Prospective Plantings
Mar 31, 2008, Source: National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA
Corn planted acreage down 8% from 2007; soybean acreage up 18%; all wheat acreage up 6%; all cotton acreage down 13%.
Corn growers intend to plant 86 million acres of corn for all purposes in 2008, down 8% from last year...
Operation Strip-Till Gets Rolling
Mar 31, 2008, Source: Iowa State University
Two north-central Iowa men put their heads together and created an opportunity for farmers interested in trying strip-till on their farms...
Stand Establishment And Soil Compaction Challenges May Crop Up This Spring
Mar 31, 2008, Source: Purdue University
Cool, wet weather conditions are expected to continue this spring, which may result in stand establishment and soil compaction concerns for many Hoosier farmers...
Argentine Farm Strike Continues
Mar 26, 2008
The two sides in the Argentine farm strike appear to be digging in their heels as the protest enters its third week. Transportation into the nation’s main export ports has been blocked...
USDA Reports
Mar 26, 2008, By Bob Sampson
The most important of three upcoming USDA reports in terms of crop prices may be the Prospective Plantings report, says Darrel Good, University of Illinois Extension marketing specialist...
Expert Advises Farmers To Plant Corn In Fields Not Yet Committed
Mar 26, 2008, Source: Purdue University
The market incentives all winter have been telling farmers to plant more soybeans, but we have seen a reversal in the new crop futures, says Chris Hurt, a Purdue University Extension agricultural economist...
Pathologist: Be Wary Of Fungicide Yield Boost Claims
Mar 19, 2008, Source: Purdue University
Farmers who apply fungicide to corn and soybeans because they believe the chemical boosts yields could be treating their crops with little more than a placebo, Greg Shaner, Purdue University Extension plant pathologist, says...
USDA Cuts U.S. Soy, Wheat Stocks
Mar 12, 2008, By Richard Brock
On Tuesday morning, USDA lowered its estimates of 2007-2008 U.S ending stocks for soybeans and wheat by more than the trade expected, while leaving its corn carryout estimate unchanged from February...
New Reports Look at Ethanol Industry Progress and Outlook
Mar 12, 2008, Source: National Corn Growers Association
The U.S. ethanol industry produced a record amount of fuel ethanol in 2007, according to year-end data released recently by the U.S. Energy Department’s Energy Information Administration (EIA) – 32% more ethanol than in 2006...
Agricultural Outlook Presented To U.S. Congress: Grain Prices High, Net Farm Income Strong
Mar 5, 2008, Source: FAPRI
Grain prices increased dramatically in the last two years and are expected to remain well above pre-2006 levels, report economists with the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI)...
National Corn Growers Association Applauds Scientists For Completing Corn Genome Draft Sequence
Mar 5, 2008, Source: National Corn Growers Association
The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) applauds the research of the scientific community for its work in completing a draft sequence of the corn genome, the first mapping of the corn genome in the world...
To Spray Or Not To Spray
Mar 5, 2008, Source: University of Wisconsin
Will foliar fungicide be routine in the new corn production economics? In 2007, many acres of corn in Wisconsin were sprayed mid-season with fungicides: strobilurin or a strobilurin/triazole combination (in Iowa and Illinois an estimated 6 million acres of corn were sprayed). Most acres applied had little or no disease at the time of application. Reasons for spraying vary ...
APHIS: Unapproved Corn No Threat
Feb 27, 2008, By Richard Brock
An unapproved biotech trait was found at “extremely low” levels in some 2006- and 2007-crop U.S. corn, but the grain poses no safety threat and export trade is not likely to be affected, the USDA said on Friday...
UNL Extension Offers Crop Scout Training in March
Feb 27, 2008, Source: University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Crop scouts will learn how to better manage pests during a University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension Crop Scout Training for Pest Managers program on March 17....
Acreage and Yield
Feb 27, 2008, Source: University of Illinois
The corn and soybean markets need to offer the right incentives for corn and soybean acreage in 2008, says University of Illinois Extension Marketing Specialist Darrel Good....
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