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 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
BASF and Monsanto today signed an agreement for the co-promotion of BASF’s star fungicide, Headline® with F 500®.
June 29, 2007
Corn rootworm feeding is one of the most devastating things that can happen to 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
Several articles have been posted this week with information on fungicides and corn.
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
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 28, 2007
A new issue of Integrated Crop Management is now available.
June 28, 2007
There’s Still Time to Register for the Penn State Rock Springs Weed Control Tour, July 10, 2007
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
Hi everyone … Here is Issue 14 of the Pest&Crop Newsletter.
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.
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 25, 2007
Syngenta announced this month that Quilt fungicide can now be applied with a minimum of two gallons of water per acre (GPA) water volume for aerial applications.
September 2, 2010
Two more posted this week: High Night-Time Temperatures and Stalk Cannibalization in Corn Anth...
August 31, 2010
C.O.R.N. Newsletter 2010-28 08/31/10-09/07/10 Editor: Andrew Kleinschmidt
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.
