Sustainability
Syngenta adds sustainability-measuring function to its CropWise app
Syngenta has added a Sustainable Outcomes in Agriculture (SOA) standard through its Cropwise Sustainability app, an innovative tool that puts sustaina... more »
Carbon storage study by Soil Health Institute gets funding from Wells Fargo
The Soil Health Institute (SHI) is getting funding from Wells Fargo to assist in identifying microbial indicators of optimal carbon cycling and storag... more »
Potato industry leaders Quarles, Toaspern talk issues, market outlook
Supply-chain woes and economic inflation are on the minds of many Americans these days, and the effect of those problems hasn’t escaped the potato i... more »
McCain invests in Strong Roots, continues plant-based food focus
Strong Roots, a leading plant-based frozen food company, and McCain Foods, a family-owned world leader in frozen potato specialties and appetizers, ha... more »
Florida rep: COVID shows importance of agriculture advancements
While the global health pandemic had a devastating impact on international trade in 2020, there may be a silver lining. For the first time, policymake... more »
BASF outlines innovation efforts, which include Revysol fungicide
With its innovative processes and products, the chemical industry makes an important contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. BASF r... more »
BASF launches program to help growers reduce carbon emissions
BASF Agricultural Solutions has announced the launch of its Global Carbon Farming Program, which is aimed to help farmers to reduce their CO2 emissio... more »
John Deere’s See & Spray receives accolades from Consumer Technology Association
John Deere has been named a CES 2022 Innovation Awards Best of Innovation honoree in the Robotics category, and an honoree in the Vehicle Intelligence... more »
Yara International joins Biden’s ‘First Movers Coalition’
Some of the largest companies in the world recently launched a shared initiative to reach the climate goals through ground-breaking technology. The... more »
USDA to collaborate with EU counterpart on sustainability, climate change platform
European Union Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack issued the following statemen... more »