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New Dicamba Herbicide Premix Coming Soon from Syngenta
Syngenta has announced the name of its new herbicide featuring the active ingredients of S-metolachlor and dicamba. Upon registration by…
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Monsanto ‘Picks Its Battles’ by Nixing Deere Deal
Having been in the trade journalism game since the mid-1980s, I remember several watershed moments during my career. One of…
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Syngenta Launches New Seed Treatment Fungicide
Syngenta has announced the launch of PLENARIS seed treatment fungicide for the control of downy mildew in sunflower. PLENARIS contains…
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Monsanto’s First HPPD Herbicide Garners EPA Approval in Field & Seed Corn
Monsanto announced today that EPA has federally approved Harness MAX Herbicide, the first herbicide in the Monsanto portfolio to provide…
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Precision Planting Deal, China Developments, and Environmental Respect
Editors Eric Sfiligoj and Dan Jacobs discuss the latest news on John Deere’s now dead deal for Precision Planting, China’s…
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Multi-state Research Reveals IPM Best Option for Treatment of Soybean Aphids
About 89.5 million acres of soybeans will be planted across the U.S. in 2017 — a record high, according to…
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GROWMARK Names 2017 Summer Interns
Forty-two college students are exploring agricultural career opportunities this summer as GROWMARK interns. They are working at FS member cooperatives…
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Trump: Immigration Crackdown Won’t Impact U.S. Agriculture
President Donald Trump said he would seek to keep his tough immigration enforcement policies from harming the U.S. farm industry…
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Both Wet and Dry Conditions Threaten Nitrogen Loss
The weather is notoriously unpredictable, leading to challenges for planting, harvesting and applying the nitrogen (N) your corn crop needs.…
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Ag Tech: On the Cusp of Something Big?
The investment and ag-tech sectors’ continuing courtship of agriculture, smoldering for three or four years now, was well in evidence at…
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Remembering Robert Ratliff
With all the fast-paced happenings in agriculture this spring, with multiple mergers in the works and planting season in full…
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Opinion: Shaking Your Perspective in Ag Retail
Some of you I’m sure have encountered our recently retired salesman extraordinaire, Dan Bellanger. He worked in the industry for…