Farmers Should Remember To Use Other Risk-Management Tools
Feb 15, 2010, BY RICHARD BROCK
When we think of the term risk management, most of us me included think about the risk of pricing our crops and/or livestock. Obviously with the extreme volatility in the corn and soybean markets today, risk management is a huge issue...
Argentine Farmer is Global Soybean King with 630,000 Acres
Feb 15, 2010, BY JOHN KENNEDY
Dubbed the Soybean King, Gustavo Grobocopatel heads a family business, Los Grobo one of the largest farming enterprises in Argentina...
Illinois Farmer Thinks Ahead 20 Years to Make Farming Corn and Soybeans Profitable
Feb 15, 2010, BY SUSAN WINSOR
How can you tilt the risk/reward tradeoff of early adoption in your favor? With the right information and a longer-term time horizon...
Simple Plan for Marketing Your Corn and Soybeans
Feb 15, 2010, BY ED USSET
Preharvest pricing of the 2010 crop remains on my mind. Today we meet Terry Timer, who has a slightly different approach to new-crop pricing that is also very effective...
Companies Offer Huge Planters, From 60 to 120 Feet Wide
Feb 15, 2010, BY JEN BENNETT
If a little is good, a lot is better. When it comes time to plant, why not go for the gusto and get your crops in the ground quickly and efficiently with a big planter...
What Corn and Soybean Farmers Can Do to Transport Huge Planters Safely
Feb 15, 2010, BY JOHN POCOCK
Last winter, John Deere introduced its largest planter yet the 48-row, 30-in. spacing, 120-ft.-wide DB120, touted as planting 90-100 acres/hour when operated at 5-5.5 mph...
Are Corn and Soybean Farmers Addicted To Tillage?
Feb 15, 2010, 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...
Soy-Based Products Continue to Grow in Use and in Knowledge Of
Feb 15, 2010, BY KINDRA GORDON
With funding from the soybean checkoff, 26 new soy-based products hit the market in 2009....
Four Tips for Farmers Looking for Better Profits
Feb 15, 2010, BY MOE RUSSELL
Over the years we have observed that profitability in production agriculture is not a function of size of operation, type of operation or location...
Modified Planter Uses Air Cart to Effeciently Deliver Fertilizer to Row Units
Feb 15, 2010, BY GREG LAMP
If there's a way to make any task around the farm more efficient from planting to harvesting Louie Nigg from Peever, SD, will find it...
Corn Farmers Trade Stalks for Cattle Manure to Fertilize Fields
Feb 15, 2010, 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...
Will Glyphosate Fall to the Wayside as Resistance Grows?
Feb 15, 2010, 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...
New Nematode-Resistant Soybean Line
Feb 1, 2010, COMPILED BY GREG LAMP
A new soybean line developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists is good news for growers. The line, JTN-5109, is effective against the...
Farmers Form Precision-Ag Groups To Compare Notes and Gain Knowledge
Feb 1, 2010, BY DAVE HOWE
Can auto-steering with RTK correctional signals for sub-inch accuracy pay their way? And, can GPS-based automatic on/off of planter row units and spray...
Farmers Benefit From Gifts Of Grain
Feb 1, 2010, COMPILED BY GREG LAMP
Many generous farmers have learned that donating grain rather than cash can produce tax savings of over 50%. A free service, Gifts of Grain, makes it...
Innoculation May Improve Soybean Yields
Feb 1, 2010, BY RONALD LEVY LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGCENTER
Soybean acreage in Louisiana took a big jump in 2008, reaching 1 million acres for the first time since 2004. In 2009, soybean acreage topped a million...
Container Ship Capacity Shrunk In 2009
Feb 1, 2010, COMPILED BY GREG LAMP
The active capacity of the world's 20 largest ocean container carriers shrunk by 2.4% over the past year, but there was relatively little change in their...
Corn Growers Need To Be Aware of Potential Vomitoxin in Stored Corn with Mold
Feb 1, 2010, BY EDITH MUNRO
Across the Corn Belt from Ohio to Colorado, grain quality experts and Extension staff are warning corn growers to be alert for Gibberella ear rot infections...
New Pesticide Training Web Site Launches
Feb 1, 2010, COMPILED BY GREG LAMP
A new online training program for private pesticide applicators has been launched by University of Illinois (U of I) Extension. Private Applicator Training...
Minnesota Farmer Changes His Farming With New Tillage Implement, Soil Warrior
Feb 1, 2010, BY SUSAN WINSOR
An ultralight plane ride changed the way Mark Bauer farmed. Seeing how much the fields' topography changed in a few short years, I thought, I can't keep...
Bunge Expands
Feb 1, 2010, COMPILED BY GREG LAMP
Bunge Ltd. announces ownership of additional interest in the Moema Group cluster of sugarcane mills located in Brazil. It says it will become sole owner...
Planting Soybeans Early in the South Can Pay Off
Feb 1, 2010, BY LARRY STALCUP
Allen LeGrand doesn't see better yields from late Group 2 soybeans. But with a 30-40 better price for the earlier-maturing varieties and an improved overall...
Treated Soybeans Bring Benefit with Early Planting, Wet Conditions
Feb 1, 2010, 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...
Check Out 2010 Corn Weed Control Guide
Feb 1, 2010, COMPILED BY GREG LAMP
As your weed challenges keep growing more complex, Corn & Soybean Digest wants to give you better tools to manage them. So we've updated this year's Corn...
Conservation Legacy Award Winners Talk Good Stewardship
Feb 1, 2010, BY GREG LAMP
Conserving natural resources land, water and wildlife epitomizes the efforts that this year's regional Conservation Legacy Award winners achieved. From...
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