Syngenta’s PLINAZOLIN® technology has received registration from the Environmental Protection Agency and is now available for use, subject to state approvals. PLINAZOLIN technology will power five separate insecticide products for use in corn, cotton, vegetables, tree fruit, cereals and more. Growers can purchase the new active ingredient for the 2026 growing season as a seed treatment, soil-applied insecticide or foliar-applied …
The Latest from AgGateway
The AgGateway annual meeting last month in Clearwater, Florida was a great time for members to get caught up on what the organization has accomplished in the past year. Chief Technology Officer Jim Wilson says a big focus of AgGateway in the past year has been the growth of the ADAPT Standard, which is being adopted throughout the industry. “We …
GROWMARK Brings Leadership to AgGateway
As one of North America’s agricultural cooperative systems, serving more than 250,000 individual farmers, GROWMARK is one of the most active companies involved in AgGateway. GROWMARK Senior Agronomy Portfolio Technology Manager Zach Leiser says AgGateway’s work is critically important to what they are able to do for their farmer members. “Because our network of companies is so vast, we’ve got …
Progressive Crop Solutions Launches 21AG
Agronomy consulting firm Progressive Crop Solutions has announced the launch of 21AG, an advanced data synthesis and action planning tool designed to solve the critical challenge of data fragmentation, enabling farmers to boost profitability and increase crop yields. Available exclusively through Progressive Crop Solutions’ integrated consulting service, 21AG has the ability to compile all layers of agronomic data, including soil …
AgGateway Board Member from Brazil in Action
This year’s AgGateway Annual Meeting was a first for Marcelo Abreu of Venturus and he was pleased to be honored for his work for the organization in Brazil with the AgGateway in Action award for the Latin America Region. “It was a surprise. I really didn’t know that I was going to be nominated,” said Abreu, who also was nominated …
Acquisition Unites Farm Accounting Software Leaders
Two leaders in farm accounting software are being united under an acquisition announced today. Traction Ag, the leading farm accounting platform built for production row crop operations, today announced the acquisition of PcMars, a trusted desktop-based accounting system used by over 7,000 farms across the U.S. “PcMars has been a rock-solid product for farm bookkeepers for decades,” said Dustin Sapp, …
Land O’Lakes and Microsoft Partner for AI Innovation in Agriculture
Land O’Lakes Inc. and Microsoft today announced a multiyear strategic alliance, marking a new chapter in their shared commitment to agricultural innovation. Building on five years of successful collaboration, the alliance will focus on co-developing AI-powered tools including a digital assistant called “Oz.” This assistant is built on models within Azure AI Foundry and uses Land O’Lakes agricultural data to …
Syngenta Turns 25
Syngenta is celebrating its 25th anniversary this month, created in 2000 with the merger of Novartis and AstraZeneca, and built on a legacy extending back more than 250 years to the Swiss chemical company Geigy founded in 1758. Today, Syngenta Crop Protection includes a robust portfolio of approximately 37 seed treatments, 54 herbicides, 44 fungicides and 21 insecticides, with several …
Syngenta Opens Cropwise Digital Platform to Developers
Syngenta announced this week the opening of its CROPWISE™ AI-powered platform for farmers to third-party developers worldwide. The launch of the Cropwise Open Platform is designed to accelerate the digital transformation of agriculture by enabling innovators to integrate advanced agronomic models into new tools and applications — helping farmers benefit from smarter, connected agricultural technologies. New research from IPSOS, conducted …
Verditex Unveils Next-Gen Precision Tech at Agritechnica
At Agritechnica 2025 this week, smart ag solutions provider Verditex has unveiled two new flagship products which are part of an extensive product suite, each designed to deliver a significant leap in performance and reliability. The Verditex FMA300 Pro Agriculture Auto Steering System is the next-generation evolution of Verditex’s proven FMA300 platform. It inherits the core capabilities that make the …