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Syngenta Offers New Vibrance Seed Treatment Fungicide To Boost Rooting Power
Syngenta announced federal EPA registration of Vibrance seed treatment fungicide, the company’s first fungicide developed specifically as a seed treatment.…
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O’Connor Promoted To Senior Managing Executive Officer Of Topcon
Only two years after Topcon Corp. announced the promotion of Ray O’Connor to managing executive officer, the president and CEO…
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Exacto Inc. Senior Chemist Promoted In Strategic Expansion
Strategic expansion in the Technical Services laboratory at Exacto Inc. has culminated in the promotion of Senior Chemist Todd O’Connell…
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Heat Wave, Drought Visably Impacting Nation’s Corn Supply
Corn supplies in the U.S. are declining at the fastest pace since 1996 as a Midwest heat wave damages the…
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Whitefly Infestations Reported In Some Northern Illinois Soybeans
Some soybean fields in northern Illinois are currently infested with whiteflies (Bemisia tabaci) said Mike Gray, University of Illinois professor…
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House Panel Okays Ag Spending Bill
The House Appropriations Committee approved the Agriculture Appropriations Bill for the 2013 fiscal year early last week. On June 19,…
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Hot, Dry Weather Make It Harder To Control Weeds
While the extended periods of hot, dry weather Ohio has experienced in recent weeks may mean that weeds aren’t growing…
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INCOTEC Acquires Landec Ag
INCOTEC today announced that it has taken over all the activities and operations of Landec Ag LLC., located in Oxford,…
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Report: Fungicide Used On Farm Crops Linked To Insulin Resistance
A fungicide used on farm crops can induce insulin resistance, a new tissue-culture study finds, providing another piece of evidence…
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CropLife America Takes Umbrage With “Dirty Dozen” List
The results of a recent study commissioned by USDA and FDA, first reported by the environmental organization Environmental Working Group…
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Drought Continues To Spread Throughout Midwest
A National Weather Service forecast issued Friday shows that much of the Corn Belt from eastern Nebraska through Iowa and…
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NCGA: Use Sound Science In Atrazine Decision
During an Environmental Protection Agency Scientific Advisory Panel hearing on atrazine, the National Corn Growers Association, along with state corn…