Whether you’re a grower, agronomist, or ag retailer, Westfield, Indiana-based Taranis believes its crop intelligence platform can play a key role in helping make the right crop management decisions throughout the growing season. The foundation of the Taranis program is artificial intelligence (AI). Cory Edge, the company’s customer success influencer, is a big believer in… Read More
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Vive Crop Protection has received expanded Canadian registration for AZteroid FC 390. Canadian potato growers first gained access to fungicide in 2024 to fight rhizoctonia and black scurf. The updated registration now allows sugar beet and radish growers to add the fungicide to their disease control toolboxes. Vive chief technology officer Dr. Doug Baumann says… Read More
Bushel Plus is expanding its global footprint with plans to offer its harvest optimization technology to U.S. farmers. The Brandon, Manitoba-based company specializes in advanced agricultural solutions that help farmers reduce grain loss at harvest to maximize profits while saving time, fuel, and equipment wear. The company’s products are currently sold in 35 countries, and… Read More
There’s plenty to see and learn at the Canadian Dairy XPO as the annual dairy industry showcase gets set to open its doors at the Stratford Rotary Complex in Ontario on April 2 and 3. It’s the first CDX since the show was acquired last September by DLG — the German agricultural society that organizes… Read More
Risk management is by no means a new concept for farmers and people working in agriculture, but as farms become digital operations, cyber security has become a critical area of risk management. Digital business assets should be identified and protected the same way a rancher protects livestock from coyotes sniffing along the fence, says agri-food… Read More
New trait technology from Bayer Crop Science will allow growers to use five herbicide actives in soybean crops. The company says its Vyconic soybeans represents a “leap forward” in weed control, bringing greater management options and flexibility to farmers’ fields. The new trait technology will be the first in the industry to offer tolerance to… Read More
Low commodity prices, a struggling ag economy, the future of ethanol markets, and trade tariff turbulence make up a cluster of storm clouds that’s dampening farmer demand for new farm machinery. Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) senior vice president Curt Blades says the biggest thing that will change the direction of farm equipment sales is… Read More
U.S. dairy producers are not satisfied with the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement and they want to take another look at it, says National Milk Producers Federation president and CEO Gregg Doud. That was Doud’s message for RealAgriculture’s Shaun Haney at the Top Producer Summit in Kansas City mid-February when they discussed dairy trade between the two… Read More
A fertilizer market free from tariffs is vitally important for U.S. growers, the nation’s food security and the fertilizer industry. That’s the message The Fertilizer Institute’s Leanna Nigon says her organization, which advocates on behalf of the industry, has been working diligently to deliver to the Trump administration as it tries to head off potential… Read More
On Tuesday, I headed to downtown Ottawa, just a stone’s throw from our Parliament buildings to take in Farm Credit Canada’s Future of Food event. Held in conjunction with Canada’s Ag Day, the conference is one I always look forward to. It brings together hundreds of people from within and from outside the farm and… Read More