News Archives for September 2006

Harvest Progress Underway

September 29, 2006

Harvest is underway across the country. Here, the managers of F.I.R.S.T. (Farmer’s Independent Research of Seed Technologies) will provide a weekly snapshot of how corn and soybeans are yielding.

Scientists engineer root-knot nematode resistance

September 29, 2006

University of Georgia professor Richard Hussey has spent 20 years studying a worm-shaped parasite too small to see without a microscope. His discovery is vastly bigger. Hussey and his research team have found a way to halt the damage caused by one of the world’s most destructive groups of plant pathogens.

Federal Class Action Lawsuit Alleges Monsanto Illegally Maintained Glyphosate Monopoly

September 29, 2006

Plaintiffs say company unfairly dominates market years after Roundup patent expired.

U of I Extension Update

September 29, 2006

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.

New insights into how Bt kills insects

September 29, 2006

MADISON — The world’s most widely used organic insecticide, a plucky bacterium known as Bacillus thuringiensis or Bt for short, requires the assistance of other microbes to perform its insect-slaying work, a new study has found.

Huge Soybean Aphid Flights

September 28, 2006

On Sunday/Monday, there was a huge flight of soybean aphid gynoparae (winged females) from soybeans to buckthorn.

Performance Update Part 2 – September 28

September 28, 2006

Here’s even more great performance data from GLH.

Performance Update – Sept 28

September 28, 2006

Once again, Great Lakes Hybrids are showing nice performance advantages in our own GAP (Generations Ahead Plots) and NET (New Experimental Trials) plots. The early F.I.R.S.T. data that has been coming in independently backs up our performance as well.

GLH Rocks Macomb IL FIRST Trials

September 27, 2006

For the second year in a row, 5711Bt Wins the Macomb Early F.I.R.S.T. Trial!

Purdue: Take Notes from Corn Hybrid Plots

September 27, 2006

Corn harvest is slow to get going this year, with only 5% of the state’s crop reported harvested as of 24 Sep (USDA-NASS, 25 Sep 2006).

Ohio C.O.R.N. Newsletter

September 27, 2006

Here’s the latest issue from OSU.

FIRST – Grand Ridge

September 26, 2006

5711Bt placed SECOND at the Grand Ridge F.I.R.S.T. Trial – Early Season. 5961G3 placed 9th ...

Managing Stored Grain to Minimize Risk of Storage Losses

September 26, 2006

Grain harvest is in full swing across the state. It is not too late to review basic on-farm grain storage principles for maintaining quality of stored commodities.

Penn State Field Crop News

September 26, 2006

Here’s the latest issue from Penn State.

Corn Disease Management

September 26, 2006

This is a 2004 article from OSU, but timely this season.

Consider Storing Your Own Grain

September 25, 2006

How do you plan to market your 2006 grain crop? Futures prices remain relatively strong, yet a wide basis makes for a discounted cash price in many areas for the time being.

This fall, make a clean break from dirty grain bins

September 25, 2006

Before Indiana farmers get swept up in harvesting corn and soybean crops this fall they should take a broom to the storage bins where they’ll put all that grain, said a Purdue University agricultural engineer.

UNL CropWatch Sept 22

September 24, 2006

The September 22 CropWatch has been posted to the Web.

U of I Extension Update

September 22, 2006

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.

The last MSU Field Crop CAT Alert for 2006

September 21, 2006

The last issue of the 2006 season of the Field Crop CAT Alert has been posted.

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August 30, 2010

An ancient offshoot of soybeans may one day provide resistance to sudden death syndrome (SDS) and soybean rust, University of Illinois scientists reported at the recent U of I Agronomy Day.

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