Daugherty Water for Food Institute (DWFI) Research Program Manager Ankit Chandra and Director of Policy Nick Brozović recently published research on “Entrepreneurial trends in the Indian agricultural water ecosystem” and the larger business landscape of agricultural water use and investments. In this edition of the Water for Food podcast, we are sharing an episode of Agribusiness Matters, hosted by Venky …
DPH Biologicals Expands Regenerative Market Presence with RegenAphex Technology Platform
New SP-1 Classic Foliar Channels RegenAphex Advantage After two years of developmental work, DPH Biologicals™ announced today RegenAphex™, a new technology platform based on the regenerative power of a proprietary plant-based humus extract produced at the company’s Princeton, Illinois site, the largest plant-based composting facility in the United States. RegenAphex provides growers with a regeneratively-produced biological solution, delivering readily available …
Smartwyre Improves Data Health for the Crop Input Supply Chain, Enabling Better Tracking of Sales Transactions and More Timely, Accurate Incentive Payments
Smartwyre™ announced today enhanced technology features to help crop input manufacturers, distributors, and retailers better manage critical customer information that is used to help track sales transactions and rebate payments. According to USDA, digital agriculture—the ongoing transformation of farming that includes digitalization and automation of farming tasks—is an essential part of the solution to challenges facing U.S. agriculture. Yet the …
Azotic Technologies Granted New Patent for Canada
(Guelph, Canada) Azotic Technologies (Azotic), the maker of market-leading, nitrogen-fixing product, Envita®, today announced that it has received a new Canadian patent, granted on January 3rd. This patent offers broad protection on Azotic’s formulation and methods of application, not only for Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus (Gd) but all nitrogen-fixing bacteria under select conditions. “We are encouraged by the momentum of our company’s …
ZimmCast 704 – From Beltwide to VISION
Hello and welcome to the ZimmCast. I’m Chuck Zimmerman. I’m a little behind on this latest episode. The holidays and early conferences have kept Cindy and I very busy. This includes traveling to see family and that includes a beautiful wedding for one of our nieces. We are very blessed to be able to see so many of our family …
The 2023 VISION Conference – Harness the Power of Ag 4.0
The VISION Conference convenes industry leaders from across the rapidly expanding agtech ecosystem with a singular goal: To shape the strategic roadmap for building a sustainable food value system to feed the world. The 6th Annual VISION Conference organized by Meister Media Worldwide, the leading global media company serving specialty agricultural markets around the globe, is being held at the …
Deere Introduces New Planting Tech at CES 2023
The massive CES 2023 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas kicked off this week with a keynote address by John Deere featuring Chairman and CEO John May and new product announcements. This is the first time in CES history that an agriculture technology company was featured as a keynote at the show. John Deere first debuted at CES 2019 and …
AgGateway 2022 Annual Conference
“Create, Engage, Grow – 2.0” is the theme for the AgGateway 2022 Annual Conference, November 14-16 at the Wyndham Grand Clearwater Beach, Clearwater Beach, Florida. The AgGateway Annual Conference is a benchmarking event, where the industry gathers to understand the state of interconnectivity in agriculture, what the association and its membership has accomplished over the past year, and the core …
2022 Tech Hub LIVE
The second annual Tech Hub LIVE Conference and Expo, July 19-21 in Indianapolis, builds on last year’s premier event with timely educational programming, expanded business opportunities, and a keynote on strategies for delivering tech solutions to farmers. The conference will offer diverse networking formats, including one-on-one meetings, break-out sessions, small group discussions, technology talks and fireside chats. The program has …
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 …
New Incubator Farm Explores the Future of Soil Health Management
Yara’s ambition of “Growing a Nature-Positive Food Future” is put into action through critical research on the impact of soil health related to climate-neutrality, regenerative farming and grower prosperity Yara’s Incubator Farm in Auburn, Alabama is now focused on exploring practical approaches to managing and positively impacting soil health. The farm will focus on long-term management blocks to observe and …
AgGateway 2022 Mid-Year Meeting
AgGateway is celebrating its 2022 Mid-Year Meeting as a 100% in-person experience once again, June 13-16 at Prairie Meadows in Altoona, IA. The rubber hits the road at this annual summer gathering, which will draw more than 250 industry professionals. Most attendees have been active in AgGateway working groups and committees that are moving the organization’s myriad projects toward completion. …
Traction Announces Connectivity with Climate FieldView Platform to Provide Farmers Complete Analysis of Field Profitability
Traction™, a comprehensive farm accounting solution, is now connected to the Climate FieldView™ platform, providing farmers the option to share field records seamlessly from their FieldView account. With this new capability, Traction delivers accurate field profitability analysis and up-to-date inventory tracking for farmers across the U.S. This new connection is unique to the industry due to the integration of Traction’s …
Stewardship Index for Specialty Crops, CropTrak Release Stewardship Calculator 2.0 to Support Specialty Crop Supply Chain Collaboration for Regenerative Agriculture
Public release expands access to cost-effective tool for CPGs, free for growers (CALABASAS, CA and TUCSON, AZ) – Stewardship Index for Specialty Crops (SISC), and CropTrak® have announced the public release of the Stewardship Calculator 2.0 to help growers measure a wide-range of on-farm data for better crop management and help brands more easily aggregate that data for sustainability and …
Meister Media Worldwide to Hold 2022 Tech Hub LIVE Conference & Expo in Indianapolis This Summer
(WILLOUGHBY, Ohio, USA) — Launched in 2021 to fill the market void for an event broadly addressing the full range of new data-driven, digital agriculture innovations, the inaugural Tech Hub LIVE Conference and Expo was the largest event serving this market. The 2021 event met the industry need with a fresh, innovative, and forward-looking trade show and conference with a …