Crop Management
Sentera sensors available for DJI Inspire 2 Drone
Sentera has made available gimbaled Double 4k and Quad sensors for the DJI Inspire 2 drone. Sentera's swappable precision crop health sensors paired with the Inspire 2 offers agronomists, crop consultants, and growers a way... more »
Aqua-Yield introduces Nano-Pro herbicide adjuvant
At only 4 oz./acre application rate, Draper, Utah-based Aqua-Yield has introduced Nano-Pro. In university and field testing, Nano-Pro was added to herbicide treatments and showed a consistent increase in weed kill. Data shows that weed... more »
New tool helps growers improve phosphorus dfficiency
A nutrient use efficiency technology that increases the availability of phosphorus (P) for plant uptake by up to 45 percent has a new formulation that is now available to growers for a wide range of... more »
Certis USA LifeGard wins top industry awards from Agrow, IBMA
LifeGard, the first biological plant activator product in agriculture, is recognized as a top biological product of the year by two prestigious international organizations. LifeGard was named 2017 Best New Biological Product in London Octo.... more »
A look at strawberry production under colorized films
Researchers studied the influence of colored plastic films (red, yellow, green, blue, and white) on fruit quality, antioxidant capacity, and gene transcripts in greenhouse-grown strawberries. Fruits grown under white plastic film were used as the... more »
Pumpkin crop in good shape in Illinois
Despite a scare in mid-August, the 2017 Illinois pumpkin crop is looking good. In fact, one expert says, “Don’t hesitate to carve more than one this year. There are plenty of pumpkins for everyone.” Mohammad... more »
NatureFresh uses dog for IPM
A pest outbreak in the fall of 2016 left all bell pepper growers in the Leamington area highly concerned. Pepper Weevil (Anthonomus Eugenii) is an unconventional pest that a regular Integrated Pest Management (IPM) system... more »
Siegers Seed adds new salesman for Florida
Siegers Seed has appointed Wayne Cline as its new seed consultant in Plant City and Central Florida. Cline will share his agricultural expertise to current and new Siegers Seed customers. Cline has extensive experience in... more »
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