The International Poultry Expo now offers a Spanish website version. Syngenta in North America announced the EPA has granted registration approval for Lexar EZ and Lumax EZ herbicides. This week, Archer Daniels Midland Company will debut new offerings to keep farmers informed and to speed up crop insurance payments. The Pursuit of 300: The Road To Higher Yields is a …
Time for the Southern Peanut Growers Conference
The SPGC blog is ready for the 14th Annual Southern Peanut Growers Conference being held Thursday through Sunday, once again at the Edgewater Beach Resort, Panama City Beach, Fla. This will be the 5th year that the annual conference of peanut growers from Alabama, Florida, Georgia and Mississippi will be covered start to finish on this blog in photos, audio …
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The Sorghum Checkoff is launching a new program to develop the next generation of leaders for the sorghum industry and is seeking applications for its inaugural class. The Livestock Marketing Association is pleased to announce Tim Starks as President for the 2012-2014 term. Syngenta announced that the EPA has granted registration approval for two refuge-in-a-bag trait stacks: Agrisure Viptera 3220 …
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AgWeb recently launched the interactive Winter Wheat Harvest Map — updated daily — to give online users and followers a chance to see real-time wheat harvest results from across the country. Syngenta announced that it has entered into a barley breeding collaboration with InterGrain. BRANDT has named Dennis Salettel as new Business Development Manager for the company’s Turf and Ornamental …
Few Ag Names on Dot Domain List
There’s no dots for agriculture, corn, or cows on the list of nearly 2000 new generic top-level domain (or gTLD) name applications announced yesterday by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). There’s .beer but not .beef, there’s .porn but not .pork, there’s .soy but not .soybean. There is .farm on the list, by one of several companies …
Most Think Atrazine Settlement Good For Farmers
Our latest ZimmPoll asked the question, “Is Atrazine lawsuit settlement good for farmers?” We posed this question after a lawsuit against Syngenta related to the herbicide was settled with an offer of over $100 million by the company, even thought there has been no evidence of harm in drinking water caused by the product and the plaintiffs in the lawsuit …
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Syngenta announced a $63 million expansion project at their Phillips, Neb., corn production facility. ANIMART is pleased to announce the recent addition of Dan Ellsworth as President. Visit the new AgStock Images website, the world’s premier agricultural stock photography agency. Schrader Real Estate & Auction Company won the two top awards in the annual National Auctioneers Association-USA Today Marketing Competition.
Previewing 2012 Conservation in Action Tour
It’s registration time at the hotel desk for the 2012 Conservation in Action Tour. I spoke with Rex Martin, Syngenta, about the program we’re about to embark upon. Rex is the Chairman of the Board for the Conservation Information Technology Center and is pictured with CTIC staff. According to Rex this is the 5th annual conservation tour conducted by CTIC. …
Restaurants Should Seek Farmer/Vet Input
Our latest ZimmPoll asked the question, “Which group should restaurants consider experts on animal care?” Recently many folks in agriculture participated in an online thank you campaign for Domino’s Pizza. Why? Because the restaurant chain made a decision based on good humane animal practices and did not give in to the demands of the animal activist group HSUS. According to …
Atrazine Settlement a Relief for Farmers
Syngenta is hoping that a settlement reached last week over atrazine in water supplies will help the farmers who depend on the herbicide that is more than 50 years old. The proposed settlement agreement will cost the company $105 million and still requires court approval but the hope is that it will “end the uncertainty and expense of almost eight …