The North American Bioeconomy Data Alliance (NABDA) is a new working group focused on feedstock management that debuted at the recent Tech Hub LIVE event in Des Moines. Spearheading the group are Joyce Hunter with Mission Critical and Kathleen Glass with AquaSpy, who also led a Roundtable Discussion on the topic at THL. NABDA is engaging industry partners help the …
Iowa Economic Development Spurs Sukup Innovations
Sukup Manufacturing Co., based in Sheffield, Iowa, has long been at the forefront of innovation since its inception in 1963. After Sukup aquired automation technologies company Ramco Innovations, the company announced the creation of Sukup Innovations in May of this year with the goal of bolstering agricultural innovation through automation. Renee Hansen, Sukup Manufacturing, External Relations Manager, and Megan Brandt, …
BioLumic Partners with Seed Companies for New Traits
BioLumic is partnering with Beck’s Hybrids, Peterson Corn Genetics, Peterson Farms Seed, Breeder Direct and other seed companies to use BioLumic’s Genetic Expression Trait™ light-activated technology on a wide range of inbred and hybrid corn lines aiming to enhance their productivity. BioLumic is the world’s only company treating seeds with light to activate genetic expression for new crop traits which …
Industry Groups Support Tech Hub LIVE
Supporting organizations are an important part of the success Tech Hub LIVE has become in just a few short years. This year’s supporters included the Agribusiness Association of Iowa, AgGateway, Agricultural Retailers Association, FIRA 2024, and Iowa Ag Expo 2025. “This meeting is the single best place I go to learn about what’s new in the industry,” said Daren Coppock, …
ZimmCast 733 – Farm Bill and AMS
Although Cindy and I got a little break from the agriblogging highway things got busy again. In this episode I’m going to share a few interviews that have a focus on a new Farm Bill. What do you think? Is it still possible this year or will it be sometime in 2025? You will hear different thoughts from Ted McKinney, …
2024 Ag Tech Awards of Excellence
The CropLife Ag Tech Awards of Excellence have honored individuals who demonstrate exceptional work in the use and adoption of precision and digital agriculture technologies and practices for over 15 years and once more Tech Hub LIVE was pleased to pay tribute to four more outstanding individuals this year. 12:21 Precision Crop Advisor/Entrepreneur of the Year – Lindsey Ross, Precision Ag …
Women in Ag Tech Meet Again
The third successful in-person meeting of the one-year-old Women in AgTech (WiAT) was held on Monday prior to the kick off of Tech Hub LIVE in Des Moines. Attendance at the WiAT was strong and very diverse, with first-time attendees, new women in the ag tech space, and plenty of experienced professionals to share their career journeys. Keynote speaker Wendy …
McKinney Keynotes Tech Hub LIVE
Attendees of Tech Hub LIVE in Des Moines this week were treated to a real TED Talk – given by the one and only Ted McKinney, who currently serves as CEO of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture, but has a background that started on the farm, moved into agribusiness, and then into government, as Indiana Director of …
U.S. Peanut Federation Policy Update
It was four years ago that the Southern Peanut Farmers Federation, the American Peanut Shellers Association and the National Peanut Buying Points Association joined together to create the United States Peanut Federation, which is piloted by long-time peanut industry lobbyist Bob Redding who provided a policy update at the recent Southern Peanut Growers Conference in Savannah. Besides the farm bill, …
Farm Financial Conditions are Rough
The House Agriculture Committee convened a hearing Tuesday to hear from farmers and rural lenders about the state of financial conditions in farm country. Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-PA) painted a depressing picture in his opening remarks. “Declining prices and cash receipts, escalating natural disasters, and increasing input costs have created a perfect storm that will compromise the foundation of …