Potato King Purchases AgTech Tool

Potato King Purchases AgTech Tool

One Canadian potato power player is breaking into AgTech. McCain Foods has purchased Resson, a “vision intelligence technology” firm that develops algorithms to forecast yields through remote sensing. The company enables farmers to make better informed...
Pickle at the Port – Labor Contract Expiration

Pickle at the Port – Labor Contract Expiration

Shipping getting sticky: Trouble is a-brewin’ from Long Beach to Seattle. But it’s not an earthquake or a tsunami—it’s labor negotiations at the ports. The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) represents over 22K workers. Their current labor contracts,...
Fewer Amber Waves of Grain this Fourth?

Fewer Amber Waves of Grain this Fourth?

U.S. wheat is on the world stage these days… Things have been challenging for U.S. wheat farmers this year. Variable weather conditions, crazy input prices, inflation, and the war in Ukraine haven’t made life easy on any of them. No happy medium: Western Nebraska is...
U.S.-Friendly Fertilizer News

U.S.-Friendly Fertilizer News

Some potentially favorable news for U.S. fertilizer producers came this week, when the Department of Commerce ruled that imported urea ammonium nitrate fertilizers were unfairly subsidized and dumped in the U.S. at below-market prices. It’s not all good news. While...
Smarter Scarecrows Guarding Grapes

Smarter Scarecrows Guarding Grapes

Thanks to a team of researchers at Washington State University, scarecrows just got a lot smarter. Through automated drone technology and vision systems, the team’s drone design can identify and scare away birds that seek to do damage to grapes. Feeding frenzy: Birds...