October 1, 2007
Cover Story
It's A Delicate Dance
Oct 1, 2007 12:00 PM | By Karen Bernick
Granted, there are situations where cold hard cash is the only thing that matters in attracting or keeping a landlord. But how you handle your farming operation and how you treat people may be just as important in making or breaking ties with a landowner... More
Features
Sticker Shock
Oct 1, 2007 12:00 PM | By John Russnogle
The decision to buy fertilizer has become a guessing game not unlike the traditional anguish of when to sell corn and beans. The days of fixed prices... More
The Farm Bill Tests Deadline
Oct 1, 2007 12:00 PM | By Larry Stalcup
With the U.S. Senate and House trying to balance out a 2007 Farm Bill that will escape a presidential veto, corn and soybean association leaders hope... More
Bugging Out
Oct 1, 2007 12:00 PM | By Jen Bennett
Corn rootworm is the poster child of primary concern in continuous corn, says Kevin Steffey, Extension entomologist at the University of Illinois. It... More
Top Five Reasons
Oct 1, 2007 12:00 PM | By John Pocock
Experts who specialize in agricultural law and taxation can help you in several important ways even if you don't think you'll need their services. Here... More
What's Your Marketing Personality?
Oct 1, 2007 12:00 PM | By Kindra Gordon
Why are some people relatively calm, cool and collected when it comes to marketing crops while others find it a nerve-wrecking, emotional roller coaster?... More
Deere In The Lights
Oct 1, 2007 12:00 PM | By Greg Lamp
With all the glitz and glamour of a Vegas show, John Deere unveiled what it calls one of its largest new equipment introductions ever. From big, high-horsepower... More
Stream Of Dreams
Oct 1, 2007 12:00 PM | By Susan Winsor
Craig Recker won a yield contest without a speck of commercial fertilizer. His New Vienna, IA, neighbors couldn't believe that manure and alfalfa credits... More
Ethanol's Growing Pains
Oct 1, 2007 12:00 PM | By Liz Morrison
The ethanol boom is bringing higher crop prices and bigger farm profits. It's also causing growing pains, as the grain and transportation industries adapt... More
Time To Wrap Up Your Trades
Oct 1, 2007 12:00 PM | By Larry Stalcup
When the first MarketMaxx game started about three years ago, players were pondering whether $2.50 corn or $7 soybeans were smart trades. Have times changed,... More
CORRECTION
Oct 1, 2007 12:00 PM
The September Corn and Soybean Digest article, Why So Few E-85 Pumps? should have said that UL stands for Underwriter's Laboratory.... More
Weed Resistance: Here To Stay
Oct 1, 2007 12:00 PM | By Larry Stalcup
It's not too early to start thinking about herbicide programs for 2008 because like the continued threat from Asian rust to soybeans, weed resistance... More
Waiting To Jump On A Strong Cotton Market
Oct 1, 2007 12:00 PM | By Larry Stalcup
China and India. Both grow more cotton than U.S. growers. And there is huge production in Pakistan, South American countries and elsewhere. No wonder... More
Minimizing Gin Losses
Oct 1, 2007 12:00 PM | By Doreen Muzzi
A device similar to circular saw blades mounted on a common shaft could put thousands of lost dollars back into the pockets of cotton growers. The invention,... More
My View
Even State Fairs Detest Trans Fats
Oct 1, 2007 12:00 PM | By Greg Lamp
Is there anyone who doesn't like going to their state fair? I enjoy every part of it from the pig poop on my shoes to the mustard stains on my shirt.... More
News
Eight-Gene-Stacked Corn
Oct 1, 2007 12:00 PM
SmartStax is a newly announced eight-gene-stacked combination in corn. Scheduled for release in 2010, the technology combines Dow AgroSciences' and Monsanto's... More
Grain Marketing Book
Oct 1, 2007 12:00 PM
Grain Marketing is Simple (it's just not easy), is a new book written by Edward Usset, Grain Marketing Specialist, University of Minnesota Center for... More
Soy Reduces Diarrhea
Oct 1, 2007 12:00 PM
The soy isoflavone genistin may reduce a baby's susceptibility to rotavirus infections by up to 74%, according to a University of Illinois study published... More
Brazil
Bean Acreage Increase?
Oct 1, 2007 12:00 PM | By Tyler Bruch
Editor's Note: Next in a series from Iowa farmer Tyler Bruch whose family farms 32,000 acres in Bahia, Brazil. As harvest winds down in the U.S., we have... More
Cashing In On Cane
Oct 1, 2007 12:00 PM | By James Thompson
Egton de Paiva Oliveira wants to get back to working some cattle. After all, the ethanol boom that's driven the value of his land sky-high may not last... More
Profits
History Helps Us With The Future
Oct 1, 2007 12:00 PM | By Moe Russell
The year 2007 should go down in history as one of the best years ever for net farm income. However, as one of our clients, Rick Larson from Underwood,... More
Acreage Battle Begins
Oct 1, 2007 12:00 PM | By Richard Brock
Now that harvest is wrapping up, all attention is on the shift in corn acres back to soybean acres. Everyone's estimates of planted acreage are starting... More
