What are you paying for a unit of seed corn? Now that you have that number in mind, let me ask you would rather plant 28,000 population and get a 220 bushel yield, or 40,000 population and get a 225 bushel yield?
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Those record crude oil prices may not have as big of an impact on spring planting as one might think. Dr. Bruce Jones is a professor of agricultural & applied economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, he says growers are somewhat insulated from the market.
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Spring storms ripping through the Eastern Corn Belt may have carried with them more than just excessive precipitation and damaging winds, says Christian Krupke, Purdue University Extension entomologist.
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Welcome to Sangamon-Menard Extension’s April 21st edition of “Crop Update.” This publication is updated weekly during the growing season.
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Extension Update is a weekly summary of news from Extension, government, and other attributable sources, focused on marketing, farm management, and other issues that are of interest to Midwestern farm owners and operators.
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Here’s the latest issue from U/K.
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Here’s the latest issue from ISU.
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Here’s the latest issue from MSU.
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Here’s the latest Missouri newsletter.
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