WASHINGTON, Dec. 5, 2005 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) today launched its newly redesigned web site.
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During the last decade, opinions about the potential for weeds to evolve resistance to glyphosate have changed dramatically. The prevailing industry perspective in the early 1990’s was that due to the complexity of the glyphosate mechanism of action and other purported reasons, weeds would never evolve resistance to glyphosate.
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As a result of increasing benefits from biotechnology-derived (biotech) crop varieties, farmers are adopting the technology with greater ease than ever before, according to a new study update released by the National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy (NCFAP).
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This is a nice reference from Purdue’s Agronomy site

Dec. 2 (Bloomberg)—European Union governments failed to agree on whether to authorize a Monsanto Co. genetically modified corn variety for use as animal feed, stalling the approvals process.
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When a state Extension specialist or Extension educator makes a presentation, the individual will occasionally make reference to “statistical significance” or some variant that alludes to statistical analysis and its use in determining treatment differences. So what is meant by statistical significance?
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When deep tillage is used on cropfields could be as important as how and where the operation is practiced.
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When it comes to herbicide resistance in weeds, most Indiana farmers are like Mad magazine icon Alfred E. Neuman: What, me worry?
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Soybean rust may have been the talk in cropfields across Ohio this season, but now is the time for growers to turn their attention toward a more elusive pest.
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The National Corn Growers Association is leading the effort to create learning tools that will educate corn growers on the importance of Insect Resistance Management, Weed Resistance Management and considering the export and marketing implications of each corn hybrid – before they plant.
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