US Farmers plant 92.9 Million Acres of Corn
June 29, 2007
Corn planted area for all purposes is estimated at 92.9 million acres in 2007, up 19 percent from 2006 and 14 percent higher than 2005.
June 29, 2007
Corn planted area for all purposes is estimated at 92.9 million acres in 2007, up 19 percent from 2006 and 14 percent higher than 2005.
June 29, 2007
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.
June 29, 2007
Several articles have been posted this week with information on fungicides and corn.
June 29, 2007
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) is reminding market participants that several changes to the U.S. Standards for Soybeans will become effective on Sept. 1.
June 29, 2007
Corn rootworm feeding is one of the most devastating things that can happen to corn.
June 29, 2007
BASF and Monsanto today signed an agreement for the co-promotion of BASF’s star fungicide, Headline® with F 500®.
June 29, 2007
The number of ethanol plants across the central and western Corn Belt enrolled in Monsanto’s Processor Preferred® program has nearly doubled over the past three years to meet the rapidly growing demand for alternative fuels.
June 29, 2007
In a June 29 Crop Acreage Report described by analysts as “shocking,” the U.S. Department of Agriculture forecast a huge increase in corn acreage from its March report and a big drop in soybean acreage.
June 28, 2007
Hi everyone … Here is Issue 14 of the Pest&Crop Newsletter.
June 28, 2007
Issue no. 14 of the Bulletin—pest management and crop development information for Illinois is now available on the Web.
June 28, 2007
There’s Still Time to Register for the Penn State Rock Springs Weed Control Tour, July 10, 2007
June 28, 2007
A new issue of Integrated Crop Management is now available.
June 27, 2007
Pest pressure on field crops is not unusual, but with this season’s abnormally dry conditions, any extensive feeding injury could put stressed plants in further jeopardy.
June 27, 2007
Ohio State University’s soybean sentinel plot program, established in 2005 to track soybean rust (still a no-show in Ohio), is fulfilling its purpose as the first line of defense against more immediate, threatening diseases. One of those is frogeye leaf spot.
February 8, 2010
Producers wanting to add to or improve the forage species in their existing pastures should consider using either the frost seeding method in February and early March, or interseeding later in the spring months.
February 4, 2010
Get below the surface to probe why yields excelled.
February 3, 2010
Ohio growers may be concerned about moldy grain and vomitoxin development in storage, but they shouldn’t rely on chemical treatments to prevent any further contamination, said an Ohio State University Extension plant pathologist.
February 2, 2010
At the Jan. 8 Ag Research Update session at the Southwest Research and Outreach Center at Lamberton, Dean Malvick, University of Minnesota Extension plant pathologist, told Minnesota crop consultants there’s a new disease needing attention.