2022
Farm Labor Shortages are Rising
With the decline in farm worker population due to high land prices, cost of operations, machinery and technology inadequacy, and more, farm operators are searching for other solutions to these shortages – implement smart agtechnology into their fields.
2022
Hazardous Herbicide Chemical Goes Airborne
“Dicamba drift”—the movement of the herbicide dicamba off crops through the atmosphere—can result in unintentional damage to neighboring plants. To prevent dicamba drift, other chemicals, typically amines, are mixed with dicamba to “lock” it in place and prevent it from volatilizing, or turning into a vapor that more easily moves in the atmosphere.
2022
Agtech Investment Accelerator Kicks Off
October 22, 2022 – Huntsville, Ala. – Global venture firm and startup accelerator, gener8tor, in partnership with the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, announced the five startup companies selected for the inaugural fall 2022 HudsonAlpha Agtech Investment Accelerator. Kicking off on October 13, the 12-week accelerator invests in five startups at the forefront of the Agtech industry.
2022
Converting Agriculture Technology into Commercial Products
Huntsville, Alabama-based accelerator seeks to bolster Alabama’s ability to translate agriculture technologies into commercial products that will help producers in the state and beyond. The 12-week accelerator invests in five startups at the forefront of the agricultural technology industry.
2022
Huntsville, Alabama Hosting AgTech Start-Ups
AgTechLogic is chosen as one of five innovative start-up companies to make up the inaugural class in the HudsonAlpha AgTech Investment Accelerator, a new initiative from the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology and the global venture and accelerator firm gener8tor.
2022
Popular herbicide weakens bumblebees’ color vision
Finnish researchers have studied how Roundup, a glyphosate based herbicide, can damage the learning, memory, and vision of bumblebees. With weakened color vision, this study showed how it can impair bumblebees’ foraging and nesting success.
2022
Potential cancer-causing chemical used on U.S. farms.
Glyphosate, an active ingredient in many common herbicides, has heavily been debated on whether its use in farms across the United States pose negative impacts on the environment as well as humans.
2022
More Profit for Growers with IPS Solutions
July 22, 2022 – Mesa, AZ –With inflation at a 40-year high, gas prices at historic levels, a limited supply of herbicides, and farm workers in short supply, growers continue to be hit with ongoing challenges to keep their businesses in operation.
2022
Farmers face herbicide scarcities
U.S. farmers have cut back on using common weedkillers, hunted for substitutes to popular fungicides, and changed planting plans over persistent shortages of agricultural chemicals that threaten to trim harvests.
2022
Southwest Summit 2022 Recap
On Monday February 21st, the AgTechLogic team descended upon the Southwest Ag Summit (SWAG) held in Yuma Arizona, the region’s premier agricultural industry show. World renowned experts presented on topics such as weed management, crop protection, energy conservation, and irrigation management.
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