The American Seed Trade Association‘s newly-branded Field Crop Seed Convention kicks off its first year December 5-8 in Orlando. The convention hosts seed industry professionals from over 30 countries for educational sessions, networking and the Seed Expo. ASTA president and CEO Andy LaVigne says the agenda will be similar to what it has been including the conference’s most popular speaker, …
New Cover Crop Survey Released
The 2022-2023 National Cover Crop Survey Report was released today the challenges assumptions on the role of incentive payments in cover crop adoption. According to the survey, nearly half of the cover crop users participating in the survey reported receiving some sort of payment for cover crops in 2022, and almost 78% of cover crop non-users said incentive payments would …
ZeaKal and Nutrien Ag Solutions Collaboration Cements More Sustainable, Healthy U.S. Soybean Supply Chain
Healthier, Higher Protein and High-Yielding Soybean Trait Supports World’s Growing Soybean Demand Multi-Stakeholder Soybean Supply Chain Collaboration First-Of-Its-Kind In Commodity Agriculture San Diego, CA (July 12, 2023) – ZeaKal today announced a collaboration with Nutrien Ag Solutions, North America’s largest agricultural retailer, to support commercialization of ZeaKal’s novel photosynthesis trait technology for United States soybean growers, with the goal of …
BioLumic and Gro Alliance Scale First UV Light Technology for Corn and Soybeans
Light Treatment Improves Crop Performance Without Genetic Modification or Increased Chemical Inputs Achieves Double-Digit Yield Increases, More Sustainable Outcomes for Farmers Champaign, IL, (June 6, 2023) – Today BioLumic ™ and Gro Alliance LLC announced a strategic partnership to deploy BioLumic’s ultraviolet (UV) light seed treatment technology for corn and soybean seed production, propelling commercial-scale entry of UV light technology …
DPH BIOLOGICALS RELEASES EPA-REGISTERED BIOLOGICAL SEED TREATMENT
BellaTrove Companion® Maxx ST biological fungicide available for corn, soybeans and multiple other crops Indianapolis, IN − To meet demand for sustainable crop protection, DPH Biologicals launched today a multi-action biofungicide seed treatment, BellaTrove™ Companion Maxx ST, that helps seedlings fight pathogens and ensures healthy root systems. BellaTrove Companion Maxx ST is derived from DPH Biologicals’ proprietary strain of a …
ASTA CSS & Seed Expo 2022 “Farewell Chicago”
The theme of the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) CSS & Seed Expo 2022 December 5-8 is “Farewell Chicago” to commemorate this last year the historic event will be held in that location before it moves to the Hyatt Regency Orlando in 2023. After 77 years of holding this event in Chicago, and specifically, 45 years at the Hyatt Regency …
Field Notes from Koch Agronomic Services – Episode 22
The Field Notes podcast series from Koch Agronomic Services breaks down the science and technology behind agronomy to help growers do more with less. The experts we’ve heard from on our previous episodes have covered topics ranging from how different crops use nitrogen to the 4R’s of Nutrient Stewardship and how growers and retailers work together to choose the best …
Yield10 Bioscience Changes the Name of its Canadian Subsidiary to Yield10 Oilseeds Inc.
Yield10 Bioscience, Inc. (Nasdaq:YTEN) (“Yield10 Bioscience” or the “Company”), an agricultural bioscience company, today announced the name change of its wholly-owned Canadian subsidiary to Yield10 Oilseeds Inc. from Metabolix Oilseeds, Inc. effective July 12, 2022. This name change creates an alignment of Yield10 Bioscience’s Canadian subsidiary with the branding associated with the Yield10 Bioscience business, which is focused on innovation …
Crow’s Seed Being Re-Launched in Eastern Corn Belt
Follows Re-establishment of Midwest Seed Genetics and NC+ Crow’s Seed is being re-launched in the Eastern Corn Belt, by Outward Ag, LLC. Driven by a team of agricultural entrepreneurs, this follows the re-establishment of Midwest Seed Genetics in the Central and Northern Corn Belt and NC+ in the West. Over the past four years, Midwest, and NC+ have been two …
The Passing of Don Funk, Seedsman
Don E. Funk, fourth generation seedsman and grandson of seed industry pioneer, Edward J. Funk, died June 9, 2022. At age 25, Don assumed the role of President of the family business, Edward J. Funk & Sons, and turned it into a regional powerhouse. It was later purchased by British Petroleum. In 1999, Don formed a new company, Channel Bio …
Verdesian Life Sciences to Provide Exclusive Media Day Opportunity
Known industry-wide as the Nutrient Use Efficiency People™, the team at Verdesian Life Sciences is excited to share more on the innovation and technology that is helping to drive in-field biostimulant use. On January 12 at 10 a.m. central standard time, Verdesian will provide a media-only event centered on the company’s SEED+ portfolio. SEED+ is a proprietary technology that packs …
2021 ASTA CSS & Seed Expo
America’s largest seed industry conference is back live and in-person at the Hyatt Regency Chicago December 6-9, 2021. The American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) presents the 2021 CSS & Seed Expo with more than 2,000 seed industry professionals from 36 countries. This year’s conference offers an all-new “Villages” concept, showcasing interactive programming in the following key areas: ag tech innovation, …
US and EU Seed Groups Cooperate on Plant Breeding Innovation
The U.S. and the European Union are entering a new era of transatlantic dialogue on agricultural innovation for a sustainable food system with both nations setting the ambitious objective to become carbon-neutral by 2050. The American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) and Euroseeds jointly hosted a webinar Tuesday aimed at promoting dialogue between EU and U.S. stakeholders focused on how increased …
ZimmCast 675 – Growth of Benson Hill
Hello and welcome to the ZimmCast. The ZimmComm Team has been out on the agriblogging highway at several conferences in the last couple of weeks. This is the first time we’ve been able to do this since the end of February last year. And we’ve got quite a bit more on the calendar starting next with the Agricultural Media Summit …
ASTA Announces New Leaders and Award Recipients
The American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) announced its newly-elected officer team and honored industry award winners during its 2021 Policy & Leadership Development Conference this week in Washington, D.C. Brad May of BASF will officially take office as ASTA Chair on July 1, taking over from outgoing chair John Latham, Latham Seeds. First Vice Chair for the coming year is …