Corn
Take Steps to Reduce Compaction Before Spring Planting
Mar 10, 2010 12:44 PM | Source: Purdue University
With a late harvest, a wet fall and slow-melting snow, Ohio farmers may be facing more compaction issues than usual this spring... More
Corn Left in Fields Slowly Drying
Mar 10, 2010 12:40 PM | Source: North Dakota State University
The rate of drying of corn left in fields last fall has been slow but steady, according to Joel Ransom... More
Wet Stored Grain Will Deteriorate Rapidly in Spring
Mar 9, 2010 2:11 PM | Source: North Dakota State University
The storability of grain depends on grain quality, moisture content and temperature. Grain moisture content must decrease as grain temperature increases to store grain safely... More
Successful Spring Planting Will Take Patience and Planning
Mar 9, 2010 2:09 PM | Source: Iowa Soybean Association
With memories of the last fall’s difficult harvest still all too vivid for farmers, this winter has presented its own challenges... More
NCGA 2009 Corn Yield Guide Now Online
Mar 8, 2010 10:12 AM | Source: National Corn Growers Association
The National Corn Growers Association 2009 Corn Yield Guide is now available for download... More
Corn News
Crop Insurance Decisions
Feb 23, 2010 2:31 PM | By Kent Thiesse
Many farm operators are now finalizing their crop insurance decisions for the 2010 crop year. March 15 is the deadline to purchase crop insurance for 2010. Following are some considerations... More
Drying Progress of Corn Standing in the Field Over Winter
Feb 18, 2010 1:26 PM | Source: University of Wisconsin Extension
Due to the unusually cool growing season during 2009, many farmers left their corn standing in the field over winter. On Dec. 7, 2009 USDA reported that about 23% of Wisconsin's corn crop had not been harvested... More
Bt
Corn Farmers Trade Stalks for Cattle Manure to Fertilize Fields
Feb 15, 2010 12:00 PM | BY LIZ MORRISON
Fall is barter time for two Iowa farmers. Kevin Fluit, a cattle producer from Rock Rapids, IA, and his neighbor, cash grain farmer John Friedrichsen, are swapping corn stalks and manure... More
No Final DCP Payments for Corn, Soybeans
Oct 20, 2009 11:34 AM | Source: Farm Press
USDA will not issue final 2008 counter-cyclical payments to farmers enrolled in the Direct and Counter-cyclical Program for peanuts, corn, grain sorghum, soybeans and oats because average commodity prices remain above levels that trigger these payments... More
Biotech traits
EU's Recent Approval of Biotech Crops Suggests Changes
Feb 1, 2010 12:00 PM | BY EDITH MUNRO
When the European Union (EU) approved major biotechnology events (Monsanto's YieldGard VT Pro and YieldGard VT Rootworm/RR2; Syngenta's Agrisure RW; Roundup... More
U.S. Farmers Continue to Favor Biotech Crops
Dec 1, 2009 2:42 PM | Source: Farm Press
According to the USDA, U.S. farmers have embraced biotech crops of soybeans, cotton and corn at the rate of 91%, 88% and 85%, respectively. This is because agricultural biotechnology allows farmers to grow more food on less land using farming practices that are more cost effective and environmentally sustainable... More
Conservation tillage
World Biotech Crop Acres Up 7% in 2009
Mar 2, 2010 4:53 PM | Source: Brock Associates
Worldwide plantings of biotech crops increased by 7%, or 22 million acres, in 2009 despite a decline in usage in Europe, according to an industry report released recently... More
Are Corn and Soybean Farmers Addicted To Tillage?
Feb 15, 2010 12:00 PM | BY GREG LAMP EDITOR glamp@csdigest.com
Hello. My name is John and I'm addicted to tillage. After attending the Minnesota Conservation Tillage Conference that our magazine helps sponsor, I'm starting to believe some farmers are, indeed, obsessed with tillage... More
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Corn rootworm traits
A Front-Row View
Apr 1, 2009 12:00 PM | By Mark Moore
Don't let crop scouting slip down your priority list. Truth is, with the plethora of resources available at your fingertips, scouting is probably one... More
Scouting Made Simple
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM | By Jen Bennett
Sweltering temperatures and pollinating corn don't make you say, Let's go scouting! But, those are generally the conditions under which scouting for corn... More
Disease
Purdue Web Site Helps Farmers Manage Corn Mold Issues
Mar 8, 2010 10:54 AM
Farmers still dealing with the aftermath of wet, cool weather on their 2009 corn crop have a place to turn for help... More
Wet Grain Causes Storage and Mold Concerns for Farmers
Mar 5, 2010 5:34 PM | Source: Purdue University
The wet conditions of the 2009 corn harvest presented unique challenges to farmers and, according to Richard Stroshine, an agricultural engineer at Purdue University, those challenges still have not come to an end... More
Glyphosate tolerance
Glyphosate-Resistant Kochia Confirmed in Kansas
Mar 1, 2010 2:29 PM | Source: Kansas State University
Kansas State University (K-State) scientists have completed long-term evaluations of a limited number of independent kochia (Kochia scoparia) populations on privately owned land in western Kansas that are now confirmed to be glyphosate-resistant... More
Will Glyphosate Fall to the Wayside as Resistance Grows?
Feb 15, 2010 12:00 PM | BY FORREST LAWS
Glyphosate's become one of the most widely used herbicides, eclipsing even atrazine as the workhorse of chemical weed control. So could glyphosate become practically useless for all but a few niche markets in the next few years... More
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Pests
Facing the Corn Nematode Problem in Illinois
Feb 16, 2010 4:57 PM
Illinois farmers know corn nematodes are a problem. Nearly 80% of attendees at the Illinois Corn & Soybean classics agreed this was true in surveys conducted across the state by University of Illinois Extension Nematologist Terry Niblack. However, fewer than 20% plan to do anything about it... More
Bug Man | Minnesota Entomologist Raises Corn Pests
Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM | BY LIZ MORRISON
This place is a warren of dim, concrete-floored rooms. The air is warm and humid, smelling of mothballs, soil and damp paper. Behind every closed door... More
Seed
Corn Growers Think About Vomitoxin When Choosing Hybrids for 2010 Season
Feb 5, 2010 4:09 PM | Source: Ohio State University Extension
As Ohio corn growers struggle with moldy grain in storage and costly vomitoxin problems, they are faced with the challenges of selecting hybrids for the 2010 growing season they hope will help them avoid a repeat of poor grain quality... More
Navigating Corn Hybrid Selection for Corn Farmers
Nov 15, 2009 12:00 PM | BY MARK MOORE
Selecting corn hybrids has become a daunting task. The selection of top-notch genetics has been made even more complicated due to the myriad of traits... More
Strip-till
Tillage Conference Packed With Take-Home Info
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
This year's Conservation Tillage Conference is right around the corner and you won't want to miss the lineup of conservation experts and farmers. You'll... More
Strip-Till Is Precision Farming Aid | Precise Variability
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM | By Liz Morrison
For Minnesota growers Kevin and Larry Lahr, strip-tillage is one more precision farming tool. The Lahrs' recent switch to strip-till is part of their... More
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