When It Comes to Ag Tech, It’s All About AI in 2024

Eric Sfiligoj and Lara Sowinski discuss the recent tech arrangement between Deere and SpaceX, what was said at the 2024 VISION Conference, and how crop production did in 2023.

Instead of outright merging, some retailers have decided forming partnerships is the way to go into the upcoming season, and beyond.

With an ever-changing pest outlook, manufacturers express optimism heading into the growing season.

Eric Sfiligoj was interviewed on ag technology at last year’s Raven Industries meeting in Sioux Falls, SD.

Seed choice remains the most important choice growers will make heading into the 2024 planting season.

Following its merger, the newly formed cooperative will surely be moving up the rankings of the CropLife 100.

Following back-and-forth supply and pricing issues the past few years, fertilizer experts predict 2024 will be “more normal.”

Unlocking the value of innovation is the theme of the 2024 VISION Conference to be held January 23-24 in Glendale, AZ.

Eric Sfiligoj and Lara Sowinski discuss the planned Co-Alliance/Ceres merger, USDA news on transportation in 2023, and a final report on the VISION Conference before the show takes place.

Grow West CEO Ernie Roncoroni shares insight into the approach the CropLife 100 company takes when diversifying.

The company will be named Keystone Cooperative, Inc. with the effective date of the merger on March 1, 2024.

Eric Sfiligoj and Lara Sowinski discuss Purdue’s latest grower survey, agricultural trade show attendance, and the upcoming ag technology conference in Arizona.

Trade relations between the U.S. and China tend to fluctuate between frosty and ice cold, where it’s currently lingering.

The pace of grower consolidation picked up in 2023, according to the nation’s top ag retailers.

A slight majority of retailers plan to spend more on precision in 2024 than they did in 2023. Here’s where they intend to invest.

CropLife 100 retailers tell us what they believed were the most significant developments to take place in ag since 1984.

One of the major reasons for this positiveness going into 2024 ties back to ag tech developments and adoption, says Editor Eric Sfiligoj.

Increasing population and changing dietary habits are driving the need for higher agricultural yields, boosting phosphate fertilizer usage.