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Syngenta in North America has filed a complaint in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa against Bunge North America for having violated a number of federal and state laws. Syngenta alleges Bunge is attempting to block the legal merchandising of the Agrisure Viptera trait, which was launched in compliance with all U.S. regulatory requirements as well as industry guidelines for commercialization....More

A study by Celeres indicates that 82.7% of the area for soybeans, 64.9% of the area for corn and 39.7% of the area for cotton will be using GM seeds; the central-western region is now leading in the size of the area planted with GM soybeans....More

After all the rain and cold weather during the end of May, the forecast calls for us to turn a corner and finally get some warm temperatures moving into June. The increase in temperature will certainly be welcomed to help dry soils out and get planters back in the field, but this rapid warm-up may cause some issues for crops already in the ground....More

Excessive rainfall this spring, following an unusually wet winter, has resulted in extensive flooding in many regions of North Dakota. Even soils that are not visibly flooded quickly become saturated after a rain because there is little evapotranspiration occurring as a result of the low temperatures and lack of an established crop....More

Soybean planting lags this week as many growers finish planting corn throughout the Illinois, says Emerson Nafziger, University of Illinois Extension agronomist. But good progress is expected in many areas this week....More

As the use of biotechnology increases and more companies move forward with the U.S. EPA’s approval to begin full-scale commercialization of seed mixtures in transgenic insecticidal corn, many researchers believe pest monitoring will become even more difficult....More

As of Sunday April 24, only 1% of Ohio’s corn crop was planted, which is 38% behind last year and 13% behind the five-year average. Weather forecasts indicate more rain this week possibly continuing through Thursday. As prospects for a timely start to spring planting diminish, growers need to reassess their planting strategies and consider adjustments. Since delayed planting reduces the yield potential of corn, the foremost attention should be given to management practices that will expedite crop establishment. The following are some suggestions and guidelines to consider in dealing with a late planting season....More

The yield potential of any soybean crop production system can be greatly enhanced by planting as early as possible. Why? There are three reasons:...More

Representatives from across the U.S. wheat value chain met last week in Chicago for the fourth Wheat Summit. The meeting was planned primarily by National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) and hosted by NAWG, U.S. Wheat Associates (USW), the North American Millers’ Association (NAMA) and the American Bakers Association (ABA)....More

One of these weeks it will actually warm up and we will get to plant the 2011 crop! If you start getting anxious and want to put soybeans into cold soil, you may want to rethink this option. A very nice study was just published by Iowa State Researcher Leonor Leandro, which compared inoculations of soybean seed with the sudden death syndrome pathogen, Fusarium virguliforme. Seeds that were inoculated at the day of planting developed symptoms at all of the temperatures tested....More