CropLife Staff
In today’s complex and fast-paced crop production sector, the team at CROPLIFE keeps 21,000 agricultural retailers, distributors and their suppliers up to date on such decidedly 21st century issues as seed technology, biotechnology, precision agriculture, customer service and retention, and business management.
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Specialist: Residual Herbicides No Match For Wet Soil
Soil-applied herbicides can knock out a grower’s toughest weeds but the chemical products are no match against soggy fields, says Bill Johnson, Purdue University…
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Hydraulic Fertilizer Cart Linkage Saves Times
A new hydraulic linkage for Yetter fertilizer carts cuts your grower-customers’ time, and that’s a good thing. When time is short, easy-to-operate equipment increases…
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Aphid Alerts Available
Several state Extension experts have stated in recent weeks that 2009 looks like a boom year for soybean aphids. Ag dealerships and their grower-customers…
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Agriliance Retail South Assets Sold
CHS Inc. and Land O’Lakes, Inc. are selling selected Agriliance Retail South assets to Decatur, AL-based Agri-AFC. The acquisition includes locations in Georgia and…
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SPCC Compliance Date Delayed
EPA is delaying the effective compliance date of the final rule amending the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasures (SPCC) regulations issued in the Federal…
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Korea Approves LibertyLink Bean Import
Bayer CropScience has received LibertyLink soybean import approval from Korean regulatory authorities. This milestone will enhance the launch of LibertyLink soybeans in the 2009…
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NH3 Video Focuses On Safety
Each spring and fall, fertilizer dealers and growers transport anhydrous ammonia (NH3) to the field in white nurse tanks and connect the tanks to…
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New Herbicide Tackles Soybean Weeds
Cheminova has received registration for its new Tackle soybean herbicide. Tackle is a selective, postemergence broadleaf herbicide that offers effective and flexible preplant burndown…
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MACA Letter To White House About Organic Garden
Bonnie McCarvel, executive director of the Mid-America CropLife Association and Janet Braun, CropLife Ambassador coordinator, wrote First Lady MIchelle Obama a letter, encouraging her…
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Rust Resistance Genes ID’d In Soybeans
USDA reports that using state-of-the-art genomics techniques, a team of scientists from USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Iowa State University (ISU), and Brazil have…
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