The Fertilizer Institute: New President, Renewed Energy
February 3, 2014
Despite a lingering fear of market push back, micronutrient manufacturers are full speed ahead with nutritionals for 2014.
Ag retailers typically have been very good at communicating with local emergency responders, but showing everyone how commited they are to safety is a good idea in 2014.
Canpotex Ltd., the offshore selling arm for three North American potash companies, has signed an agreement to supply the crop nutrient to Sinochem Fertilizer Macao Commercial Offshore Ltd.
The Colorado multi-site expansion will operate under the newly acquired Tri County Ag brand and will include a two million gallon liquid fertilizer terminal at the Wray, CO, site.
The newest addition to the SHADOW line, SHADOW 3EC, is a post-emerge herbicide targeting volunteer corn in soybeans, sugar beets and other broadleaf crops.
The Fertilizer Institute has pledged to focus on nutrients in the environment, safety and security, energy and greenhouse gas emissions and transportation in 2014.
Monsanto Canada’s Weed ID app is a new mobile tool specific to Canada that will help identify and map weeds and weed trends on the farm.
MANA announced that it will operate under a new corporate brand name, ADAMA, as of early April 2014.
WinField customers can now benefit from three traits – Agrisure Artesian and Duracade (Syngenta) and Genuity DroughtGard (Monsanto).
A greenhouse experiment found glyphosate resistance will probably persist, making it unlikely that susceptible Palmer amaranth would once again become dominant if glyphosate use was discontinued.
Pete Suddarth has joined StollerUSA as a territory sales manager for Georgia, eastern Alabama and the panhandle area of Florida.
Growers and retailers should ponder the following scenarios when deciding on a fungicide seed treatment:
University of Nebraska Lincoln Extension soil specialist Charles Shapiro discusses what to consider when inoculating soybeans after a drought year.
The global seed treatment market, valued in 2011 at $2.43 billion, is projected to reach $4.45 billion by 2018.
FMC Corp. has initiated litigation against Summit Agro LLC. and Summit North American Holdings Corp. claiming patent infringement of FMC’s sulfentrazone herbicide
Plant Science Consulting director and weed science team researcher, Dr. Peter Boutsalis, Adelaide University, discusses some of the finer points of herbicide-resistance testing.
Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri) has garnered much attention recently in both academic discussions and popular press releases, and […]
Mississippi State University scientists are fighting glyphosate-resistant Italian ryegrass with a research-based plan of attack.
Kurt McMillan will join the TFI staff in the newly created position of vice president of member services and chief administrative officer in March.