agriculture

Atticus EcoCore Division expands

Atticus, a company that offers branded-generic herbicides, insecticides and fungicides, has added Ty Ferraro to its team. Ferraro will serve as senior business director and will report to Nate Dahlman, executive vice president, EcoCore Division.... more »

Illinois Sustainable Ag Partnership hosts Risk Management Conference

The Illinois Sustainable Ag Partnership (ISAP) is hosting its third biennial Risk Management Conference, a virtual event scheduled for Aug. 1, 8 and 15 from 9-10:30 a.m. each day. The conference, held on Zoom, will... more »

USDA to celebrate 2026 as International Year of the Woman Farmer

As 2026 will bring global recognition of female growers through the International Year of the Woman Farmer, the USDA is announcing how it plans to participate in the initiative. The United Nations has designated 2026... more »

Taranis launches agronomic engine Ag Assistant

Taranis, a crop intelligence provider, has introduced Ag Assistant, an AI-powered agronomic engine designed to assist crop input and farm management decision-making. This tool uses multimodal AI to enhance the speed and accuracy of addressing... more »

Great Lakes EXPO 2024: Premier event for specialty crop ag innovation, networking

With over 5,000 people at the event, 800-plus booth opportunities and over 400 vendors, the Great Lakes Fruit, Vegetable and Farm Market EXPO and Michigan Greenhouse Growers EXPO make it easy to meet the decision... more »

Syngenta adds communications manager to crop protection, communications team

A new communications manager has been named at Syngenta. Syngenta has appointed Susan Luke as its senior communications manager for Syngenta U.S. Crop Protection and Corporate Communications. Luke will report to Kathy Eichlin, head of... more »

John Deere offers new gator utility vehicles

New utility vehicles introduced by John Deere John Deere has released two utility vehicles that are designed to improve grower efficiencies. The new Gator XUV 845 and Gator XUV 875 utility vehicles are designed to... more »

Walmart, Agritask partner to enhance cherry crop sourcing

Walmart has entered a partnership with Agritask, a crop supply intelligence company, to pilot a technology solution aimed at improving produce-sourcing decisions for seasonal fruits such as cherries and blackberries. This initiative, in collaboration with... more »

WSU, AgWeatherNet to host precision ag open house

Growers can learn the latest in weather and crop sensing advancements in an upcoming open house. The Washington State University (WSU) Center for Precision & Automated Agricultural Systems (CPAAS) and AgWeatherNet (AWN) are planning to... more »

Penn State Extension to host Communicating With Farmers Under Stress webinar

Penn State Extension will host a webinar, "Communicating With Farmers Under Stress," from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Aug. 6, 2024, which is aimed at helping participants recognize signs of stress and provide assistance... more »