Extra-Deep Tillage Not Recommended In Southern Minnesota 

University of Minnesota

There's a perception that deeper tillage will give you better drainage, improved rooting and higher yields. But perception is not reality in this case,...

The Country Tour 

Dave Kohl

This past week I was in Auburn and Kokomo, IN; Carmel, CA; Columbia, MO; and Omaha, NE. While my students go to Florida for spring break, this is my destiny!...

Brock Online Notes 

Richard Brock

USDA Backtracks On Farm Bill Deadline

In an apparent reversal of the position they took just last week, USDA officials said this week that farmers who are unable to get appointments for updating their base acres and yields by the April 1 deadline will be given extensions and allowed to sign up after that date.

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Midwest Express 

Dave Kohl

This next week I will be in Indiana, Missouri and Nebraska, with a quick jaunt to California. Approximately one-third of my students are spending spring break in the warm climate and I’m going to the Midwest. What’s wrong with this picture?!

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Clothing From Cornfields: DuPont Creates Sorona Polymer from Renewable Resources 

DuPont

Scientists have recently developed an innovative bio-based method that uses corn -- instead of conventional petroleum-based processes -- to produce the...

Soy Industrial Lubricants Perform Well in Field Tests 

FS/Growmark

Farmers may be harvesting the lubricants of the future. FS/Growmark affiliates now offer soy-based greases, base oils and additives, lubricants and specialty...

Keep Anhydrous Secure 

University of Minnesota Extension Service

Growing crops and making illegal drugs would seem to have few things in common. But both may involve the use of anhydrous ammonia fertilizer, says John...

Pioneer Promotes Use of NOAA Weather Radios 

Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.

Severe weather season will soon be upon the heartland. To help farmers and other rural residents better prepare for potentially damaging storms, Pioneer...

Brock Online Notes 

Richard Brock

Safras Raises Brazil Soybean Crop

The private Brazilian crop consultant Safras & Mercado has raised its estimate of Brazil's 2002-2003 soybean crop to 50.27 million metric tons, up 3.2% from the 48.7 million tons it forecast in December.

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Smithfield Foods To Build Waste-To-Energy Facility 

Smithfield Foods

Smithfield Foods, Inc., Smithfield, VA, announces it will invest $20 million to build a facility that converts swine waste into biodiesel vehicle fuel....

2003 Agribusiness Conference 

Dave Kohl

I had the pleasure of speaking at the 2003 Agribusiness Conference hosted by Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, AK. More than 550 people attended the ninth-annual conference....

WEED RESOURCES 

Soybean Digest Staff

Click here to link to University and other weed control and management resources!...

Brock Online Notes 

Richard Brock

China Cancels Wait On Soybean Imports

China has abolished a mandatory waiting period for the use of soy import permits, a quarantine bureau official told Reuters News Service. The move is seen as benefitting Brazilian soybean shipments most.

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Moonshine Country and the Blue Ridge Mountains 

Dave Kohl

This week was busy here in Virginia, conducting seminars and a two-day field trip for my senior-level problem solving class. We visited eight businesses representing 15 entities or enterprises.

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