AgWired

In five short years, Tech Hub LIVE has already become the go-to meeting of the year for agricultural retailers and ag tech companies. In this edition of the ZimmCast, we hear from a couple of the CropLife Ag Tech Awards of Excellence winners this year – Aman Anand with Nutrien Ag Solutions and Iowa farmer April Hemmes, and we learn ... Read More

The Vadose Zone is the area between crop roots and the water table, and is a critically important region for storage, transport and transformation of chemicals that can impact groundwater quality. In this episode of the Water for Food Podcast, host Frances Hayes talks with Arindam Malakar, a researcher with the Nebraska Water Center (NWC, a part of DWFI) who ... Read More

One of the Fireside Chats at last week’s Tech Hub LIVE focused on what’s happening inside the Beltway with Daren Coppock, president and CEO of the Agricultural Retailers Association. Coppock says one of the bigger issues is the impact the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) report released in May could have on the agricultural industry as a whole. “We’re all ... Read More

The traditional Tech Hub LIVE closing farmer panel gave attendees the opportunity to get unfiltered and honest opinions on ag tech, AI, and retailer relationships in the real world. Moderated by Farm4Profit Podcast co-host Tanner Winterhof, the panel included three innovative Iowa farmers: April Hemmes, Hemmes Farms in Hampton, Iowa; Tanner Knupp, Knupp Farms in Southeast Iowa; and Jeremy Muff, ... Read More

During the Southern Peanut Growers Conference, Congressman G.T. Thompson, House Ag Chair, participated in today’s general session. He talked about the farm bill which he described as provision in the One Big Beautiful Bill as version 1.0. He talks about the process and what these provisions mean to farmers and particularly peanut growers. He also met with several ag media ... Read More

The fifth annual Tech Hub LIVE Conference and Expo wrapped up another hugely successful event this week, ensuring they will be back again next year in Des Moines. The exhibit hall was packed this year with the latest and greatest in ag technology, including an impressive group of companies who were honored for being there all five years: AgVend, DTN, ... Read More

Alltech has been awarded a $2.34 million grant from the USDA’s Fertilizer Production Expansion Program (FPEP) to expand Alltech Crop Science’s (ACS) biological fertilizer production in Kentucky. The funding will support the construction of a new $4.6 million, 15,000-square-foot manufacturing facility dedicated to producing biological fertilizers and crop inputs. Located on the campus of Alltech’s global headquarters in Nicholasville, Kentucky, ... Read More

Peanut growers and industry representatives from Alabama, Florida, Georgia and Mississippi and now South Carolina are in Panama City Beach, FL this week for the 2025 Southern Peanut Growers Conference. You can find the conference blog here. Leaders of the state organizations, pictured here, gave us an update on the condition of their crops this year and what they peanut ... Read More

Agri-Access, part of Compeer Financial, partners with financial institutions, agri-fintechs and agricultural retailers to expand access to capital across rural America, and this year they were a major sponsor for both the Women in Ag Tech conference and Tech Hub LIVE 2025. Kelly Miller, Director of Agtech and Retail, says Women in Ag Tech is really important to them because ... Read More

Bonsai Robotics Inc. (“Bonsai”), a leader in vision-based autonomy software for agriculture, today announced its acquisition of farm-ng Inc., a pioneer in modular electric robots for farm management. This brings together two of agtech’s most advanced and innovative companies to deliver powerful AI solutions that tackle the labor, cost, and efficiency challenges growers face today. The integration of Bonsai’s high-performance ... Read More

Jeff Blair has been President and Chief Executive Officer of GreenPoint Ag Holdings, a joint venture in the wholesale and retail operations of proven agronomy leaders in the southern United States. His keynote at Tech Hub LIVE Tuesday focused on how the ag tech industry can adapt and advance beyond the headwinds of today’s current tough conditions. One of his ... Read More

The fifth annual Tech Hub LIVE celebration Tuesday included the 2025 CropLife Ag Tech Awards of Excellence, sponsored by Carlton Fields for the first time this year. A new award was added this year – the Emerging Leader Award – and it was presented to Aman Anand, Senior Leader, Nutrien Ag Solutions. With over 20 years of experience spanning Fortune ... Read More

The fourth in-person

Blueberry growers and importers deliver a powerhouse crop that contributes nearly $9.1 billion in annual economic impact to the U.S. economy, or nearly $25 million every day, according to new reports from the U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council (USHBC). “The new reports reaffirm what our industry has long recognized—blueberry growers have a powerful and positive impact on the U.S. economy,” said ... Read More

Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins was joined by three other cabinet members, three governors, several members of the House and Senate, and other officials at USDA headquarters Tuesday to announce the National Farm Security Action Plan. “This Action Plan puts America’s farmers, families, and future first—exactly where they belong. Under President Trump’s leadership, American agriculture will be strong, secure, and ... Read More

Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins was the opening act for President Donald J. Trump on the eve of Independence Day at the Iowa State Fairgrounds last week where he announced the Great American State Fair celebration for America’s 250th birthday. “It will start right here in Iowa,” said President Trump. “The Great American State Fair will bring America 250 programming ... Read More

President Donald Trump celebrated the passage of his One Big Beautiful Bill and touted his plans for the 250th anniversary of our nation’s founding next year with an address at the Iowa State Fairgrounds focused on farmers. “This bill rescues over two million family farms from the so-called estate tax or the death tax. In other words, before Trump, you ... Read More

Hello and welcome to the ZimmCast. Let’s get a preview of the 2025 Agricultural Media Summit with Shelia Grobosky, BioZyme, and AMS Steering Committee Chair and LPC President. It’s all about meetings, keynote and general sessions, breakouts, InfoExpo, awards, ACT student members, sponsors and more. Listen to the episode here: (15:05) That’s the ZimmCast for now. Please let us know ... Read More

In the 43rd episode of the Water for Food Podcast, host Frances Hayes speaks with Claudia Ringler of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) about the crucial link between irrigation and global health, expanding on Ringler’s recent Heuermann Lecture as part of the 2025 Water for Food Global Conference and previous episodes in this podcast. Together they explore how ... Read More

Representatives of the nation’s farmers and ranchers were front and center Thursday at a White House event urging Congress to pass the “One Big Beautiful Bill” and deliver tax relief. President Donald Trump welcomed National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) Past-President Kevin Kester from California and Virginia Cattlemen’s Association member Jeb Cullipher to represent those in the agriculture industry who will ... Read More