Syngenta Group sales for full year 2022 were $33.4 billion, up $5.2 billion or 19 percent, year-on-year. Syngenta Crop Protection sales grew 27 percent to $12.6 billion in the first nine months of 2022. Syngenta Seeds sales grew 14 percent to $3.2 billion in the first nine months of 2022. The Nominations are now open for the Global Ag Tech …
Precision Ag News 3/15
The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) and the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) presented the sixth-annual Davidson Prize to the top three innovative products, selected from the AE50 honorees on March 9 during Commodity Classic in Orlando, Fla. Winning entries included: Precision Planting for the Radicle Agronomics system, which focuses on saving time and eliminating error-prone processes …
Precision Ag News 3/8
The National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) released policy recommendations for the 2023 Farm Bill. The recommendations were recently approved by NACD’s Board by Directors at NACD’s Annual Meeting in New Orleans. NACD’s most important priority is for Congress to keep conservation investments provided by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in farm bill conservation programs. Area farmers learned how farmers …
Phospholutions Launching RhizoSorb® at Classic
This week at Commodity Classic, Phospholutions is announcing the launch of RhizoSorb®, a new phosphate fertilizer technology now available for use in U.S. crop production. RhizoSorb® is a patented fertilizer additive with a novel mode of action for increasing efficiency of phosphorus fertilizers. Extensive university and multi-year field trials show how growers can achieve a 50% reduction in applied phosphorus …
Smartwyre Improves Data Health for Crop Input Supply Chain
Smartwyre™ is now offering enhanced technology features to help crop input manufacturers, distributors, and retailers better manage critical customer information to track sales transactions and rebate payments. “For over a decade, there has been an emphasis on technology investment at the grower and farmer level, but the agriculture input supply chain has been left behind. When the foundation of all …
SIMPAS-applied Solutions™ Adds MicroSync Pro® MINI
AMVAC® recently expanded the SIMPAS-applied Solutions™ portfolio with the addition of MicroSync Pro™ MINI. SIMPAS-applied Solutions (SaS™) are products that are prescriptively applied with patented SmartCartridge® container technology through the SIMPAS® application system to address unique agronomic needs. Multiple SaS products, such as insecticides, N-fixing solutions, nematicides, and nutrients, are delivered simultaneously, in-furrow, during planting. MicroSync Pro MINI is a …
Precision Ag News 3/1
AMVAC recently expanded the SIMPAS-applied Solutions portfolio with the addition of MicroSync Pro MINI. SIMPAS-applied Solutions (SaS) are products that are prescriptively applied with patented SmartCartridge container technology through the SIMPAS application system to address unique agronomic needs. Multiple SaS products, such as insecticides, N-fixing solutions, nematicides, and nutrients, are delivered simultaneously, in-furrow, during planting. Heading to Commodity Classic? Don’t …
Precision Ag News 2/22
NK Seeds revealed their soybean lineup for the 2023 growing season, offering a diverse soybean class with the trait choices farmers want and need, including Enlist E3 and XtendFlex soybean technologies. U.S. ag tractor sales finish January 2023 in the negative, while all segments of ag equipment grew in Canada according to the latest data from the Association of Equipment …
Precision Ag News 2/15
The Soil Health Institute announced a $300,000 grant from Wells Fargo to establish achievable levels of soil health and soil carbon for the Des Moines Lobe Region in Iowa. The agriculturally important region spans 7.75 million acres, including approximately 3.4 million acres in corn and 2.6 million acres in soybean production. At the National Association of Conservation District’s 77th Annual …
Innovar Ag Expands InnoSolve PKMe Globally
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 …