Sen. Fischer Addresses Farm Crisis on Senate Floor
During a speech on the Senate floor Monday, Senator Deb Fischer (R-NE) addressed the economic crisis facing ag producers across America, stressing the need for long-term solutions for farmers and ranchers.
“Producers of corn, soybeans, and other top commodities are under crushing pressure. Rising input costs and uncertainty have driven farm finances to levels reminiscent of the 1980s crisis, which bankrupted thousands and hollowed out rural communities,” said Fischer.
Fischer highlighted that Congress must work to build new markets through both increased exports and the year-round, nationwide sale of E15. “That’s why I reintroduced my Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act earlier this year. When I first introduced this bill nearly a decade ago, it felt like an uphill climb. Today, momentum is finally on our side.”
Listen to Fischer’s comments here:
Sen. Deb Fischer - senate floor speech 6:56
Summit Agro USA Unveils BioPowered™ Portfolio
Summit Agro USA today announced the launch of its BioPowered™ product portfolio, marking a major evolution in the company’s lineup of innovative crop protection and field health solutions.
“Today’s action aligns with our mission to help growers maximize profitability by improving both crop and field health,” said Justin Gayliard, CEO of Summit Agro USA. “This forward-looking strategy was honed through extensive conversations with customers and partners across the U.S., and it will guide our team as we continue building a portfolio of next-generation biological technologies combined with cutting-edge synthetic ones.”
Summit Agro’s BioPowered products leverage the power of biological chemistries to achieve higher yields, reduce risk, maintain healthier fields and improve profitability. They easily fit into existing programs, complementing diverse production practices while addressing key grower challenges such as resistance management, chemical load, residue levels and sustainability. Above all, they have been proven highly effective in hundreds of field trials over several years.
“This is a new era of agricultural chemistry,” Gayliard added. “We have reached a point where we have biologically derived active ingredients able to be combined with lower volumes of conventional actives to bring consistency and performance in a way growers expect. With our BioPowered products, growers gain impactful solutions backed by science, not speculation.”
The current Summit Agro BioPowered portfolio includes the BioPowered fungicides Regev and Regev HBX. Summit Agro has other biologically derived actives which perform exceedingly well and are being developed into future BioPowered Chemistry. These include fungicides Timorex ACT and Aviv; Seican insecticide; and biostimulants Tarma and Spurt.
More information on BioPowered products can be found at www.summitagro-usa.com.
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Preview of the AgGateway Annual Meeting
To get a preview of this year’s AgGateway Annual Meeting and Conference, I talked with Brent Kemp, President and CEO. The event will be held November 3-5 at the Wyndham Grand Clearwater Beach, in Clearwater Beach, Florida.
Throughout 2025, AgGateway has been celebrating two decades of achievement in fulfilling its core mission: To develop the resources and relationships that drive digital connectivity in global agriculture and related industries.
This celebration concludes at the North America Annual Conference, where the industry gathers to understand the state of interconnectivity in agriculture, what the association and its membership has accomplished over the past year, and the core initiatives on deck for the year ahead.
The Annual Meeting and Conference combines real working sessions on advanced initiatives, meet- ups and committee gatherings to discuss new and longer-term projects, and a host of conference sessions designed to create discussion and infuse enthusiasm for the AgGateway Mission.
Along with learning and working sessions, the conference features multiple networking breaks and receptions, as well as a welcome luncheon for first-time attendees.
Annual Conference attendees include leading agribusiness managers, IT professionals, and other representatives from the entire crop production channel, including input and equipment manufacturing, software and data service providers, ag retailers and distributors, in addition to professionals in precision ag, academia, agricultural organizations, students, and ag media.
Listen to my interview with Brent here to get all the details: Interview with Brent Kemp, President/CEO, AgGateway
Tendovo Redefines Soybean Weed Management
At the 2025 Farm Progress Show, Syngenta Crop Protection Agronomist Matt Geiger shared information about Tendovo, the flagship pre-emergent soybean herbicide for that area.
“You need to start clean. You don’t want to have weeds at the time you plant or right after the beans come up. You want to stay clean early. Then you put that residual down to prevent new weed emergence,” said Geiger. “Herbicides in general are there so your weeds don’t compete with the crop. You don’t want competition at any point in the season.”
Geiger said weed prevention is key to maximizing yield. While post-emergence chemistries can be inconsistent, using a broad spectrum product like Tendovo that activates easily and lasts long enough that you can overlap your second residual before more weeds come up is a more reliable approach.
Geiger said complementary ingredients mean the product can activate with very little rainfall, but also with more rainfall. Varying solubilities provide consistency, while also ensuring an admirable crop safety profile.
Syngenta Crop Protection Agronomist Matt Geiger – Tendovo broad-spectrum residual soybean herbicide
FPS25 Interview with Matt Geiger, Syngenta Crop Protection (5:16)
ZimmCast 751 – Preview of the NAMA NEXUS
Hello and welcome to the ZimmCast. I’m Chuck Zimmerman.
In this episode we’re going to get an in-depth preview of the new NAMA NEXUS event that will be taking place in Milwaukee, WI, October 14-16. I spoke with committee chair Kasie Garcia.
We’ll start with what the NAMA NEXUS means as well as the Economies of Ag. From there it’s on to the agenda and how it is different from the NAMA Fall Conference of the past.
You can still register on the NAMA website.
Listen to the episode here:
ZimmCast 751 - Preview of the NAMA NEXUS (20:37)
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Forum to Focus on Global Impact of U.S. Ag and Food
As world leaders prepare to convene at COP30 in Brazil next month, Agri-Pulse and JBS will be hosting a forum on October 21 in Washington, D.C., to spotlight how U.S. farmers, ranchers, and their supply chain partners are already delivering the solutions the world needs.
“U.S. Agriculture and Food Systems on the Global Stage” will showcase real-world success stories and policy recommendations from the global collaborative Sustainable Business COP (SB COP) demonstrating how American agriculture is proving that productivity and sustainability go hand-in-hand. “From regenerative grain production to resilient livestock systems, American farmers and ranchers are leading the way in addressing the intertwined challenges of food security and climate stability,” said Agri-Pulse Founder and Publisher Sara Wyant. “This forum provides a critical platform to share these innovations with policymakers and industry leaders as we approach COP30.”
The forum will be held at the National Press Club from 2-5 p.m. ET, followed by a networking reception from 5-6 p.m. Registration is complimentary.
The forum will feature dynamic panel discussions showcasing American agricultural innovation in action. “Scaling Regenerative Agriculture” will bring together grain producers and their supply chain partners to share strategies that strengthen both economic and environmental sustainability, while “Advancing Livestock Productivity and Resiliency” will highlight innovations that enhance production efficiency while building climate resilience. The afternoon concludes with a bipartisan fireside chat featuring Members of Congress discussing how agricultural innovation drives America’s global competitiveness and food security, exploring how policy can support the continued advancement of sustainable practices that benefit both producers and consumers worldwide.
GHX Golden Harvest MaxScript
Visitors to the 2025 Farm Progress Show had the opportunity to learn more about GHX Golden Harvest MaxScript, a personalized seed placement tool that not only gives a field by field seed recommendation, but also a planting population recommendation that’s tailored to the farmer’s preferences.
“We’ll be blending that local agronomic expertise of Golden Harvest with the digital agronomy insight tools of GHX,” said Andy Lee with Golden Harvest.
Lee explained that MaxScript provides a planting plan or seed placement recommendation that helps growers get off to the best start possible. The company will be scaling that across all of Golden Harvest for the coming growing seasons. That includes the GHX app, which is a full suite of digital agronomy tools that provides scouting reports, weather reports and everything a grower needs to manage a crop throughout the growing season.
“That tool grows and gets better every single year, and as we scale that across Golden Harvest and make that more available to every grower within our system, we’re excited to see how that help growers be successful across the board,” said Lee.
Lee said coupling these digital tools with innovations like the new Durastak trait – available for growers to plant in 2027 – is cause for excitement, especially in an economic environment where every bushel counts.
Golden Harvest Head Andy Lee – blending of GHX and Golden Harvest, MaxScript Custom Seed recommendation
FPS25 Interview with Andy Lee, Golden Harvest (3:41)