ZimmCast 717 – Syngenta at #FPS23

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Hello and welcome to the ZimmCast. This episode of the ZimmCast features what’s new with Syngenta Seeds, Golden Harvest, and NK Seeds – all from the 2023 Farm Progress Show in Decatur, Illinois. Listen to interviews with Kramer Farney, Golden Harvest head of marketing; NASCAR Driver Sammy Smith; Mary Kay Thatcher, senior lead for federal government relations at Syngenta; Eric …

MyLand, Soil Health Innovator Secures $23 Million in Series B Funding Led by Prominent Investors for Expansion of its Unique Soil as a Service Platform

PHOENIX, AZ – MyLand Company Inc. (“MyLand”), a soil health company, has successfully closed its Series B funding round, raising a total of approximately $23 million. This financing round has been spearheaded by a pair of distinguished investors, including Climate Innovation Capital (“ClimateIC”) and The Borden Family underscoring the impact of MyLand’s nature-based solution to modern, sustainable agriculture. The successful …

Ethanol Report from Farm Progress Show

The Renewable Fuels Association was on the ground in Decatur, Illinois this week at the 70th annual Farm Progress Show where all the cool agricultural kids go at the end of summer. In this edition of The Ethanol Report podcast, we hear from RFA Vice President of Industry Relations Robert White about the flex fuel EV he has been driving …

2023 Farm Progress Show

The Farm Progress Show is celebrating 70 years in 2023. For 70 years, the Farm Progress Show has connected farmers from across the globe with agriculture’s leading companies. With hundreds of exhibitors, there’s no better place to engage with the latest farm products and the specialists who developed, tested and designed them. Whether you are looking to innovate with the …

Bayer Take Care, Now Campaign Event

Bayer announced today a new campaign with Kroger to remind rural America to “Take Care, Now” and help alleviate care deserts in rural America, areas significantly impacted by both food insecurity and limited access to healthcare. Bayer hosted a press conference Monday at the Northeast Community Fund Food Bank in Decatur, Illinois, to announce the campaign, which includes Kroger and …

DWFI Podcast 27- Dick Wolfe and Felicia Marcus

In our third and last episode from the 2023 Water for Food Global Conference, produced by the Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute at the University of Nebraska (DWFI), we hear about “Western rivers, a changing climate, and the role of irrigated agriculture.” Our guests for this episode are retired Colorado state engineer Dick Wolfe, a farmer and Senior Advisor …

2023 American Coalition for Ethanol Conference

The ACE – the 36th annual American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) conference is taking place August 23-25, at the Minneapolis Marriott City Center, with the theme “Everything Counts.” The conference provides two days of general sessions, including updates from ACE leadership, and this year, event coverage will feature topics like new uses and markets for ethanol producers, the retail marketplace …

Azotic Technologies, Ltd. Expands Team to Better Serve Growing Customer Demand

Walnut Creek, CA — To serve the increased demand and acre expansion of the company’s flagship product, Envita, Azotic Technologies, Ltd. has made key personnel changes and additions to its U.S. sales and agronomic services teams. The new positions, as well as the restructuring of existing roles, have been strategically aligned with the areas of growth and increased technical service …

MyLand Company Announces Exciting Collaboration with Texas A&M AgriLife Research for Advancing Soil Health

MyLand Company, Inc (MyLand), a pioneering company that specializes in Soil as a Service™ solutions, is thrilled to announce a groundbreaking collaboration with Texas A&M AgriLife Research, a renowned institution dedicated to driving innovation and science-based solutions to enrich all of Texas through agriculture, natural resources life sciences research. This relationship aims to drive significant advancements in agriculture and address …

2023 ASTA Field Crop Seed Conference Preview

Registration is underway for the event formally known as CSS & Seed Expo and the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) is excited about the newly named Field Crop Seed Convention to be held December 5-8 at the Hyatt Regency Orlando. “We see really strong participation numbers in our registration, outpacing where we have been in previous years,” said ASTA President …

Ethanol Report on Current Issues

The Renewable Fuels Association has been working on a couple of issues this summer that are important to the future of the ethanol industry. In this edition of The Ethanol Report podcast, RFA President and CEO Geoff Cooper provides an update on the Midwest governor’s petition for E15, the Flex Fuel Fairness act, EPA’s proposed tailpipe emissions standards, and defining …

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 …

Field Notes from Koch Agronomic Services – Vital Tools in Range and Pasture Management

Field Notes from Koch Agronomic Services

The Field Notes podcast series from Koch Agronomic Services (KAS) breaks down the science and technology behind agronomy to help growers do more with less. Vital Tools in Range and Pasture Management In this episode, we’re discussing pasture and range management with our KAS experts, Technical Agronomist, Lacie Thomas, and Territory Business Manager, Ryan Walker. They’ll address pasture management and …

ZimmCast 716 – A New Podcast and New Presidents

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Hello and welcome to the ZimmCast. Cindy and I are getting a break from the agriblogging highway for a few weeks. We just completed a journey to Des Moines for Tech Hub Live, to San Destin, FL for the Southern Peanut Growers Conference and Palm Springs, CA for the Ag Media Summit. It has been a busy summer and I …

Yield10 Bioscience Announces Positive Results in the First Field Test of Stacked Herbicide Tolerance Traits in Camelina, Supporting Large Acreage Production of Low-carbon Intensity Feedstock Oil for the Biofuel Market

-Findings demonstrate a key advancement in the development of proprietary Camelina varieties tolerant to application of broadleaf weed control as well as to Group 2 soil residual herbicide chemistries -Yield10 RSR filing pending under USDA-APHIS’s SECURE Rule for stacked herbicide tolerant Camelina WOBURN, Mass. – August 02, 2023 – Yield10 Bioscience, Inc. (Nasdaq:YTEN) (“Yield10” or the “Company”), an agricultural bioscience …