BRANDT has formed a joint venture with Innovation Hammer, a company dedicated to improving plant health and yields through field-tested breakthroughs in technologies and science.
The $720 million project in Borger, TX, will add 610,000 tonnes of urea and 145,000 tonnes of ammonia production capacity.
Voting members of Greenway Cooperative, a diversified ag retailer based in Rochester, MN, has approved a merger with CHS Inc.
Terral RiverService is a river transportation service company specializing in the bulk storage and handling of dry and liquid materials along the Mississippi River system and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway.
Agrium has announced several senior leadership changes, including the retirement of Richard Gearheard, Senior Vice President Agrium and President Retail, effective March 31.
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 Andersons has added Ferti Technologies, Inc. of Saint-Michel, Canada, to a patent infringement suit initiated in December.
BRANDT will serve as the primary sponsor of the No. 51 Chevrolet SS driven by Justin Allgaier in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.
Wilbur-Ellis continues its Midwest expansion with the acquisition of Advanced Ag in Creston, IA.
Operating as part of Pinnacle’s Sanders brand, Federer is the third retail location in the immediate area offering custom fertilizer blends, seed and crop protection products and award-winning precision agriculture services.
Following a strategic review of its Agrium Advanced Technologies business unit, Agrium has decided to restructure three business units into two, Wholesale and Retail, in the first quarter of 2014.
CHS Inc. plans to build a 26,000-ton fertilizer hub in Lakota, ND, which should be ready to serve area farmers for the spring 2015 season.
Pinnacle Agriculture Holdings, via its subsidiary Jimmy Sanders Inc., has acquired certain assets from a cooperative located in Stuttgart, AR.
Greenway Cooperative, an ag retailer based in Rochester, MN, and CHS Inc. have signed a letter to initiate a preliminary study of a formal business merger.
CHS Inc. is committed to continued growth that will drive economic value to its farmer owners and the rural communities in which they live.
The Andersons has initiated a patent infringement suit related to its dispersible granular fertilizer technology against Enviro Granulation, Plant Science and The Harrell’s.
Among the crop input/service categories, the crop protection sector has suffered the most losses over the past decade. Yet, 2013 was a great year for the segment, thanks in part to the wetter-than-normal season.
More custom application work has meant plenty of equipment purchases by ag retailers, with the gap between the two most popular manufacturers shrinking to an all-time low.
Following last year’s severe drought, many analysts predicted 2013 could be a rougher year for the fertilizer category. And it was.