NCGA Supports Implementation Of U.S.-Peru Free Trade Agreement 

Upon implementation of the U.S.–Peru Free Trade Agreement (FTA), the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) notes corn growers will see an immediate benefit by having market access for 500,000 metric tons of corn with no tariff, giving the U.S. a significant competitive advantage over Argentina, which has been the primary supplier of corn....

Survey Shows Continued Problems From Soybean Nematodes In Illinois 

Source: University of Illinois

Growers in Illinois suffer more than $250 million in yield losses every year due to soybean cyst nematodes (SCN), according to a recent survey conducted by researchers from the Department of Crop Sciences at the University of Illinois (U of I)....

CBOT Launches First Agricultural Product Side-By-Side 

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) announced it is set to begin the listing of Agricultural futures electronically during daytime hours, beginning with South American Soybean (SAB) futures on Monday, May 15....

States Active On Ensuring E85 Availability For Consumers 

Highlighting the lack of E85 availability at the pump, Illinois Senators Dick Durbin (D) and Barrack Obama (D) and Governors Rob Blagojevich (D-IL) and Tim Pawlenty (R-MN) joined together in sending formal letters to six of the nation’s largest oil companies, requesting them to increase their availability of E85 across the country, notes the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA)....

Mobile Soybean Rust Alert Available to Cell Phone Users 

Source: American Soybean Association

Members of the American Soybean Association (ASA) can track the spread of soybean rust from inside the cab of their tractor or truck this year with the new mobile rust alert service that is now available on www.SoyRAP.com, ASA's online resource for soybean rust news and information. ...

Suspending the Ethanol Tariff Wouldn’t Solve the Gas Price Problem 

Source: American Coalition for Ethanol

In the midst of America’s persistent problem with high gas prices, a flurry of proposals has emerged, including a few calls to suspend the secondary tariff on the importation of ethanol....

Bean Leaf Beetles Right On Time For Early Soybeans 

Source: Purdue University

Some early emerging soybean crops are getting a rude initiation from a harmful pest....

Roundup Ready Corn Technology To Be Planted On More Than 32 Million Acres 

Roundup Ready Corn 2 has reached a new milestone: the technology is expected to be planted on more than 32 million acres this season, or about 40 percent of the U.S. corn acres....

Case IH Launches Two E-Learning Programs 

North American grain producers and custom harvesters now have access to a new computer-based, combine educational program from Case IH....

Secretaries Norton And Johanns Commend Gains In U.S. Wetlands  

Source: USDA

Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton released a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service report March 30 that shows a net gain in America's nonagricultural and agricultural wetlands for the first time since the Service began compiling data in 1954....

Get Ready For Weeds In Early Roundup Ready Corn 

Source: Purdue University

As more producers choose Roundup Ready corn they might have to become accustomed to the unfamiliar sight of weeds at crop emergence, says Bill Johnson, a Purdue University weed scientist....

The Road To Better Soybeans Just Got A Big Boost 

Source: Soybean Checkoff

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and USDA have joined forces to work on the study of plant and microbial genomics....

High Fuel, Fertilizer Prices To Lead To Fewer Planted Corn Acres In 2006 

The high cost of fuel and fertilizer is leading U.S. farmers to switch from corn to less input-intensive crops such as soybeans in 2006, according to the Prospective Plantings report released by USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)....

Northern Blights: Corn Disease Could Show Up Again 

Source: Purdue University

Northern corn leaf blight could occur in some Eastern Corn Belt cornfields this growing season, continuing the trend of high infection observed in susceptible hybrids over the past four years....

ASA Commends USDA for Initial Soybean Rust Assessment 

The American Soybean Association (ASA) expressed cautious optimism about U.S. preparedness for defense against Asian soybean rust as outlined in a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released today by Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), ranking Democrat on the Senate Agriculture Committee....