MABA IS SPONSORING AN AGRONOMY UPDATE AND INFORMATION SESSION, IN LANSING – JULY 18-19, 2007.
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The March 30 CropWatch has been posted to the Web.
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Here’s the latest from the University of Missouri.
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Many of our readers have asked for performance data on Great Lakes hybrids with Headline. Here is the link to this data in PDF format »

The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) said the prospective plantings report released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture today indicate corn farmers are responding to market demands by intending to plant 90.5 million acres in 2007. Last year, corn growers planted 78.6 million acres.
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As the month of April approaches, many fields in the eastern Corn Belt (ECB) are too wet for planting, but any delay would be only a guess at this point, agronomists said.
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Growers considering a continuous corn program are asking this question: Will I have enough phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) to switch my soybean acres to corn?
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The majority of the discussions have centered on the need for more nitrogen, and needing nitrogen earlier in the 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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Driven by growing ethanol demand, U.S. farmers intend to plant 15 percent more corn acres in 2007, according to the Prospective Plantings report released today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). Producers plan to plant 90.5 million acres of corn, the largest area since 1944 and 12.1 million acres more than in 2006.
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