Growing Matters’ annual BeSure! campaign has returned for the 2025 planting and growing season to promote proper stewardship efforts around the safe usage of crop protection products. Since its 2019 inception, the campaign has educated growers and applicators about best management practices when using neonicotinoid products in both agricultural and urban settings. Growers and retailers from across the U.S. and …
Syngenta Partners with Planet for Precision
A new partnership between Syngenta and Planet Labs PBC will allow farmers around the world to have comprehensive access to near-daily satellite imagery of their fields. The multi-year expansion of their strategic partnership enables farmers to remotely monitor crop health, detect pest infestations, and identify disease outbreaks. The high-resolution, commercially available satellite imagery is delivered to farmers globally as part …
Azotic Technologies Launches Grower-Retailer Advisory Panel
Growers and retailers from across the U.S. and Canada joined the Azotic North America leadership team recently to form the 2025 Envita Grower-Retailer Advisory Panel. The panel convened seven participants both in person and virtually to discuss challenges and opportunities for Envita in 2025 and beyond. Each panelist provided a unique perspective based on their geographical location of operation and …
Victrato® Registration Expected This Year
Registration is expected in 2025 for Syngenta’s new seed treatment for soybeans and cotton called Victrato®. “This will be the first product that’s federally labeled for Red Crown Rot as a seed treatment,” said Seedcare Technical Product Lead Dale Ireland at last week’s Commodity Classic. “This will set a new level of protection against early season foliar diseases as well …
BioLumic Launches 1st Commercial Light-Activated Seed Traits
BioLumic, the world’s only company programming seed traits with light, has launched its first commercial Trait Activation System at Gro Alliance’s seed production facility in Cuba City, Wisconsin. This milestone brings the BioLumic proprietary light-based Genetic Expression Trait (xTrait™) technology to the global seed industry, enabling new opportunities for enhanced crop performance. With this launch, BioLumic delivers a breakthrough in …
Syngenta Offers Choices for Farmers
The Commodity Classic trade show saw thousands of farmers visit once again this year to learn what’s new in agriculture, and despite the tough farm economy, Syngenta’s Eric Boeck says the mood was hopeful. “While farmers are facing some challenges and there’s very little margin for error for farmers, we realize that and we want to be there side by …
Precision Ag News 3/5
The Agricultural Retailers Association and The Fertilizer Institute issued a joint statement regarding the Trump administration’s announcement on tariffs on imports of Canadian goods. American Seed Trade Association President & CEO Andy LaVigne issued a statement on the news of additional tariffs imposed between the United States and its trading partners. Agtools, a leading provider of innovative software solutions for …
Precision Ag News 2/26
The National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) announced the winners of the 2024 Photo and Poster Contests during the association’s 79th Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City, UT. The photo contest, open to amateur photographers in both youth and adult divisions, attracted entries of images reflecting the themes of “Agriculture and Conservation Across America,” “Close-Up Conservation,” “Conservation in Action,” and …
AgGateway Releases Updated Modus v2
AgGateway has released an updated version of Modus, the most widely used lab test data exchange standard in the agriculture industry. Modus v2 offers enhanced test method lists allowing soil test labs, retailers, researchers, software providers, and suppliers a more accurate and seamless way to exchange lab test data. The original Modus system was independently released in 2014 and rapidly …
Groundwork BioAg Expands Rootella Portfolio
Groundwork BioAg, the leading manufacturer of mycorrhizal inoculants, will be feature its Rootella portfolio products at next week’s Commodity Classic in Denver. The portfolio includes Rootella L, Rootella X, and the newly released Rootella Forte powder, which are designed to extend plant root systems, significantly improving nutrient uptake and crop resilience. Importantly, farmers using Rootella have reported phosphorus application reductions …