The recommendations for Ohio, Indiana and Michigan focus on fertilizer and crop prices, rather than on yield potential. The new application rates and a nitrogen rate calculator are available online.
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Move over traditional corn-based ethanol. President Bush wants ethanol made not just from corn, but also from agricultural waste, perennial grasses and forest residues.
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The Oil Daily via NewsEdge Corporation : President Bush is talking up the benefits of E85—a fuel blend of 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline—and other alternatives fuels in a week-long effort to sell his new energy initiatives to the American people and reduce US oil imports. The Republican-controlled Congress is also showing equal interest in promoting E85 and other alternatives to gasoline.
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I enjoy hearing fresh, new perspectives on the issues facing agriculture, and it’s important for us to be objective and open to different approaches, especially in the face of change. But it’s equally important to remember our history lessons, lest they be repeated.
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We just posted nearly 100 photos taken from several of our participants on our incentive travel trip to Puerto Vallarta in January.
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WASHINGTON—Trade negotiators for the United States and the 25-nation European Union reported no breakthroughs Wednesday after two days of discussions aimed at narrowing differences on farm trade that have stalled global trade talks.
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Whether or not a switch in acreage from corn to soybeans in 2006 is the right thing to do from a broad market perspective will depend upon the yields of corn and soybeans that materialize in 2006, the magnitude of production in the rest of the world, and the world demand for corn and soybeans, said a University of Illinois Extension marketing specialist.
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Indiana soybean farmers who deliver soybeans to Consolidated Grain & Barge (CBG) at Mt. Vernon, Ind., or the Bunge plant at Danville, Ill., can participate in the Soybean Quality Rewards (SQR) program in 2006 and receive premiums for higher oil and protein content.
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Over the winter, both farmers and economists have been debating the merits of moving more corn acres into soybeans during 2006 in order to improve profit margins. However, a shift towards soybeans may prove to be the wrong move.
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