News Archives for October 2005
October 31, 2005
High yields prove today’s seeds tolerate drought far better than farmers ever expected
By ANNE FITZGERALD, REGISTER AGRIBUSINESS WRITER
Bob Henderson feared heavy crop losses because of this year’s drought. He thought he would be harvesting insurance checks, rather than filling bins with grain.
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October 31, 2005
In-plant insect protection provides larger ears, bigger yield compared with insecticides
Early harvest results show that YieldGard® Plus Corn, with maximum in-plant protection against corn rootworms and corn borers, achieved a 15-bushel yield advantage compared with corn protected with insecticides under the severe drought conditions experienced in Illinois this season.
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October 31, 2005
Boo! Here’s some performance that should scare any competition…
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October 31, 2005
Great Lakes has nearly swept FIRST PLACE in the MSU State Trial locations in which we were entered! The link to the data online is below.
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October 31, 2005
Here’s the three remaining locations from Illinois South…
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October 30, 2005
Below are summaries from many of the F.I.R.S.T. Regions. The entire summary PDF files are linked under the appropriate state.
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October 28, 2005
For the first time ever, North Carolina officials have found Asian soybean rust in the state. Five counties were confirmed to have soybean rust based on samples collected Tuesday and Wednesday this week.
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October 27, 2005
Fastbreak CP offers disease protection coupled with insect protection to maximize your soybean yield potential.
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October 27, 2005
Here’s some great data that has come in today…
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October 26, 2005
About 20 more locations were posted last night, and below is how we did. There are six Midwestern location yet to finish, plus many summaries to come in. To date, GLH has 17 WINS and 191 Top-10’s in 139 locations!
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October 26, 2005
F.I.R.S.T. posted three regional summaries this morning… and more Excellent GLH Results!
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October 25, 2005
The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) met with U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman last week to emphasize the need for quick federal action to provide relief to fertilizer producers, retailers and their farmer customers who continue to struggle with the effects of the ongoing natural gas crisis.
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October 24, 2005
Here’s a quick update of plots we posted over the weekend…
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October 24, 2005
Here’s an update on GLH performance in the F.I.R.S.T. Trials and what is still left to harvest and report on.
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October 24, 2005
Soybean rust was detected in 10 new counties in Alabama after a survey of roadside kudzu patches and late-season soybean fields was conducted along the eastern edge of the state on October 21 and 22.
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October 24, 2005
Grain Price Outlook issued by Darrel Good
Extension Economist, University of Illinois
USDA reports provided two fundamental surprises for the market over the past three weeks. First, the September Grain Stocks report showed September 1, 2005, inventories of soybeans of 256 million bushels, about 35 million bushels less than expected. Even though the estimate of the 2004 crop was reduced, the current estimate of 3.124 billion bushels still seems too high.
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October 24, 2005
From Agriculture Online: Some soybean growers could increase their profits by as much as $100 per acre or more, simply by planting the highest-yielding varieties with high levels of resistance to the specific type of soybean cyst nematode (SCN) found in their fields. This news is according to a news release on recent analysis of results from the variety trials conducted at the University of Illinois.
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October 24, 2005
GL3710RR has topped the Tremont, IL F.I.R.S.T. soybean plot in Tazewell county.
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October 23, 2005
In June, Elburn farmer Curt Meredith had things to worry about. With 2,600 acres of corn and soybeans planted, he had weather to worry about — no rain. Meredith had ordered a new $200,000-plus combine harvester that would be delivered in August. And he had a sore throat that would not go away.
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October 23, 2005
From the American Society of Agronomy…
View the website here
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