Here’s the latest Missouri IPM newsletter.
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On-farm assessments and telephone surveys report more than 90 percent of growers adhering to Bt corn borer stewardship requirements
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Hi Everyone – The Pest&Crop Issue 5 is ready for you.
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Issue #5 is now on the web.
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Major agrochemical players are focusing future growth in agriculture biotechnology as the market for crop protection chemicals matures.
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Every year, weather permitting, farmers seem to be planting corn and soybeans earlier- especially beans. This early planting is one of the most important of several factors that may lead a farmer to consider using seed treatments.
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Corn growers envision a future that includes a crop of 15 billion bushels able to produce 15 billion gallons of ethanol without affecting other markets for corn National Corn Growers Association First Vice President Ken McCauley told more than 400 attendees at the “Renewable Fuels Summit 2006: Growing America’s Energy Security” Tuesday.
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Rowed beans require a minimum of 80,000 plants per acre. Seed input costs coupled with tighter profit margins are forcing growers to reconsider their soybean seeding rates.
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Strip-till and no-till tillage systems have lower fuel use and lower costs than typical-till and heavy-till systems, according to a University of Illinois Extension report.
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Seed costs have dramatically increased over the last few years. The development of transgenic hybrids and the associated technology fees has driven the cost of hybrid seed to the highest prices ever seen.
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