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Growers share ag needs with President Trump, Secretary Perdue
Maureen Torrey with Torrey Farms of Elba, New York, participated in a roundtable discussion on April 25, at the White House with President Trump and Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue regarding the policy needs of rural America and the agriculture i... more
Soil maintenance and refurbishment
As farmers, at the end of a long growing season when temperatures drop, when crops get harvested and put into storage, and when thoughts (daydreams) stray to traveling to warmer destinations or taking a snowmobile trip, we are often snapped back to t... more
Side Delights targets athletic performance
Fresh Solutions Network announced its Side Delights Athletic Performance Promotion to target athletes and sports fans. The theme “Potatoes Fuel Performance” promotes potato’s taste, nutritional value and ability to positively impact athletic p... more
Perdue confirmed as secretary of agriculture
Sonny Perdue was sworn in as the 31st U.S. secretary of agriculture by fellow Georgian and Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court Clarence Thomas in a brief ceremony April 25 at the Supreme Court building. The U.S. Senate confirmed Secretary Per... more
Crop Shuttle 3600 series increases field versatility
Safe-T-Pull, the manufacturers of the hitch system and towing accessory to pull stuck vehicles and equipment in tough field conditions, and Crop Shuttle now offers additional field versatility with its Crop Shuttle 3600 cart. It features a self-l... more
April potato report: Stocks up 6 percent from 2016
The USDA-National Agriculture Statistics Service (NASS) released its April 1 potato stocks report. The 13 major potato states held 133 million cwt. of potatoes in storage April 1, up 6 percent from April 1, 2016. Potatoes in storage accounted for 33 ... more
Food, conservation groups collaborate on soil health
General Mills has made a three-year, $2 million commitment to The Nature Conservancy, Soil Health Institute and Soil Health Partnership to support the development of tools and resources for farmers, landowners, and supply chain leaders to achieve wid... more
Obtaining crop emergence data with Sentera
Sentera has launched its Plant Population Analysis program, available through its AgVault software platform. Plant Population Analytics assess where plants are and are not growing, calculates an emergence measurement and visually represents results ... more
$9.6M available from USDA to grow bioeconomy
The USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) is making $9.6 million in funding available for projects to support the development of new biobased products and biomaterials from renewable sources such as crops, trees, and waste materials... more
Trimble’s variable rate technology for pivots
Trimble introduced its Irrigate-IQ optimal flow variable rate irrigation (VRI) solution. This pressure regulating technology allows farmers to perform VRI on center pivot irrigation systems with standard pumping equipment or limited well capacity. As... more
