Technologies transforming agriculture 

By: by Wayne Wenzel

Adopting new technology is a necessary part of farming. But with so many new products and systems to consider, picking the right upgrades out of the techno-jumble can be a challenge.

Crops department 

Charged spray improves coverage. Thumbs up to atrazine. Smart fertilizer spreading.

Raven buys Fluent 

Raven Industries has acquired Fluent Systems, LLC for approximately $1 million cash.

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Business of buying department 

Roundup Ready price increase. AGCO buys Valtra. Natural gas price rise?

Crops department 

End NH3 spills. Easy auger repairs.

Business of buying department 

CNH turnaround? Fueling production costs. Farmland sells fertilizer assets. New corn herbicide.

Business of buying department 

Monsanto's corn rootworm hybrids approved. Wells Fargo purchases Telmark. Buy, sell, trade online. AGCO closes Challenger plant. CNH reduces debt. Higher N prices....

Crops department 

New label. Plant 'em early. New adjuvants. Bayer, Dow market herbicides....

Crops department 

Hopper Hammer. Stop planter's block. Fertigation tool....

Crops department 

Low-disturbance seeding. Rebounder redesigned.