Message from Jack Payne, Vice President for Extension and Outreach, and Wendy Wintersteen, Dean, College of Agriculture, Iowa State University:
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DuPont Crop Protection has reached an agreement with Valent U.S.A. Corporation to access flumioxazin to create new combination herbicide products for soybeans, to be marketed under the DuPont brand.
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Corn, soybean and wheat growers who attend “Bounty on the Bay,” the 11th annual Commodity Classic, March 1-3, in Tampa, Fla., are sure to find a “boatload of treasures” awaiting them.
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Producers may be planning to topdress nitrogen on wheat this winter while the ground is still firm and frozen, and before soils become too wet to accommodate fertilizer applicators.
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A federal judge ruled yesterday that the Agriculture Department violated the law by failing to adequately assess possible environmental impacts before approving Monsanto’s genetically engineered alfalfa.
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As ethanol plants increase their capacity or begin initial operation, a bit more surplus corn disappears.
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Bunge has opened a Vistive program at Star of the West Milling in Richville, MI. The premium for harvest delivery is $.55 and $.60 for farm stored buyer’s call. The contact for contracting is Ron Hecht 989-868-4187

The cause of many reductions in stands, seedling diseases remain a problem in soybeans. Stand losses can occur both pre-emergence (seed rotting in the field) and post-emergence (plants dying off soon after they emerge) and can lead to declines in yield.
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Asian soybean rust has crossed the demilitarized zone. In October, plant pathologists confirmed the presence of the disease as far north as Illinois and Indiana. It is the first time the disease has been found in the Midwest since it was discovered in the U.S. in fall 2004.
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Time to do a double take on twin-row corn. The once-obscure practice of planting two rows 7” apart on 30” centers has moved up in the world of corn production.
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