Ethanol Report From Farm Progress Show

Cindy Zimmerman

It was a beautiful week in Boone, Iowa for the Farm Progress Show, the nation’s largest outdoor ag show. It is a show that the Renewable Fuels Association always attends because it brings out farmers from all over the ethanol-producing part of the country to see what’s new in the industry. RFA displayed its custom Flex Fuel Plug-in Hybrid Electric …

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Syngenta Offers Better Yield as the Better Deal

Cindy Zimmerman

Syngenta’s theme at the Farm Progress Show last week was Better Yield is the Better Deal, which technical development lead Dean Grossnickle explains is putting the right products on that acre to maximize yield, maximize performance and maximize that return on investment. “So it all starts with that weed control platform, putting down a product that is going to the …

Agribusiness, AgWired Precision, Audio, Crop Protection, Farm Progress Show, Fungicide, Herbicide, Syngenta

GHX 2.0 with Cropwise AI Offers Answers

Cindy Zimmerman

At Farm Progress Show last week, Golden Harvest/GHX celebrated the launch of the GHX™ 2.0 app with new Cropwise™ AI, which gives users the ability to ask and get answers to the toughest product and agronomic questions while simplifying the way they manage data, according to Justin Welch, Syngenta Seeds, Head of Decision Ag. “Two years ago we were here …

AgWired Precision, AI, Audio, Golden Harvest, Seed, Syngenta

Alliance Seeks to Control Weeds, Not Farming

Cindy Zimmerman

The Modern Ag Alliance, led by Bayer, was launched earlier this year to advocate for farmers’ access to safe and effective pesticides. The coalition of over 85 agricultural groups supports science-based regulation and labeling of crop protection tools that are essential for food production and sustainability and their rallying cry is “Control Weeds Not Farming.” Bayer sponsored a panel at …

Agribusiness, AgWired Precision, Audio, Bayer, Corn, Crop Protection, Farm Progress Show

Future is Bright for Syngenta Seeds

Cindy Zimmerman

The head of North America Seeds for Syngenta is pleased with the latest innovations in their brand offerings and looking forward to future advancements. “We’re really looking forward to 2025 and 2026 being a really innovative year set of years for Syngenta,” said Erik Boeck during an interview at Farm Progress Show this week. “We introduced a new worm stack …

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Syngenta Excited For New SCN Seed Treatment

Cindy Zimmerman

At Farm Progress Show this week, Syngenta was promoting its highly anticipated seed treatment for soybeans and cotton using TYMIRIUM® technology, called Victrato. With approval by EPA for registration anticipated by the 2025 growing season, the new seed treatment will introduce targeted technology to stop nematodes, Sudden Death Syndrome, and Cotton Root Rot without harming beneficial organisms. “Its wheelhouse is …

AgWired Precision, Audio, Cotton, Farm Progress Show, Soybean, Syngenta, Technology

Ayrstone® Announces Higher-speed AyrMesh® HubDuo

Cindy Zimmerman

Ayrstone® announces availability of a new higher-speed AyrMesh® Hub – the AyrMesh® HubDuo. Thousands of farmers and ranchers across the United States and Canada have already discovered how easy it is to have an outdoor WiFi network on their property with Ayrstone AyrMesh products. The new AyrMesh HubDuo is the first Hub to use dual-band technology to deliver very high-speed …

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Vilsack Hopeful for 45Z Guidance by 2025

Cindy Zimmerman

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack addressed members of the American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) last week and thanked them for the work they have been doing on the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP), which is helping to set the stage for 45Z tax credit guidance. The RCCP started in South Dakota in 2021 and recently received a $35 million investment through …

ACE, Audio, Ethanol, SAF, USDA

Would Vilsack Serve Another Term?

Cindy Zimmerman

At the end of the current administration, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack will have served in that role for 12 years under two different presidents. But that’s only second best. The record – actually for any cabinet member – is held by James “Tama Jim” Wilson, the fourth secretary of agriculture who served for 16 years under three presidents. First …

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