Growing The Future Of Seed Treatment Equipment

Sackett’s Precision Fertilizer Blending® Technology is making huge strides around the world. Green Valley Ag adopts the technology at its new facility to support its advancing agronomic needs.

To build its new hub facility, Cooperative Elevator employed the help of Stueve Construction (and the aid of several other suppliers).

USC worked with Gumz Seed Service in Central Wisconsin to help design and build a new seed care system, helping the operation to expand its footprint within the agricultural community.

A pair of facility managers describe how Kahler helped improve their facility efficiencies.

Heritage Cooperative needed an efficient fertilizer plant. And with help from A&B Welding, that’s exactly what the company got.

To make its new hub facility more efficient, Cooperative Elevator enlisted the aid of Waconia Manufacturing.

Green Valley Ag wanted to increase tonnage and throughput to better serve its customer base. MEI helped the company do that and more.

Nearly $20 million in grants to help train, educate and enhance the sustainability of the next generation of agricultural producers is available through the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program.

Despite its name, the Farm Bill isn’t just about helping farmers. It’s a jobs bill, an innovation bill, an infrastructure bill, a research bill, and a conservation bill — and it’s about growing our economy.

Water quantity and quality issues threaten to hamper agriculture on a wider scale in the not-too-distant future. Technology breakthroughs and improved practices are providing potential solutions.

The sponsor partners of the CropLife State of the Industry report have demonstrated ongoing leadership including their support of this report.

A deeper dive into the metrics of the ag economy indicate a correction on the near horizon, but longer term prospects remain positive.

Following four straight years of growth, ag retailers and their grower-customers still believe that the new year will be another good one, if only the industry can weather a few potential bumps.

Retailers feel that their precision offerings won’t suffer in 2014, even if the overall agriculture market takes a hit this year.

The past few years, ag retail equipment sales have been strong. And from all indications, 2014 will be another good year for Big IRON.

With many strong sales years under its belt, the agricultural community is hoping for another positive growth experience in 2014, but mindful of a few challenges that might keep this from happening.

Retailers are closely following herbicide tolerance and drought resistance traits.

Developing markets overseas are taxing the patience of domestic ag retailers as crop protection manufacturers allocate more and more inventory to serve this relatively newer market demand.