by Becca Frazier | Jul 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
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...
by Becca Frazier | Jul 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
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,...
by Becca Frazier | Jul 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
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...
by Becca Frazier | Jun 28, 2022 | Uncategorized
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...
by Becca Frazier | Jun 28, 2022 | Uncategorized
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...
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