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The 2021 growing season will be here before you know it. In an effort to help farmers watch for changes and irregularities in their fields, Corteva has a tool called Direct Scouting. “That tool uses high frequency satellite imagery, so high frequency, high resolution almost daily, in satellite imagery combine with some algorithms that we came up with to help a grower understand which fields shou

Anytime commodity markets pull back, economists remind those in the cattle business about the importance of targeting resources where they generate the greatest return. Scott Flynn, Zonal Biology Leader with Corteva Agriscience, said current market challenges drive home the importance of maximizing pasture productivity during the 2020 grazing season ...

EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler voiced disappointment in a court decision to vacate registrations for three dicamba herbicides. Wheeler said of the ruling, "The 2020 growing season is well underway, and this creates an undue burden for our first conservationists – farmers." ...

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently vacated the registrations of three Dicamba-based herbicides, one each from BASF, Corteva, and Bayer. Allison Crittenden, director of Congressional Relations with the American Farm Bureau, says these kinds of court decisions often hit farmers at the worst possible times ...

Corteva announced Thursday it will stop producing chlorpyrifos by the end of the year.  The Chicago-based company said declining sales of the pesticide drove its decision to end production, and continues to stress chlorpyrifos is safe.   The company’s move reflects a shift toward newer products in the $14.5 billion globa...