Adama Agricultural Solutions and SwarmFarm Robotics have expanded their collaboration in introducing robotic solutions for crop protection to farmers across the globe. The Israeli crop protection company has been in collaboration with the ...
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US-based agribusiness company Monsanto has announced to invest $975m over the next three years to expand its manufacturing site in Luling, Louisiana. The investment will also support the launch of Roundup Ready Xtend Crop System, a seed ...
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Spring wheat growers will have a new herbicide option in 2016. Dow AgroSciences announced that PerfectMatch herbicide, broadleaf weed and grass control solution for spring wheat and durum, received U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ...
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As Dow AgroSciences looks to the future of weed control, it's decided to sell its entire global dinitroaniline (DNA) herbicide portfolio. Gowan Company announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the DNA ...
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its approval of Enlist Duo herbicide for use in additional states. Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Nebraska, Oklahoma and North Dakota now join the ...
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Before you start kicking up dust this spring as planting gets rolling, make sure you're not only doing everything right but also avoiding the things you shouldn't be doing, whether it be small-scale agronomic matters or farmwide management ...
Tags: Soil test, Segments of the production equation, Agriculture
Respondents to survey reported a 14 per cent hike to 18,234 acres in US organic cotton acres planted in 2014 from 15,973 acres in 2013, representing the largest planted organic cotton acreage in almost 20 years. This happened, despite ...
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Dow AgroSciences announced today it will launch Enlist Duo herbicide, a proprietary blend of glyphosate and new 2,4-D choline, for the 2015 crop season. Select growers will participate in this stewarded introduction. Enlist Duo is part of ...
The EPA announced its proposed decision to register Enlist Duo. Western corn rootworm resistance spreads, and mixing sites of action is key to fighting herbicide resistance, say experts. Enlist Duo reaches milestone in the regulatory ...
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Grain sorghum planting is in full-swing throughout the Central Plains, and as it moves northward, there are some practices successful sorghum growers use to get the crop off to a good start. 1. Plant the right hybrid. Choose the ...
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Wheat yields pushing 150 bu/ac are very possible with good management and increased nitrogen (N) rates. Recent research clearly shows an interaction between fungicides and nitrogen. But high nitrogen rates immediately raises questions ...
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With no green showing in the pasture, few livestock producers are thinking about weed control, but now is the ideal time to control troublesome pasture weeds, says Dr. David Fernandez, Cooperative Extension Program livestock specialist at ...
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A survey of no-till farms using cover crops indicate 30% of growers plant their cash crop into a green cover crop. Last spring and early summer, we conducted a short cover crop management survey among a small number of no-till farmers in ...
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BASF Canada Inc. is in the final stages of establishing import tolerances or maximum residue limits (MRLs) on field peas, dry beans, sunflowers, and soybeans for key markets around the world. Since most countries establish their own MRLs ...
Tags: Field Peas, Soybeans, Dry Beans, Sunflowers, Agriculture
New wheat herbicide, new sorghum and corn hybrids, multi-hybrid planter, and new partnerships all on the horizon. Zidua herbicide receives federal registration for wheat BASF announced that Zidua herbicide has received federal ...
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