The Race Against RUST 

Sherry Collins

This is a good news, bad news story. The good news is that there is no Asian soybean rust in the U.S. — yet. The bad news is that it's coming....

USDA Won't Ban Brazilian Soybeans 

Richard Brock

The USDA does not plan to impose any restrictions on imports of South American soy products despite a recent outbreak of a contagious soybean fungus there,...

Researchers Move Ahead in Search For Ways to Control Soybean Rust 

Source: University of Illinois

The fungal disease known as Asian soybean rust has long been a factor limiting soybean production in Australia and parts of Asia. Yield losses of more than 80 percent have been reported from experimental trials in that region, with losses of 30-50 percent commonly reported from producers' fields....

Views from the Windshield 

Dave Kohl

The moderator of a Farm Bureau conference in Springfield asked how many of the 400 participants were having the best production (corn and soybean) year ever? More than half the producers raised their hands. I can concur with this. Along the way from Minnesota to Tennessee, crops look outstanding. If we don’t get an early frost, what will this do to prices?...

Soybean Checkoff Boards Invest in Soybean Rust Research 

Source: Iowa Soybean Promotion Board

Soybean checkoff boards around the country are investing checkoff dollars into research on one of the most talked about soybean diseases today – soybean rust....

Soybean Checkoff Research Aims to Bust Rust 

Source: United Soybean Board

Soybean rust, the dreaded soybean plant disease that first appeared in Brazil in 2001, is moving north. Through checkoff-funded diagnostic tools and research, U.S. soybean farmers are hoping to bust rust and protect the U.S. soybean crop....

Brock Online Notes 

No Ag Budget Debate?

Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Ted Stevens, R-Ala, told Reuters News Service this week that the Senate may not debate a $77.5 billion annual agriculture funding bill if it is to be used as a vehicle for attacking the farm program....

Perspectives On Mergers 

Dave Kohl

How many of you are involved in organizations or businesses considering mergers? Recently I was at the Farm Credit Learning Conference in Philadelphia where one of the speakers provided plenty of perspective....

USDA Expands Online LDP Payment System 

USDA

Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman announces that USDA is expanding its pilot e-LDP program to 50 counties, with every state having one participating...

Soil Sampling Now Can Pay Big Dividends 

South Dakota State University

Producers can gear up for next year's growing season by soil sampling now, a South Dakota State University (SDSU) scientist says. Ron Gelderman, manager...

Researchers Locate Sources Of Resistance to Soybean Aphids 

University of Illinois

In recent weeks, soybean aphids have suddenly emerged as a major concern for growers throughout the Midwest. Densities of several thousand aphids per...

Propane Powers New Tractor Technology 

Propane Education & Research Council

With funding from the Propane Education & Research Council (PERC), the Texas Alternative Fuels Council and John Deere, the Southwest Research Institute...

Brock Online Notes 

Ag Panel Lists Budget Cut Options
Members of the House Agriculture Committee said Wednesday they will look at tougher enforcement of crop subsidy rules, streamlining the USDA or changing public food programs if spending cuts are required in 2004....

Comments On WTO Negotiations 

Ann M. Veneman, Secretary, USDA

“The prospects for success in the World Trade Organization negotiations to liberalize global trade are now becoming somewhat brighter. The new momentum...

NCGA Supports Trade Liberalization At WTO 

NCGA

The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) has stated its firm support for trade liberalization as agriculture groups prepare to attend the fifth Ministerial...