In many areas of Ohio, soybeans are emerging unevenly. This was something observed last week in western Ohio. Most of the soybeans were at the VC stage (unifoliate), but there were areas that had not yet emerged. The soil was very dry and crusted over which contributed to some of the uneven emergence....More
The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Monsanto in the case of Bowman v. Monsanto, saying, “Patent exhaustion does not permit a farmer to reproduce patented seeds through planting and harvesting without the patent holder’s permission.”...More
A new peer-reviewed work has been published (April 2013) that outlines some significant global economic and environmental benefits of genetically modified (GM) crops. Agricultural entomologist Mike Gray, University of Illinois, has conducted western corn rootworm research for many years and was particularly interested in the overall U.S. farm income gain attributed to corn rootworm Bt hybrids – $7.1 billion cumulative benefits since 2003....More
With the warmer conditions and warming soil temperatures planters started rolling across Nebraska. By mid-week, however, field work stopped due to rain, snow and a return to colder temperatures. Now growers are wondering how this cold stress and the potential for inbibitional chilling may affect soybean seeds that have been planted....More
Last year, farmers didn't have nearly enough rain for their wilted, drought-ravaged crops. So far this year, they have too much of it – so much that they can't get into their fields to work them for corn planting....More
Farmers across the Corn Belt are eager to start planting corn or are in the early stages of planting their 2013 crop. If cool, wet weather continues, planting will be delayed for many growers and prompt questions about switching to earlier-season corn hybrids....More
With soybean planting just around the corner for farmers, now is a great time to download and delve into the Extreme Beans app. The app not only offers great information from a study from multiple universities about soybean management practices, it has two calculators to help you determine what's best for your farm....More
Think about what one single seed does for you as a farmer. A single corn seed that weighs 1/100th of an ounce has the ability to be placed in dirt, germinate, grow into a plant 7-10+ ft. tall and multiply the grain yield 500 fold. No manmade machine possesses an equivalent ability to perform a comparable feat....More
Soybean growers heading into the 2013 planting season might find that many soybean seeds are larger than normal – a lingering impact from the 2012 drought, says Laura Lindsey, an expert with Ohio State University's College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES)....More
