With skyrocketing corn prices, many farmers are scratching their heads and checking numbers, wondering if they should adjust planting decisions for 2007.
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With skyrocketing corn prices, many farmers are scratching their heads and checking numbers, wondering if they should adjust planting decisions for 2007.
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The first Asian soybean rust reported in calendar year 2007 was found growing and sporulating this week on green kudzu in four Florida counties.
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You may already have applied anhydrous ammonia on your 2007 corn acres and booked your seed corn needs. That means you have committed two major expense items for your crop budget.
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Biotechnology is helping American farmers continue to supply an economic, environmentally sustainable supply of food and raw material for biofuels, the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) said today in response to a recent Earth Policy Institute report.
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Roundup Ready® Corn 2 and YieldGard® Plus Corn both received high marks in a 2006 grower survey, with over 90 percent of surveyed farmers saying they were satisfied with the biotech corn products and the performance these corn traits were demonstrating on their farming operations.
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Great Lakes Dealer Gene Hoover is currently featured on the 866rootdig.com website.
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The grower leaders of the American Soybean Association, in partnership with John Deere, are encouraging soybean growers to sign up for the “Reach for the Stars” program that will provide U.S. soybean growers with opportunities to learn more about precision ag systems.
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Many farmers could gain an extra 5 or 10 bushels per acre by doing a few very simple things, says David Wright. He’s director of contract research for the Iowa Soybean Association.
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The ethanol industry is growing so fast that it could more than double its use of corn in the next two years and force increases in food prices, an environmental group says.
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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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