John Deere recently announced a number of new developments with farm equipment for 2016 and 2017, including a new air hoe seeder model, planter row unit and updated combine.

Monsanto Co. today announced that its Board of Directors unanimously views the Bayer AG proposal as incomplete and financially inadequate, but is open to continued and constructive conversations to assess whether a transaction in the best interest of Monsanto shareowners can be achieved.

La Crosse Seed recently launched LINK, a new inoculant tailored to inoculate any legume cover crop mix in one product.

Once final, the purchase will expand the company’s long-time partnership with Land Pride and will include all five Great Plains divisions with multiple facilities in Kansas and a manufacturing plant in Sleaford, England.

The EPA has registered BASF’s Varisto herbicide for use in clover grown for seed, as well as dry beans, dry peas, English peas, lima beans (succulent), snap beans and soybeans.

Bloomberg reports that Bayer AG is considering purchasing Monsanto Co. in a deal that would create the world's largest seed and farm chemicals supplier.

Crustbuster/Speed King has released its new All Plant No-Till Conservation Drill that plants up to three different conservation grass seeds together in one pass.

Measuring soil respiration using freshly sampled soil can provide vital information regarding a soil's natural behavior, Woods End Laboratories says.