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Jan. 27, 2011

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Residual Herbicide Use With Herbicide-Tolerant Corn

If you have been growing corn and soybean or advising growers for several decades, it’s possible to remember how the ease of controlling weeds has switched back and forth between the two crops. There have been periods when control is easier in corn than soybeans (early days of atrazine) and then those when the reverse has been true (early days of Roundup Ready soybeans). The development of glyphosate resistance issues has resulted in a trend where currently several weeds are more effectively and/or less expensively controlled in corn than in soybeans....More
Jan. 26, 2011

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Waterhemp Confirmed Resistant to HPPD-Inhibiting Herbicides

Waterhemp has done it again. University of Illinois (U of I) researchers have published an article in Pest Management Science confirming that waterhemp is the first weed to evolve resistance to HPPD-inhibiting herbicides....More
Jan. 25, 2011

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Researchers Develop a New Control Method for “Superweeds”

They pop up in farm fields across 22 states, and they’ve been called the single largest threat to production agriculture that farmers have ever seen. They are “superweeds” – undesirable plants that can tolerate multiple herbicides, including the popular gylphosate, also known as Roundup – and they cost time and money because the only real solution is for farmers to plow them out of the field before they suffocate corn, soybeans or cotton....More
Jan. 5, 2011

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Agricultural and Chemical Businesses May Be Missing Out on Substantial Tax Credit

Many businesses that deal in pesticides and fertilizers may be missing an opportunity to claim a tax credit, according to two tax specialists, Yair Holtzman and Adam Packer with WTP Advisors, writing in a recent issue of the BNA Daily Tax Report. ...More
Jan. 1, 2011

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Plan For Higher Input Prices This Year

The new year is well on its way and I imagine that means you’re hitting every winter meeting possible to stay on top of your game. Before you get too far into 2011, maybe it’s a good idea to take a breath and look back at 2010. It might help you get a better perspective on how agriculture has coped during the recession compared to what most other industries have gone through. Granted, you already know agriculture has fared pretty well, but how well?...More
Jan. 1, 2011

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Mix Master | South Dakota Grower Blends Cover-Crop ‘Cocktails’ for Multiple Benefits

Dan Forgey is a master of mixology. His signature cocktails are blends of grasses, legumes and brassicas. He is agronomy manager for Cronin Farms, an 8,500-acre crop and cow-calf operation in central South Dakota. He grows eight cash crops – including corn, soybeans and wheat – and juggles an equal number of cover crops, which include field peas, oats, turnips, radishes, canola and flax....More
Dec. 27, 2010

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Herbicide Labels Include Standardized MOA Labeling

Herbicide labels now include a standardized system to inform users of the product’s mechanism of action (MOA). A box labeled ‘Herbicide Group’ is present near the top of the label. The number in the box represents MOA of the active ingredient, based on a system developed by the Weed Science Society of America....More
Dec. 27, 2010

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New Herbicide Labels
Dec. 3, 2010

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NCGA and Industry Work Together on Bt Corn Refuge Implementation

To assist farmers in developing the right plan for refuge compliance, NCGA has joined forces with agribusiness to develop a next-generation Insect Resistance Management refuge calculator that is easy to use and represents the latest products available....More
Oct. 11, 2010

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Fall Herbicide Timing and the Weed Life Cycle

The optimum timing of fall herbicidetreatments can vary based on life cycle, and we can roughly lump the various life cycles into one of two categories: 1) Must be treated before frost, which pertains to all warm-season perennials, including johnsongrass, pokeweed, milkweeds and hemp dogbane and horsenettle. The first frost will cause these weeds to shut down, if they have not already matured and senesced. Herbicides are no longer effective after this occurs....More
Oct. 5, 2010

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Corn and Soybean Postharvest Weed Control

Fall herbicide applications are becoming a common practice for Illinois farmers. Recent interest has focused on applying herbicides after fall harvest to control winter annual weed species, such as common chickweed, henbit and various mustard species....More
Sep. 28, 2010

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Dicamba-Glyphosate Combo Works Well in Resistant Soybeans

Soybeans engineered to be resistant to the herbicides dicamba and glyphosate performed well in field tests with weeds that have become resistant to glyphosate alone....More
Jun. 29, 2010

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Corn and Soybean Digest

Corn, Soy Crop Ratings Slip

U.S. corn and soybean conditions slipped for the second week in a row last week as excessively wet weather hurt crops...More
May 27, 2010

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Corn and Soybean Digest

Controversy Over Atrazine Continues to Escalate

As U.S. growers wrap up planting an estimated 90 million acres of corn this spring, there’s a good chance many of those...More
May 26, 2010

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Corn and Soybean Digest

Postemergence Herbicide Tips for Good Weed Weather

Ample soil moisture and warm temperatures are resulting in rapid corn growth as well as rapid weed development. In...More
May 20, 2010

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Corn and Soybean Digest

With Rains, Corn Growers Face Herbicide Challenges

Growers who got their corn in the ground, but missed their window to apply pre-emergent herbicides to control weeds...More
May 19, 2010

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Corn and Soybean Digest

Corn Stand Evaluations

An unfortunate weather event The frost on the morning of May 9, 2010 has some corn growers and those who advise them...More
May 18, 2010

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Corn and Soybean Digest

Corn Recovery from Frost Damage; ACRE 2010

Recovery from the frost damage that occurred on May 9 across the Upper Midwest has been quite slow, due to extended...More
May 4, 2010

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Corn and Soybean Digest

Record Corn Planting Pace Maintained

Corn and soybean planting continued to progress ahead of schedule last week despite some rain delays, and crop...More
Apr. 30, 2010

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Corn and Soybean Digest

Applying Soil-Residual Herbicides to Emerging Corn

In contrast to the past two planting seasons, many farmers are already witnessing emerging corn. Because of the rapid...More
Apr. 29, 2010

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Corn and Soybean Digest

Farmers Speak Out in Support of Atrazine

Farm groups traveled to Washington, D.C., on Tuesday to voice support for atrazine before the third in a series of...More
Apr. 21, 2010

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Corn and Soybean Digest

Reminders About Dry weather and Pre-emergence Corn Herbicide Performance

We are in the middle of a dry weather period that is enabling an early and rapid start to corn and soybean planting....More
Apr. 15, 2010

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Corn and Soybean Digest

Control Weeds Before Planting This Season

Challenges imposed by unfavorable environmental conditions during and after last fall's harvest continue to plague...More
Apr. 7, 2010

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Corn and Soybean Digest

Herbicide-Insecticide Interactions Pose Issues For Corn Growers

Corn farmers need to think twice when using soil insecticides in corn this spring. Due to the commercialization of corn...More
Apr. 1, 2010

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Corn and Soybean Digest

Multiply Your Modes | Multiple Modes of Action Are Becoming Necessary as Glyphosate Resistance Grows

Two 48-oz. applications of glyphosate should wipe out about any weed. But not the kochia that Randall Currie finally...More