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Iowa Corn Growers Association Announces Newly Formed Grundy County Corn Growers Association
The Iowa Corn Growers Association is pleased to announce the formation of the Grundy County Corn Growers Association (GCCGA). GCCGA will bring together area farmers and businesses to proactively manage issues that advance the Iowa corn industry. Through these efforts, GCCGA will provide corn growers a voice within the legislative arena in Iowa, Washington D.C. and around the world. In addition, ...
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2015 Grower Achievement Award
The AVG's Grower Achievement Award is Sponsored by Agro-Culture Liquid Fertilizers Are you a vegetable grower representing the spirit of excellence in our industry? Do you know a grower operation that is innovative and stands above the rest? It's easy to submit a nomination; fill out the form here! The deadline for nominations is June 30, ...
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Committed to Co-ops: How Doing Business with Co-ops Is an Investment
A commitment to co-ops is a commitment to your business future, knowing you will never be alone. Support is possibly one of the greatest purposes of true cooperation – to provide grower-owners with the tools they need to keep their farming operations viable and profitable. Whether it is dividends that help carry you through a tough year or advocating for strong farm legislation, ...
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Fieldin Selected for Western Growers Innovation Showcase at Forbes AgTech Summit
Fieldin is excited to be one of the 15 agtechs selected for the Western Growers Innovation Showcase at this year’s Forbes AgTech Summit. The event will be held June 26-27 in Salinas, Calif., bringing together “600 global agriculture leaders and entrepreneurs to tackle some of the world’s most critical challenges,” Forbes notes. If you’re attending the event, be ...
By Fieldin
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Plant app update: Fruit maps are here!
Reaching the desired fruit size in the right timing is one of the main goals of fruit growers. By giving growers real-time size and growth data via our fruit sensors, and comparing the progress to a trajectory defined by them, growers can use irrigation tactics to influence their fruit size until it reaches its size on time. Now we made things even simpler by adding fruit maps to our Plant ...
By Phytech
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British Tomato Growers’ Association is a finalist in the Horticultural Oscars
Yes, its awards season again and the BTGA is delighted to have been shortlisted in the 2014 Grower of the Year Awards in the category ‘Best Consumer Marketing Campaign’. Our application, along with all the other finalists, goes before the judges on 22 January and the winners will be revealed on 4th March at the awards ceremony at the Grand Connaught Rooms in central London. We ...
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New face on the SPAA committee
The results of the 2018 SPAA AGM held on Monday 10th September welcome some new faces to the committee. We are thrilled to announce Rohan Rainbow who was our organisations 1st Executive Officer elected to serve a role on the management committee. “A reason for wanting to come back and support SPAA has been to assist the committee through the many challenges that government will present to ...
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Supply Chain Series: Marketing
Every step of the cotton supply chain builds upon the other. Producers also can add value to their crop through ownership in the final step of the chain – the marketing cooperative. Co-op Advantage®️ regional co-sponsor Plains Cotton Cooperative Association works throughout the year for grower-owners to invest in their future. “PCCA was born out of the necessity of ...
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Food Dialogues℠ Event to Facilitate Discussion on GMO, Organics and Local Food Issues
WHAT: The Iowa Corn Growers Association (ICGA) and the Iowa Corn Promotion Board (ICPB), in cooperation with the U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance® (USFRA®) will host The Food Dialogues: Iowa, an event designed to answer questions on how food is grown and raised. This event will bring together several experts on food issues, including farmers, for a panel discussion on Genetically ...
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Nursery industry flourishes with record-breaking year
INCREASED GROWER confidence and consumer demand for greenlife resulted in the sale of around 1.9 billion plants last year, according to the latest Nursery Industry Statistics 2017-18 survey report. Funded by Hort Innovation and conducted by Nursery and Garden Industry Association (NGIA), Down To Earth Research and ACIL Allen, the report assessed data from more than 290 nursery growers across ...
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PCCA – More Than Marketing
In our last blog, we outlined the final step of the supply chain – cotton marketing. At this step, grower-owners reap the benefits of added value through multiple marketing opportunities offered by Co-op Advantage® regional co-sponsor Plains Cotton Cooperative Association. From offering services to area gins, Member Access to grower-owners, warehousing and problem-solving in the ...
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TGA success at the Horticultural Oscars
Five years on from winning this prestigious award for the first time, the British Tomato Growers’ Association (TGA) were delighted to once again have their efforts recognised by being awarded the top prize in the marketing category at the recent national ‘Grower of the Year Award’ ceremony held in London, for their 2013 marketing campaign. TGA Secretary Julie Woolley ...
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Biopesticides Becoming More Than Just a Niche Product
Growers are all too familiar with the vicious cycle of pests that develop a genetic resistance to chemical applications. As soon as researchers and growers find a chemical that works, genetic systems adapt and the pests find a way to survive. Then the costly cycle starts all over again. The solution to ending this cycle lies in the use of biopesticides as part of an Integrated Pest Management ...
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Spot Spraying Pigweed with the Spider Classic
Cotton is up and this grower is out spot spraying pigweed with his 20 year old LEE Spider Classic is in east Lubbock county! Pigweed, an escape weed technically known as palmer amaranth, is a serious problem for farmers worldwide. It needs to be addressed early so farmers vigilantly clear out any instance they find in their crops. LEE Spider Classic i ...
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Co-ops Provide Freedom
July is especially important as Americans reflect on our nation’s birthday and the freedom we have to act, speak and think as we want without hinderance or restraint. Our forefathers sacrificed their lives for our freedom, and 10 percent of our nation – those who serve in uniform – continue to volunteer to maintain it. Our producers across this great country, also choose to ...
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TC Growers Update: ‘So You Want to Start a Farm’ Registration Open
Assistance is always important when starting a market farm or attempting to access land. Community help, mentors, partners and expertise are required to successfully get your farm business off the ground, and SFA’s Twin Cities Growers Network is partnering with U. of M. Extension for two upcoming workshops that will explore these topics. First, TC Growers coordinator Karl Hakanson will ...
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Farmers in Stanislaus County encouraged to drop off unwanted pesticides at free event on Oct. 30 in Modesto
Farmers in Stanislaus County, Calif. can bring their obsolete and unwanted pesticides to the Stanislaus County Agricultural Commissioner's Office at a free pesticides collection event on Thursday October 30, 2014. The event, which is by appointment only, will be held 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the County Agricultural Commissioner's Office, 3800 Cornucopia Way, Modesto, Calif. Funded by a $100,000 ...
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The French growers discovered the JENBACHER’s production factory
Last May 20 and 21, Sébastien MARTIN and Claude GELARD DCT West - Delegation development business tertiary industry market, organised a trip to Jenbach in Austria. The purpose of travel was to visit the production factory of the GE's Jenbacher engines with fifteen of co-generation growers or cogeneration projects. Clarke Energy (Olivier García), exclusive distributor of Jenbacher ...
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Co-op Education
In an ongoing effort to work for growers-owners through education and advocacy, the Texas and Oklahoma Agricultural Co-op Councils lead the charge. “Both OACC and TACC recognize that it is knowledge that provides the solid foundation upon which success is built,” said Tommy Engelke, TACC Executive Vice President. TACC was created in 1934 to serve as a collective voice, catalyst ...
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GRDC to advise farmers on overcoming subsoil constraints
Workshops are being held in northern New South Wales and Queensland in July and August to help advisors and grain growers identify and manage the impact of subsoil constraints. These include sodicity, salinity, alkalinity, acidity, subsoil nutrient deficiencies and toxicities and soil compaction, and cost growers around $80/ha in forgone income across the region. The workshops have been ...
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