Headquartered in Bellefonte, Penn., ZedX’s expertise lies in the development of agronomic weather, crop and pest models that rapidly translate data into insights for more efficient agricultural production.

Woods End Laboratories, the maker of Solvita soil biology tests, announced the release of Solvita VAST (Volumetric Aggregate Stability Test), a rapid laboratory method for measuring water-stable soil aggregates.

Two agreements related to Deere’s purchase of Precision Planting will also be terminated, including the digital collaboration agreement between Deere and The Climate Corp., a division of Monsanto. Also ending is an agreement that would have allowed Ag Leader to expand access to and distribution of certain Precision Planting products and technologies.

Based out of Exeter, Huron Tractor will sell SoilWarrior zone tillage and nutrient application equipment throughout their sales territory.

EPA administrator Scott Pruitt says by reversing the previous administration’s steps to ban one of the most widely used pesticides in the world, the agency is returning to using sound science in decision-making.

Koch Agronomic Services has agreed to provide product research data to The Climate Corporation to use in the development of the data science models that power the company’s industry-leading Climate FieldView digital agriculture platform.

FMC Corp. and DuPont announced the signing of a definitive agreement for FMC to acquire the portion of DuPont’s Crop Protection business it must divest to comply with the European Commission ruling related to its merger with The Dow Chemical Co.

Spensa Technologies Inc., a precision agriculture technology company, and Spectrum Seed, a premium, non-GMO seed company, announced a partnership that allows corn growers in the Midwest the ability to collect important pest population data for insects such as corn earworm, western bean cutworm and European corn borer in near real-time, powered by Spensa’s Z-Trap Network.

Environmental Tillage Systems (ETS) announced 21st Century Equipment as the first SoilWarrior dealer in the U.S. Based out of Scottsbluff, Neb., 21st Century Equipment will sell zone tillage and nutrient application equipment throughout their sales territory in western Nebraska, Colorado and Wyoming.

Aaron Wickstrom shares his strategies and solutions to improving moisture retention and nutrient uptake in sandy soils with strip-till on his 1,000-acre cropping operation in Hilmar, Calif.