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Greasy, grimy grubs. Did your fields turn up polka dotted with white grubs this spring? They could be feeding on corn and soybean roots.
Global farmland investors share their “must dos” when investing here or abroad
At 10 p.m. last night, Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, and Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), Acting Ranking Minority Member, released a 247-page report entitled, Excessive Speculation in the Wheat Market.
Wheat harvest was well underway throughout this region. Charlie Hinkebein was using floater tires to get his out near Chaffee, Missouri.
A major step for the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 was made yesterday as House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson, D-Minn. and Energy Chairman Henry Waxman, D-Calif. reached an agreement.
Jim Bower, president of Bower Trading, provides pre-report analysis for the June 30 Acreage and Grain Stocks USDA reports.
Soybean research funding in South Dakota is helping to find natural solutions for soybean aphids.
New report shows impacts achieved by farmers since mid-1990s.
This new corn can give you some sugar, produce grain and be used for biomass—all while using less nitrogen.
Farmers are no strangers to cycles—production and prices of everything you produce swing from too much to too little and back, almost yearly.
Everywhere we turn, we hear of impending inflation and rising interest rates.
A rising number of farmers continue to adopt genetically engineered crops, according to a new study from USDA. Since their introduction in 1996, farmers have rapidly accepted genetically engineered crops.
Last September, a Top Producer survey found that readers’ attitudes toward the general farm economy had slipped from 54% positive last spring to 39% in September.
What’s crawling around your corn fields right now? If you haven’t ventured out between the cornstalks lately, several pests could be feeding on your precious corn.
Nearly 60 different nematodes can attack corn in North America, says Kurt Jones, technical manager for Syngenta Seed Care.
Multiple pests can feed on your corn plants. While you might not be able to combat them all, Syngenta Seeds is working on a new seed trait that could battle the majority of pests.
How sweet it is...this new manure management technology pays off by reducing odor and emissions. It’s good for hogs too.
Corn production is all in the family at AgriGold. The company has built their hybrid portfolio around five family classifications.
Sure, your corn may be a little uneven and your beans aren’t as tall as you’d like, but that doesn’t mean your crops will be a wash.
Five new RoGator, high-clearance, postemergence applicators have been introduced by AGCO Application Equipment for 2010.
John Yoder of Roodhouse, Ill., returns to Corn College to gain more knowledge to help his operation.
Hear about corn college and crop conditions from farmers.
Jim Fiebiger and his son Josh traveled from Fletcher, Ohio, to attend Farm Journal’s Corn College.