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The National Farm Machinery Show included the championship tractor pull, the newest farm machinery, and the latest in high tech tools for agriculture.
Listen in as Jerry Gulke, Strategic Marketing Services president, comments on Top Producer’'s recent acreage survey.
Timely decision as Obama administration weighs boosting maximum blender percentage
Cancellation of press conference spawns lots of speculation
Expected lower fertilizer prices in 2009 may lead to an increase in corn profitability relative to soybean profitability, said Gary Schnitkey, University of Illinois Extension farm financial management specialist.
Beginning next week, set your dial to RFD-TV to catch AgDay and U.S. Farm Report. This new television partnership will join the nation’s longest-running agricultural television programs with the nation’s first television network dedicated to agriculture and rural America.
Choice also made for Deputy EPA administrator
There’s a cold wind blowing through Iowa, but last week it was even more pronounced at the Pioneer Hi-Bred Campus in Johnston, Iowa. There, a 20-ton, space-age looking machine nicknamed Boreas--a name inspired by the Greek god of the cold north wind--was literally blowing journalists away.
President lays out more spending ahead, and targets unneeded spending as well
This Administration has new thrust in mind. Report from USDA’s Ag Outlook Conference.
How do you measure sustainability? Farmers will soon be able to analyze their natural resource use and key crop production inputs through at online tool introduced today at the Commodity Classic by Field to Market, The Keystone Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture.
What factors are affecting your farm’s bottom line in the current economy? Look beyond the farm gate, says Ron Plain, University of Missouri agricultural economics professor.
Learn what’s new at FMC Agricultural Products, as Brent Neuberger, technical support specialist for FMC, describes his company’s new products.
Syngenta Seed Care is now offering a triple-action corn seed treatment nematicide, which offers protection against nematodes, early-season insects and disease.
Listen in as Marty Wojcik, DuPont U.S. cereal herbicide portfolio manager, describe Agility SG, a new wheat herbicide from DuPont.
The votes are in. Find out what products are considered the best of the best for no-till farming operations.
Waste not; want not. This new drainage system both drains and saves water for your fields. It also promises to reduce hypoxia and qualifies for incentives under the farm bill.
Push is on to get EPA to issue RFS2 rule, including hoped-for boost in maximum blend rates
Many signals for agricultural challenges in 2009.
Use any price rallies this spring on planting delays to sell two years’ corn crops, Bill Biedermann of Allendale.
As spring approaches, it is time to pull out the planter and prep it for fieldwork. During the 2009 National Farm Machinery Show, planters were a hot topic and definitely a show favorite. Check out three new machines from Case IH, John Deere and Kinze, which showcase new technology, enhanced functions and usability.
Precision agriculture specialist Dave Nerpel of farm supply company Wilber Ellis Company is trying to move more clients from flat rate fertilizer applications to variable rate technology to improve yields.
A New York Times opinion piece this week suggests pigs are a source of MRSA infection for humans.