Vradenburg Wilbur-Ellis announced earlier this month that Dan Vradenburg, longtime Agribusiness division president, will take on a new role in the company as board chair of Cavallo Ventures, its venture capital arm. The Agribusiness division tripled...

Tim Norris, Ag Info Tech A few weeks ago I took a quick trip south down I-71 to Central Ohio (for you non-Buckeyes, I-71 runs North-South between Ohio’s three major cities) to visit with Ag Info...

Today, The Climate Corp., a subsidiary of Monsanto Co., announced the acquisition of VitalFields, a European farm management software company based in Tallinn, Estonia. The VitalFields team will join The Climate Corporation, strengthening the company’s efforts to deliver industry-leading...

PERSPECTIVE: Over the next few days and weeks in the ag media space the major players will examine this latest proposed Bayer-Monsanto mega merger from every conceivable angle. Bear with us, dear reader, as it might get to be...

MZB Technologies announces a data connectivity agreement with The Climate Corporation, a subsidiary of Monsanto Co., providing increased precision agriculture farm data collection and management capabilities for farmers and their trusted advisors. “MZB Technologies has a robust dealer network that’s...

Whether Monsanto retains the Climate Corp. after various acquisition scenarios have played out or else Bayer CropScience or even some other entity ultimately holds title to it, the one-time “unicorn” tech startup acquired a few years ago for $1 billion...

This year, users of insectforecast.com will be able to monitor soybean aphids, a pest that can significantly damage a crop and reduce yield if not dealt with effectively.

The asset acquisition by Monsanto Company, The Climate Corp's parent company, includes the Solum brand, soil testing intellectual property, the soil test lab in Ames, IA, and Solum’s No-Wait Nitrate platform.

Monsanto agrees to acquire a weather analytics company in its ongoing quest to find yield in every corner.

Monsanto promises to provide a broad suite of tools to provide greater on-farm insights through its agreement to acquire The Climate Corp.

According to reports from Monsanto, farmers in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa and Minnesota have begun in-field trialing of the first offering from the company's Integrated Farming Systems research platform — FieldScripts.

PERSPECTIVE  I recently returned from the Agricultural Retailers Association Annual Conference in San Diego where, in addition to the usual networking, I got to host a modest roundtable of ag retailers to talk about the issues of the day....

AgGateway is pleased to announce that the winner of this year’s Ron Storms Memorial Award is Andrew Jeremiah, B2B IT Lead Analyst at Monsanto. The award recognizes distinguished individual efforts in the promotion of electronic standards and protocols in...

Since the launch of the new PrecisionAg.com, the site has featured reader polls to help take the pulse of the market on key issues. Here's a summary of findings, along with some analysis, on the first five polls.

The company's Integrated Farming Systems program is all ready for a 2013 pilot launch.

Over the past two seasons, farmers across the Corn Belt have participated in an online, early warning system tool to monitor above ground pests that could threaten their corn yields. For 2012, this sophisticated program, known as the Insect...

As part of its ongoing commitment to double yield output for major commodity crops by 2030, Monsanto has been working on the agronomic side of the equation that it estimates will account for 5% to 7% of the needed...