December 26, 2007
Chicago Tribune (KRT) — Dec. 26 — WASHINGTON — While the federal government doesn’t usually endorse products, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has struck an unusual arrangement with agribusiness giant Monsanto Co. that gives farmers in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa and Minnesota a break on federal crop insurance premiums if they plant Monsanto-brand seed corn this spring.
December 23, 2007
Ongoing research by market leader helps ensure maximized yield advantages
December 19, 2007
Monsanto Co. said the European Union will consider importing so-called triple-stack corn grown from the company’s most profitable seed.
December 17, 2007
Monsanto Co. on Wednesday expanded its hunt for a technology to fight nematodes, tiny pests that cost U.S. soybean farmers alone more than $1 billion a year.
December 17, 2007
Projections for 2008 by University of Illinois Extension indicate that corn production will be more profitable than soybean production in northern and central Illinois but soybeans take the edge in southern Illinois.
December 17, 2007
This past year, more fields in Ohio had soybeans that developed symptoms of sudden death syndrome (SDS) than in any year previously.
December 17, 2007
Here’s agronomist Tim Jordal’s thoughts on the two GLH Herculex® options.
December 17, 2007
The 2007 National Corn Yield Contest will be one for the record books, according to the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA).
December 17, 2007
Here’s the new report from the Univ. of Missouri.
December 17, 2007
This week’s CropWatch features information on a number of extension and educational opportunities to be offered throughout the winter and early spring.
December 17, 2007
All articles for the date issue of the Wisconsin Crop Manager are now available on the web.
December 14, 2007
Innovative crop insurance product launches in time for 2008 planting season.
December 14, 2007
As part of its campaign to educate consumers and the news media, the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) has developed a one-page document responding to the top 10 myths about corn production and ethanol production.
December 13, 2007
A news item and full length report have been posted regarding Iowa research this year examining the yield response of corn to fungicide applied at tasseling.
December 13, 2007
A new issue of Integrated Crop Management is now available.
December 13, 2007
Soybean crops in the Midwest have yet to suffer any economic damage from Asian soybean rust (ASR).
December 12, 2007
Transgenic corn hybrids are becoming more prominent in Ohio State University Corn Performance Trials.
December 12, 2007
U.S. soybean growers can anticipate growing the first varieties in 2009
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.
