Crops
A positive USDA report sent grain prices higher this week.
Consider input prices, market opportunities and agronomic challenges.
Before EPA’s October 27 announcement, Bayer and BASF had each announced several new products, including seed and chemistries, that relied on dicamba’s approval for full use.
Illinois farmers can predict how much nitrogen loss they might prevent using a cover crop such as cereal rye—and also assess field conditions to manage covers alongside cash crops such as corn and soybeans.
Iowa’s damaged on-farm grain bins might take through 2022 to rebuild.
Big questions remain over how a Joe Biden administration might administer the nation’s biofuel law, the U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), and the stakes are high for both the farming and oil refining industries.
Farm Journal Associate Field Agronomist Missy Bauer says maximizing yields requires a complete understanding of the soybean plant.
One of the most devastating crop insurance frauds in history allowed willing farmers to collect on fake claims and sell hidden yields. At a minimum, $100 million was stolen at all levels of the agriculture industry.
Together with Mycogen Seeds, FFA students will have the opportunity to see what it’s like in the life of a corn seed sales rep.
Maintains plan to cut corn stockpile and acreage in 2017.
Sue Martin, president and owner of Ag and Investment Services, Inc., has been watching futures prices on corn. She is noticing a pattern that has happened since 1969 that has proven favorable for farmers 18 out of 19 years.
The European Union (EU) court recently ruled in favor of Italian farmer Giorgio Fidenato who planted GMO corn. Italy didn’t allow farmers to plant GMO products and sued Fidenato in 2013, according to AP.