Inputs
Cover Crops Can Serve Corn Nitrogen Needs in Continuous No-Till
May 26, 2010 3:35 PM | Source: Ohio State University
Cover crops incorporated into a continuous no-till field crop rotation can produce enough nitrogen (N) to complement, or in some cases, replace corn N fertilizer applications, according to long-term Ohio State University (OSU) Extension research... More
Corn and Soybean Producers and Dairies Benefit From Manure as Fertilizer | Getting a Good Start
Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM | By Ron Heiniger North Carolina State University
Do starter fertilizers and additives boost corn yields? Recent research has shown that by combining a starter fertilizer with management practices that... More
Strengthening Relationships with Input Suppliers is a Positive for Farmers | Team Up With Your Supplier
Nov 1, 2009 12:00 PM | By Moe Russell
For some time, I have been writing and speaking about the need for producers to look at developing long-term relationships with suppliers. This is because... More
Organics Keep Growing
Nov 1, 2009 12:00 PM | Compiled By Greg Lamp
Organic foods now occupy prominent shelf space in the produce and dairy aisles of most mainstream U.S. food retailers, while offerings of organic meats,... More
Quilt Xcel Fungicide Receives Section 3 Registration
May 28, 2009 2:19 PM | Source: Syngenta
Syngenta Crop Protection announced today that Quilt Xcel fungicide received a Section 3 registration from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA... More
Inputs News
Should Hail Damaged Crops be Sprayed With a Fungicide?
Jul 21, 2009 2:49 PM
Last week severe storms hit several counties in Iowa with hail ranging from softball to pea size causing significant crop damage. Hail damage to corn may negatively affect yield potential (see Elmore and Abendroth, 2009) but may have little effect on soybean yield potential (see Pedersen, 2008)... More
Herbicide Diversity Needed To Keep Roundup Effective
Jul 14, 2009 12:02 PM
Using a diverse herbicide application strategy may increase production costs, but a five-year Purdue University study shows the practice will drastically reduce weeds and seeds that are resistant to a popular herbicide... More
Fertilizer Inputs
Valuing Manure Nutrient Resources For Corn and Soybean Fields
Sep 1, 2010 5:44 PM
A fundamental question often asked by agricultural producers is how they should value manure as a nutrient resource... More
Brazil Likely To Need Fertilizer Imports
Jul 15, 2010 3:25 PM
According to a new Rabobank report, plans to increase fertilizer production in Brazil will not eliminate the country’s fertilizer imports... More
Fungicides
Do Soybean Fungicides Pay?
Jul 20, 2010 4:21 PM | Source: Farm Press
Is applying fungicides to corn, soybeans and wheat a good idea? That’s a question many upper Southeast growers will be asking, especially following record fall-winter rain and snow and subsequent damage to thousands of acres of farmland in that region... More
Will You Reserve Fungicide for the 2010 Crop?
Jun 8, 2010 4:48 PM | Source: Ohio State University
Because of cool, wet conditions between late April and the third week of May, Ohio’s corn and soybeans are only just emerged in some fields and not even out of the ground in others... More
Herbicides
Waterhemp Resistance to HPPD-Inhibiting Herbicides Confirmed
Jul 20, 2010 3:57 PM | Source: University of Illinois
The list of herbicide resistance in waterhemp populations is growing. University of Illinois (U of I) weed scientists have announced that basic and applied research have confirmed this broadleaf weed species’ resistance to HPPD-inhibiting herbicides ... More
Banning Atrazine Will Come with Hefty Price Tag, Job Loss
Jul 8, 2010 4:22 PM | Source: National Corn Growers Association
Banning the agricultural herbicide atrazine would cost between 21,000 and 48,000 jobs from corn production losses alone, according to University of Chicago Economist Don Coursey... More
Insecticides
New Website Provides a Central Resource for Information on Pesticide Stewardship
Aug 12, 2010 3:09 PM | Source: Weed Science Society of America
The Center for Integrated Pest Management (CIPM) has a new Pesticide Environmental Stewardship (PES) website... More
Crop Producers Seek Relief on Pesticide Regulations
Jul 6, 2010 2:38 PM | By Forrest Laws
Congress should take steps to ensure the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) is given priority when the EPA begins enforcing new spray drift and NPDES permit regulations... More
Seed Inputs
More Public Plant Breeders Needed
Mar 9, 2010 2:27 PM
The jump from university, state and federal agricultural research centers by plant breeders heading to private seed companies is creating a shortage of public breeders... More
Monsanto Disputes AP Story
Dec 15, 2009 2:57 PM
An Associated Press article accuses Monsanto of “squeezing” its competitors, controlling smaller seed companies and dominating the multibillion-dollar market for genetically altered seeds through its business practices... More
Seed treatments
Explaining Corn Refuge in a Bag
Jun 29, 2010 9:44 AM | Source: Iowa State University Extension
Pioneer HiBred has introduced two new products into the U.S. corn market, Optimum AcreMax RW (OAM RW) and Optimum AcreMax 1 (OAM 1)... More
Treated Soybeans Bring Benefit with Early Planting, Wet Conditions
Feb 1, 2010 12:00 PM | BY LARRY STALCUP
Some would argue that 2009 stirred up the perfect storm for preventing early planted soybeans from making a stand. Replanting was needed over much of... More
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Valmont Sponsors Accredited Online Chemigation And Fertigation Course
Apr 16, 2009 10:38 AM
Penton Media has developed an online continuing education unit (CEU) course that covers the use of mechanical irrigation systems to apply fertilizers and crop protection products. The course, sponsored by Valmont Irrigation... More
Resounding Resistance
Apr 1, 2009 12:00 PM
It's kind of sickening. Jarrett Nehring frowns when making that response. Who wouldn't, when a 25-bu. drop in soybean yields flashes on the yield monitor... More
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