Study Shows Impact Of Biofuels On Soybean Industry 

Source: United Soybean Board

U.S. soybean meal should remain competitive in the world market despite increased market pressures from biodiesel and ethanol, according to a report released by the United Soybean Board (USB)...

K-State To Lead Advanced Bioenergy, Biofuels Research And Development 

Source: Kansas State University

Kansas is among 12 north central states with the potential to produce up to two-thirds of the nation´s perennial bioenergy crops and crop residues, which brings the region into the national spotlight as ...

Stratego Fungicide Receives Section 3 Label In Soybeans 

Source: Bayer CropScience

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has granted a Section 3 label registration for use of Stratego® Fungicide on soybeans. Stratego is approved to control...

NCGA Know Before You Grow Database Contains More Than 4,000 Hybrids 

Source: NCGA

Corn growers have more seed choices than ever before, and the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) is helping them keep up with their options...

New Soybean Management Resources Now Available Online 

Before soybean growers head to the fields this spring, they can stop at the computer to view updated management and profitability information on...

Corn For Ethanol, Changing The Dynamics Of Markets, Producers And Users 

Source: Purdue University

Increased ethanol demand in the U.S. will most likely put strains on the agricultural sector...

Celebrate Soyfoods 

Source: The Soyfoods Council

April is Soyfoods Month. So celebrate with any of the wonderful soyfoods now available in supermarkets across the country. Try soy milk – now available in an amazing variety of flavors. Or try...

Lowest Plant Populations Deliver $24/Acre More 

Tim Bender, University of Wisconsin Extension

A Wisconsin survey of twin row corn planting found that less is more. A few growers in recent years in Jefferson County, Wisconsin, have made the conversion to growing corn in row spacing less than 30 in...

Iowa Farmer Wins 2007 Conservationist of the Year Award 

The American Soybean Association (ASA) is pleased to announce James O. Andrew, Andrew Farms, Inc., Jefferson, IA, has been named “2007 Conservationist of the Year.” He was recently announced ...

Planting Intentions (Audio) 

So what's ahead for prospective plantings this year? Here's what Mark Schultz, chief analyst and senior vice president of Northstar Commodity has to say about USDA's 2007 prospective planting and grain stocks...

Corn Growers Responding to Market, NCGA Says  

The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) says the prospective plantings report released by USDA March 30 indicates corn farmers are responding to market demands by intending to plant 90.5 million acres in 2007...

Bean Acres Way Down; Corn Way Up 

Susan Winsor

The drop in projected U.S. soybean acreage is “the big number,” concluded three analysts commenting on the newly released USDA planting intentions report...

Report Implies Slower Corn Feed Use 

Source: Brock Associates

USDA’s quarterly grain stocks report showed March 1 corn stocks on the high side of trade expectations, while wheat and soybean stocks were lower than expected...

NCGA Outlines Farm Bill Proposal To House Ag Committee 

On March 28, National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) President Ken McCauley outlined the organization’s farm bill proposal, the National Farm Security Act (NFSA), to the House Agriculture Committee Subcommittee...

BASF And Monsanto Announce R&D And Commercialization Collaboration Agreement In Plant Biotechnology 

BASF and Monsanto Company have announced a long-term joint research and development (R&D) and commercialization collaboration in plant biotechnology that will focus on...