Lisa Heacox
Innovative Soil Sampling Solutions Offer Consistency, Efficiency
No doubt, soil sampling can be drudgery. But industry innovators continue to develop solutions that offer to not only make the job easier but also more accurate.
Weather Services Advance Precision Agriculture
Some estimates suggest over half of growers’ activities are impacted by weather conditions, from field workability to fertility management […]
Crop Nutrition Enhancers Arrive in Many Forms
Many of the growers that Barrett Smith deals with are seeking something better, the Sales Manager/Agronomist with Huma […]
Biostimulants Gaining Ground
Consumers have stepped up their demand for food produced more sustainably, with fewer “hard” chemicals and more compounds […]
Adjuvants Rise to New Challenges
One thing you can say about the adjuvant market these days? It’s hot. As concerns about crop protection […]
Fertilizer Blenders Check All the Right Boxes
Our CropLife 100 dealers may be reporting a downturn in fertilizer sales these past few years, but that […]
Tender Innovations Off the Chart for Fertilizer, Seed Handling
Over the past year, the customer has become the real winner because manufacturers are building tenders so competitively, […]
Insecticides: Making the Most of Limited Chemistries
While no widespread, plague-like insect infestations hit growers in 2017, a number of traited Bt crops continued to […]
Tracking Evidence of Strength in Crop Protection Segment
If the latest word from CropLife 100 companies is any indication, the state of the crop protection product […]
Rate Controllers: Little Boxes, Big Impacts
One precision ag manufacturer shared a key goal for rate control design: “As spraying continues to become more […]
Midwest Seed Genetics: Countering Big Seed
Veteran seedsman Don Funk has started a new company called Midwest Seed Genetics, based in Kentland, IN. Why? […]
Seed Firms’ Changes Bring Uncertainty, Promises
With the purchase of Syngenta by ChemChina, the creation of DowDuPont, and the soon-to-be completed merger of Bayer […]
The Future Direction for Ag Retail
Given the state of today’s retail distribution marketplace, what challenges and opportunities do the upcoming years provide? Here […]
Fertilizer Storage: An Inside Look at the Tank and Containment Systems Market
For some in the tank and containment market, the past six months have been a rebound time. Among […]
Adjuvants in the Drift Mix
Adjuvants are designed to provide big benefits to applicators by improving pesticide spreading, wetting, canopy and leaf penetration, […]
Retailers Weigh in on Mammoth Fertilizer Merger
The landmark merger of Agrium and PotashCorp was announced last November, and speculation about its impact on agriculture […]
Nutrient Companies Comment on Planting Shifts
Cropping shifts always play a role in fertilizer projections, and two nutrient companies weighed in on the topic. […]
Fertilizer Topics to Watch
The mood at this past summer’s Southwestern Fertilizer Conference was “a little more upbeat” than last year, reports […]
Precision Agriculture: Making Cab Displays Do the Jobs at Hand
A display can never do too much. That’s the opinion of Jeff Dickens, Product Sales Specialist with Ag […]