to President, Crop Science North America for Bayer as part of the …
SAN Agrow Announces Launch of Duralev™ Fungicide
Following the recent signing of a distribution agreement with Agrauxine, SAN Agrow crop protection company announces the launch of Duralev™, a breakthrough preventative foliar fungicide that strengthens the company’s sustainable solutions portfolio ahead of the 2026 season. Duralev represents a new class of crop protection tools. Unlike conventional fungicides, it is composed of a non-living organism that activates the plant’s …
Agtonomy Secures Funding for Physical AI Adoption
Ag software and services company Agtonomy has secured $18 million series B funding to accelerate physical AI adoption in agriculture and other off-road industries. This investment was led by DBL Partners, a pioneering double bottom line venture capital firm renowned for early investments in Tesla, SpaceX, and Farmers Business Network, with participation from new investor Nuveen, one of the world’s …
DWFI Podcast 46 – Nebraska Know Your Well Youth Program
This episode of the Water for Food Podcast explores a unique initiative that puts water quality testing directly into the hands of high school students across Nebraska. Sara Brock-Contreras, a PhD student advised by Dr. Dan Snow, joins us to discuss her work on the Know Your Well program — an innovative educational and participatory science effort that equips students …