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CSD LIVE Production and marketing videos plus commodity news. BRIEFING ROOM Product and research news provided by top agricultural companies. SOYBEAN...

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CSD LIVE Production and marketing videos plus commodity news. BRIEFING ROOM Product and research news provided by top agricultural companies. SOYBEAN...

Know Your Grasses 

Barnyardgrass This summer annual germinates from seeds from late winter or early spring throughout summer. Crabgrass A summer annual, crabgrass has a...

Know Your Broadleaf Enemies 

Bindweed, Field This perennial spreads from roots and seed. Seed leaves are nearly square with a shallow notch at the tip. Bindweed, Hedge Flowers on...

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CSD LIVE Production and marketing videos plus commodity news. BRIEFING ROOM Product and research news provided by top agricultural companies. SOYBEAN...

Making Do With Less 

By Larry Stalcup

Running a tractor, sprayer or combine all day doesn't keep Dan Huebner from pushing himself a lot further - on foot, by bike and in the water. The Hershey,...

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CSD LIVE Production and marketing videos plus commodity news. BRIEFING ROOM Product and research news provided by top agricultural companies. SOYBEAN...

LOOK OUT FOR LOOPERS 

BY LARRY STALCUP

Southern summers are seeing soybean loopers make a buffet of some fields where traditional insecticides aren't keeping the dinner bell from ringing for...

MARKETING DECISIONS: TOUGH MONTHS AHEAD 

BY RICHARD BROCK

Let me start with five philosophical marketing quotes that I believe apply to today's marketing climate: Those who brood over their past mistakes almost...

NEW FARM ONLINE PLANNING TOOL 

COMPILED BY GREG LAMP

USDA's Risk Management Agency has launched an online resource to help farmers and ranchers protect against downside risks, and take advantage of upside...

TRANSCONTINENTAL JET FLIES ON BIODIESEL 

COMPILED BY GREG LAMP

Lake Erie Biofuels, LLC has made history by co-sponsoring Green Flight International, the first ever biodiesel transcontinental jet flight. This transcontinental...

CREDIT TIGHT IN BRAZIL 

BY JAMES THOMPSON

Rui Ottoni Prado wants the Brazilian government to get more aggressive in farm credit. The farmer and agricultural association leader from Mato Grosso...

QUICK WAY TO CUT COSTS 

COMPILED BY GREG LAMP

Save $8-10/acre by eliminating one field pass, says Gary Zoubek, University of Nebraska Extension educator. He suggests forgetting about shredding stalks,...

IT'S HAPPENING TODAY 

BY DAVE KOHL

With my hectic travel schedule, I am a Weather Channel fan because it allows me to avoid some weather challenges, particularly with airlines. One of my...

THE SECOND GREEN REVOLUTION TAKES ROOT 

BY JONATHAN LYNCH PENN STATE UNIVERSITY, PROFESSOR OF PLANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY

The second Green Revolution is underway. Just as the first Green Revolution developed crops responsive to high soil fertility, the second one will produce...

NEGOTIATE LIKE A PRO 

BY KAREN BERNICK

Given the erratic fluctuations in commodity and input prices, you may need to brush up on your negotiating skills. Mary Greenwood, a Florida-based attorney,...

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CSD LIVE Production and marketing videos plus commodity news. BRIEFING ROOM Product and research news provided by top agricultural companies. SOYBEAN...

USDA DEVELOPS DROUGHT-RESISTANT SOYBEAN 

COMPILED BY GREG LAMP

A team led by USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Plant Geneticist Thomas Carter will soon release advanced soybean breeding lines that carry slow-wilting...

ADVICE FROM THE TRENCHES: HANDLING HIGH-RISK MARKETING 

BY LARRY STALCUP

With the radical shift in corn and soybean markets limit up or down at almost any time growers who know their marketing are often taking a different or...

UNDERGROUND INFORMATION 

When most of us think we think of something in our cabs or desktops. Someday soon, you may farm on top of a wireless network of soil moisture sensors....

POCKET PROTECTORS 

BY JEN BENNETT

What could be easier than carrying crop protection in your pocket? With guides from the Iowa Soybean Association (ISA), you can. ISA, in collaboration...

CREDIT LINE UPKEEP 

BY MOE RUSSELL

According to most experts, the financial crisis in America and around the world has not impacted farmers, but I am beginning to see things that indicate...

FRIENDLY FAMILY COMPETITION 

BY LARRY STALCUP

Dale and Janice Good don't mind offering a little constructive criticism to each other. What couple married for more than 40 years wouldn't? And what's...

BUNDLE UP FOR GLOBAL COOLING 

BY JOHN POCOCK

There are two main reasons why the earth may be due for a short-term cooling trend in the next few years, says Larry Cosgrove, WeatherAmerica meteorologist....

BY THE YEAR 2025 

BY GREG LAMP EDITOR glamp@csdigest.com

Since the new year is close at hand, it's time to polish up some new, creative ways to address the future. That's just what happened at last month's National...