By Darren Chan
Updated Apr 9
With the progress of society and the increasingly developed science and technology, there has been a lot of pollution in the environment in which we live, and the land we live in is now devastated. Therefore, we must take measures to carry out soil remediation and control soil pollution. Soil problems will become an important part of the environmental protection cause in the future. Then there are problems... In some countries such as Europe and the United States, humic acid is classified as a biostimulant, which has good effects on soil restoration and stimulating crop growth...
Categories: Agribusiness, Cotton, Crop Protection
Updated Sep 1
Easton, MD (September 1, 2021) – F3 Tech, an agriculture innovation accelerator program for early-stage companies supported by the nonprofit Eastern Shore Entrepreneurship Center and the U... Economic Development Administration, has selected five companies from the fields of crop and soil health, as well as clean energy storage, to participate in its 2021 program... This translates to improved yield on crops and a reduced need for fertilizers and pesticides. · Lepidext, producer of a patented bioinsecticide that is safe, effective, and easy to use to control the corn earworm (aka cotton bollworm) in both the organic and conventional farming of crops affected by the pest... · A newly established fifth company in the field of crop protection will be announced in Q4 2021 as they complete their initial funding round...
Categories: Crop Protection, Precision Agriculture, Soil Health
Published Oct 14
5Metis, an F3 Tech 2021 Accelerator portfolio company, has just raised $10 million from investors in an oversubscribed Series A Preferred Stock financing round... 5Metis is a new pure-play discovery company for crop protection and plant health technologies... and AgriMetis, LLC to combine boron-based small molecule discovery and synthetic biology for discovering new modes of action for crop protection... “There’s need in the market to bring new modes of action to the industry for crop protection and plant health,” Tuttle told WRAL TechWire in an exclusive interview. “If successful, the company will yield solutions for growers and farmers that could boost crop protection and crop health...
Categories: Agribusiness, Crop Protection, News
Published Nov 29
Gone are the days when ag retailers could compete on selling seeds, equipment and crop protection products. In 2022, the competitive advantage will go to advisors who know how to help farmers benefit from their on-farm data. For farmers and advisors, data offers advantages that crop inputs do not... A CropLife survey of retailers’ attitudes toward technology show that 44% see digital offerings by competitors as very disruptive to their precision offerings; 62% view e-commerce platforms as a future threat to their business... The Farmobile DataEngineSM platform transforms raw data into its own unique, visual Electronic Field Records (EFRs) making it easy for farmers and their trusted advisors to gain insights, share data and create a crop’s system of record for every pass on the field...
Categories: Agribusiness, Crop Protection, Precision Agriculture
Updated Oct 24, 2020
It is more difficult to control weeds in soybeans because of their compact foliage, which takes longer than grain crops to produce an interlocking canopy that shades inter-row area... (Image credits Joel Gruver)Cultural Weed ControlCultural operations help in preventing weeds, and in improving crop ability to compete against weeds. The cultural methods that increase the competitiveness of soybeans are increasing crop cover, variety selection, planting time, and improving soil conditions. Prevent weeds from establishing in the fields through good sanitation, crop rotation, and cover crops... Weeds come from seed banks present in the soil or are transported as contaminants of crop seeds into a farm...
Categories: Crop Protection, Soybeans, Organic Row Crops
Published Oct 16, 2020
Opulent Blends has possibly the best iron uptake for iron fertilizer, which is Green Optimizer and here's how. A major limiting factor on crop yields is imbalanced nutrient availability, especially iron. There are many essential elements that plants use, and it is important for each of those elements to be balanced. An element that is short in supply will determine the effectiveness of all the elements as a whole and in result lead to unbalanced nutrients within the plant negatively affecting the overall health and growth of the plant. In fact, a shortage of just one element within the plant can hinder an entire crop...
Categories: Agribusiness, Crop Protection, News
By Darren Chan
Updated Jun 17
1-MCP is a product widely used in apples around the world to improve eating quality and storability. Ripening of the fruit is initiated by ethylene, and in some cases this is also true. To a certain extent, the ripening process's speed is regulated by its concentration in the fruit. Fruits generally soften, and apples soften more rapidly when the ethylene content is high, but ethylene is also volatile in the fruit needed to stimulate the formation of flavor-producing substances... Precautions of 1-MCP1) The harvest time should be at an appropriate maturity of crops...
Categories: Agribusiness, Crop Protection, Sustainable Agriculture
By Isla Miller
Published Jul 30
However, arable land growing only one crop has its disadvantages: these areas can easily be targeted by fungi and pests and pose a threat to crops... The latter climate is much drier and warmer than Zurich, which allows researchers to study how these crops grow under possible future climatic conditions. In their experiment, the researchers selected two or four different crops from eight selected crops, including wheat, oats, quinoa, lentils, lentils, flax, and pseudoflax (a rapeseed rapeseed) as well as coriander... These crops were sown in alternating parallel rows at 12 cm intervals. The researchers compared seed quality between mixed-cultivated crops and monoculture crops...
Categories: Crop Protection
By Isla Miller
Published May 27
Recently, new progress has been made in the cloning and evolution of cold tolerance genes at the booting stage of rice completed by the Institute of Grain Making, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences in cooperation with China Agricultural University and other units, and the research result article Stepwise selection of natural variations at CTB2 and CTB4a improves cold duration adaptation domestication of japonica rice was published online in full in New phytologist (IF: 8. 51). In this study, a new rice booting stage cold tolerance gene CTB2 was cloned, and the gradual selection of natural variants of CTB2 and CTB4a improved the cold adaptability of japonica rice. It was found that cold tolerance japonica rice originated in Kunming, Yunnan Province, China. Rice is a cold-sensitive crop originating from the tropics or subtropics, and encountering low temperatures during the booting stage can lead to the inability of rice to develop normally and severely reduce yield...
Categories: Crop Protection, Rice
By Pat Rogers
Published Feb 24
What is the likelihood that we will see drones spraying commodity value crops like corn and soybeans in the near future? Will this ever be cost effective and efficient enough to replace airplane spraying or even in field sprayers?
Categories: Corn, Crop Protection, Precision Agriculture
Business Title: Sustainable Agro Solutions, S.A.U
Job Title: Other Ag Professional, Agrochemical Supplier
About: Area Manager/Technician - North America
Quality formulated soil conditioners and biostimulants for all crops in the United States. Currently available in Florida, California, and Hawaii. Products coming soon to your state!
www.sas-agri.com/en
Interests:
Canola, Corn, Cotton, Organic Row Crops, Peanuts, Rice, Sorghum, Soybeans, Wheat, Crop Protection, Fertility, Soil Health, Sustainable Agriculture, Hemp, Orchard Crops, Organic Specialty Crops, Tree Nuts, Vegetables
Business Title: ON SIGHT 247
Job Title: Other Ag Professional, Farm Security Services
About: On Sight 24/7 is your leader in Farm Security and Livestock Barn Surveillance. We are a Midwest based company dedicated to providing the utmost protection with the technical support to maintain it!
Interests:
Ag Commentary, Marketing, News, Corn, Soybeans, Wheat, Beef, Dairy, Grass-Fed Livestock, Poultry, Specialty Livestock, Swine, Crop Protection, Apps, Farm Management, Operating a Farm, Projects, Shops, Tools, Fishing, Horses, Hunting
Business Title: Iowa State University
Job Title: Extension Agent or University Employee
About: Pesticide Education Safety Program (PSEP) Extension Specialist at Iowa State University. Conduct Continuing Instruction Courses for commercial pesticide applicators in Aerial, Fumigation, Seed Treatment, and Handler categories. Also provide Worker Protection Standard training.
Interests:
Corn, Soybeans, Crop Protection, Apps
Business Title: MichiganAgToday
Job Title: Other Ag Professional, Farm broadcaster
About: Farm director for the Michigan Ag Today radio network. My coverage is diverse as Michigan's crop offerings: field crops, specialty crops, and livestock.
Interests:
Wheat, Corn, Soybeans, Beef, Poultry, Swine, Feed, Dairy, Crop Protection, Soil Health, Irrigation, Sustainable Agriculture, Apps, Precision Agriculture, Telemetry, Ag Commentary, News, Marketing, Agribusiness, Farmland and Real Estate, Ag Policy, Cover Crops, NRCS, Vegetables, Orchard Crops, Hemp, Timber, Hunting
Business Title: Kimmy Farm Vietnam
Job Title: Farmer, Rancher, Landowner, Ag Retail Professional, Ag Investor, Farm Manager or Employee, Crop Consultant, Precision Agriculture Specialist, Extension Agent or University Employee, Veterinarian, Other Ag Professional, Farmer's Spouse or Family Member
About: Kimmy Farm is a Vietnam brand specialize in producing exporting agricultural products: cashew nuts, BSF, frozen seafood, shrimp, prawns, catfish. Our Company is specializing in the production, export of agricultural products: cashew nuts, BSF, frozen seafood, shrimp, prawns, catfish... from Vietnam.
Interests:
Canola, Organic Row Crops, Sorghum, Crop Protection, Irrigation, Ag Commentary, Marketing
Job Title: Ag Investor, Crop Consultant, Other Ag Professional
Interests:
Corn, Beef, Dairy, Feed, Grass-Fed Livestock, Poultry, Specialty Livestock, Swine, Crop Protection, Crop Scouting, Fertility, Irrigation, Soil Health, Sustainable Agriculture, Precision Agriculture, Telemetry, Ag Commentary, Marketing, News, Accounting and Bookkeeping, Agribusiness, Farm Management, Farmland and Real Estate, Human Resources, Operating a Farm, Succession Planning, Taxes
Business Title: Ac-Planta Inc.
Job Title: Other Ag Professional, Agri-Venture company
Interests:
Corn, Cotton, Organic Row Crops, Peanuts, Rice, Soybeans, Wheat, Feed, Grass-Fed Livestock, Crop Protection, Sustainable Agriculture, Ag Commentary, Marketing, News, Ag Policy, Agribusiness, Human Resources, Taxes, Hemp, Orchard Crops, Tree Nuts, Vegetables
Business Title: CrossRoadFarms
Job Title: Farmer
Interests:
Canola, Wheat, Beef, Feed, Grass-Fed Livestock, Specialty Livestock, Swine, Crop Protection, Fertility, Soil Health, Sustainable Agriculture, Apps, Precision Agriculture, Telemetry, Ag Commentary, News, Marketing, Accounting and Bookkeeping, Agribusiness, Farmland and Real Estate, Operating a Farm, Taxes, Ag Policy, Farm Management, Succession Planning, Projects, Repair, Tools, Purchasing, Timber, Homesteading, Hunting
Job Title: Extension Agent or University Employee
Interests:
Crop Protection, Marketing
Business Title: A&L Canada
Job Title: Other Ag Professional, marketing
Interests:
Canola, Corn, Cotton, Organic Row Crops, Peanuts, Crop Protection, Crop Scouting, Fertility, Soil Health, Sustainable Agriculture, Apps, Precision Agriculture, Telemetry, Ag Commentary, Marketing, News, Conservation Plans, Hemp, Orchard Crops, Organic Specialty Crops, Tree Nuts, Vegetables
Public
Here is a group for growers of specialty crops to come together.
Interest:
Orchard Crops, Organic Specialty Crops, Tree Nuts, Crop Protection, Crop Scouting, Fertility, Soil Health, Sustainable Agriculture, Precision Agriculture, Ag Commentary, Marketing, News, Accounting and Bookkeeping, Ag Policy, Agribusiness, Farm Management, Farmland and Real Estate, Human Resources, Operating a Farm, Succession Planning, Taxes
Public
Here\'s a place for ag professionals who are interested in organic food production.
Interest:
Organic Row Crops, Crop Protection, Crop Scouting, Fertility, Soil Health, Sustainable Agriculture, Precision Agriculture, Conservation Easements, Conservation Plans, Cover Crops, NRCS, Organic Specialty Crops
Public
At ON SIGHT 24/7 we are dedicated to protecting the livelihood of the American Farmer! Within this group we will share our products, what they do, how we can customize a surveillance system locally and nationally and the benefits of having a full service Technical Support team available to you!
Interest:
Canola, Corn, Cotton, Organic Row Crops, Peanuts, Rice, Sorghum, Soybeans, Wheat, Beef, Dairy, Feed, Grass-Fed Livestock, Poultry, Specialty Livestock, Swine, Crop Protection, Farm Management, Shops, Tools, Hemp, Orchard Crops, Organic Specialty Crops, Vegetables, Horses, Hunting, Tobacco
Public
We are interested in gathering experiences, solutions and history of organic methods in citrus production. As well as record and document unique policy and market access hurdles organic citrus growers face in each different region of the world.
Interest:
Organic Row Crops, Crop Protection, Fertility, Irrigation, Soil Health, Sustainable Agriculture, Apps, Precision Agriculture, Telemetry, Ag Commentary, Marketing, News, Ag Policy, Agribusiness, Farm Management, Farmland and Real Estate, Operating a Farm, Conservation Easements, Conservation Plans, Cover Crops, Orchard Crops, Organic Specialty Crops, Homesteading
Public
Cover cropping in Western Canada
Interest:
Cover Crops
Public
A group where farmers in Marlboro County, SC can provide crop scouting updates to each other.
Interest:
Corn, Cotton, Peanuts, Soybeans, Wheat, Cover Crops
Public
A group dedicated to spreading the knowledge of cover crops
Interest:
Corn, Cotton, Peanuts, Soybeans, Wheat, Sorghum, Cover Crops, Fertility, Soil Health, Sustainable Agriculture, Farm Management, Operating a Farm, Conservation Easements, Conservation Plans, NRCS, Vegetables
Public
A group for growers around the Pee Dee region of South Carolina to share scouting tips and observations of their farm operations.
Interest:
Corn, Cotton, Peanuts, Soybeans, Wheat, Canola, Sorghum, Poultry, Swine, Cover Crops, Precision Agriculture, Irrigation, Timber
Public
Looking to discuss farming in Wisconsin. Love to talk about food plots and crops. No livestock.
Interest:
Corn, Soybeans
Public
A group dedicated to providing information on crop fertility and soil qualities.
Interest:
Corn, Cotton, Peanuts, Soybeans, Wheat, Cover Crops, Fertility, Soil Health, Sustainable Agriculture, Conservation Easements, Conservation Plans, NRCS
By Darren Chan
Updated Apr 9
With the progress of society and the increasingly developed science and technology, there has been a lot of pollution in the environment in which we live, and the land we live in is now devastated. Therefore, we must take measures to carry out soil remediation and control soil pollution. Soil problems will become an important part of the environmental protection cause in the future. Then there are problems... In some countries such as Europe and the United States, humic acid is classified as a biostimulant, which has good effects on soil restoration and stimulating crop growth...
Categories: Agribusiness, Cotton, Crop Protection
Updated Sep 1
Easton, MD (September 1, 2021) – F3 Tech, an agriculture innovation accelerator program for early-stage companies supported by the nonprofit Eastern Shore Entrepreneurship Center and the U... Economic Development Administration, has selected five companies from the fields of crop and soil health, as well as clean energy storage, to participate in its 2021 program... This translates to improved yield on crops and a reduced need for fertilizers and pesticides. · Lepidext, producer of a patented bioinsecticide that is safe, effective, and easy to use to control the corn earworm (aka cotton bollworm) in both the organic and conventional farming of crops affected by the pest... · A newly established fifth company in the field of crop protection will be announced in Q4 2021 as they complete their initial funding round...
Categories: Crop Protection, Precision Agriculture, Soil Health
Published Oct 14
5Metis, an F3 Tech 2021 Accelerator portfolio company, has just raised $10 million from investors in an oversubscribed Series A Preferred Stock financing round... 5Metis is a new pure-play discovery company for crop protection and plant health technologies... and AgriMetis, LLC to combine boron-based small molecule discovery and synthetic biology for discovering new modes of action for crop protection... “There’s need in the market to bring new modes of action to the industry for crop protection and plant health,” Tuttle told WRAL TechWire in an exclusive interview. “If successful, the company will yield solutions for growers and farmers that could boost crop protection and crop health...
Categories: Agribusiness, Crop Protection, News
Published Nov 29
Gone are the days when ag retailers could compete on selling seeds, equipment and crop protection products. In 2022, the competitive advantage will go to advisors who know how to help farmers benefit from their on-farm data. For farmers and advisors, data offers advantages that crop inputs do not... A CropLife survey of retailers’ attitudes toward technology show that 44% see digital offerings by competitors as very disruptive to their precision offerings; 62% view e-commerce platforms as a future threat to their business... The Farmobile DataEngineSM platform transforms raw data into its own unique, visual Electronic Field Records (EFRs) making it easy for farmers and their trusted advisors to gain insights, share data and create a crop’s system of record for every pass on the field...
Categories: Agribusiness, Crop Protection, Precision Agriculture
Updated Oct 24, 2020
It is more difficult to control weeds in soybeans because of their compact foliage, which takes longer than grain crops to produce an interlocking canopy that shades inter-row area... (Image credits Joel Gruver)Cultural Weed ControlCultural operations help in preventing weeds, and in improving crop ability to compete against weeds. The cultural methods that increase the competitiveness of soybeans are increasing crop cover, variety selection, planting time, and improving soil conditions. Prevent weeds from establishing in the fields through good sanitation, crop rotation, and cover crops... Weeds come from seed banks present in the soil or are transported as contaminants of crop seeds into a farm...
Categories: Crop Protection, Soybeans, Organic Row Crops
Published Oct 16, 2020
Opulent Blends has possibly the best iron uptake for iron fertilizer, which is Green Optimizer and here's how. A major limiting factor on crop yields is imbalanced nutrient availability, especially iron. There are many essential elements that plants use, and it is important for each of those elements to be balanced. An element that is short in supply will determine the effectiveness of all the elements as a whole and in result lead to unbalanced nutrients within the plant negatively affecting the overall health and growth of the plant. In fact, a shortage of just one element within the plant can hinder an entire crop...
Categories: Agribusiness, Crop Protection, News
By Darren Chan
Updated Jun 17
1-MCP is a product widely used in apples around the world to improve eating quality and storability. Ripening of the fruit is initiated by ethylene, and in some cases this is also true. To a certain extent, the ripening process's speed is regulated by its concentration in the fruit. Fruits generally soften, and apples soften more rapidly when the ethylene content is high, but ethylene is also volatile in the fruit needed to stimulate the formation of flavor-producing substances... Precautions of 1-MCP1) The harvest time should be at an appropriate maturity of crops...
Categories: Agribusiness, Crop Protection, Sustainable Agriculture
By Isla Miller
Published Jul 30
However, arable land growing only one crop has its disadvantages: these areas can easily be targeted by fungi and pests and pose a threat to crops... The latter climate is much drier and warmer than Zurich, which allows researchers to study how these crops grow under possible future climatic conditions. In their experiment, the researchers selected two or four different crops from eight selected crops, including wheat, oats, quinoa, lentils, lentils, flax, and pseudoflax (a rapeseed rapeseed) as well as coriander... These crops were sown in alternating parallel rows at 12 cm intervals. The researchers compared seed quality between mixed-cultivated crops and monoculture crops...
Categories: Crop Protection
By Isla Miller
Published May 27
Recently, new progress has been made in the cloning and evolution of cold tolerance genes at the booting stage of rice completed by the Institute of Grain Making, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences in cooperation with China Agricultural University and other units, and the research result article Stepwise selection of natural variations at CTB2 and CTB4a improves cold duration adaptation domestication of japonica rice was published online in full in New phytologist (IF: 8. 51). In this study, a new rice booting stage cold tolerance gene CTB2 was cloned, and the gradual selection of natural variants of CTB2 and CTB4a improved the cold adaptability of japonica rice. It was found that cold tolerance japonica rice originated in Kunming, Yunnan Province, China. Rice is a cold-sensitive crop originating from the tropics or subtropics, and encountering low temperatures during the booting stage can lead to the inability of rice to develop normally and severely reduce yield...
Categories: Crop Protection, Rice
By Isla Miller
Published Aug 30
Almost all crop plants are in contact with a special type of fungus called arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in the soil, which greatly expands their root surface area. This mutually beneficial interaction promotes the ability of plants to absorb nutrients essential to growth. The more nutrients that plants naturally obtain, the less artificial fertilizers they need. Understanding this natural process, as the first step to potentially enhance it, is an ongoing research challenge... Understanding and using the dynamics of fungus colonization in plant roots has the potential to increase future crop yields in an environmentally sustainable way...
Categories: Crop Protection
By Pat Rogers
Published Feb 24
What is the likelihood that we will see drones spraying commodity value crops like corn and soybeans in the near future? Will this ever be cost effective and efficient enough to replace airplane spraying or even in field sprayers?
Categories: Corn, Crop Protection, Precision Agriculture
By Anonymous Member
Published Nov 21
What fungicides are best for controlling white mold in soybeans at R3?
Categories: Soybeans, Crop Protection, Crop Scouting
By Anonymous Member
Published Nov 21
What's the best fungicide for treating soybean rust at R5?
Categories: Soybeans, Crop Protection, Crop Scouting
By Anonymous Member
Published Nov 14
Do foliar fungicides offer control?
Categories: Soybeans, Crop Protection
By Anonymous Member
Published Nov 7
Do fall armyworms feed on the pods of inverted peanut plants after the peanuts have been dug and are waiting to be harvested? Is applying an insecticide recommended? Thanks!
Categories: Peanuts, Crop Protection, Crop Scouting
By Anonymous Member
Published Oct 31
How do you identify powdery mildew in grapes and how do you get rid of or control the fungal disease?
Categories: Crop Protection
By Anonymous Member
Published Oct 30
How do you treat or control Septoria brown spot in the R5 growth stage in soybeans?
Categories: Soybeans, Crop Protection, Crop Scouting
By Anonymous Member
Published Oct 30
When should you test for SCN in soybeans?
Categories: Soybeans, Crop Protection, Crop Scouting
By Anonymous Member
Published Sep 10
Looking for tips concerning identifying and controlling eclipta in peanut fields.
Categories: Peanuts, Crop Protection, Crop Scouting
By Anonymous Member
Published Sep 10
How do I treat or manage frog eye leaf spot in the R3 growth stage in soybeans?
Categories: Soybeans, Crop Protection
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