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Weather extremes at planting, such as too little or too much moisture, are a sign your soybean crop might benefit from a commercial inoculant.
The cool weather and wet soil conditions have disrupt the normal sequence of early season field operations such as herbicide applications.
U.S. soybean production is projected at a record 3.390 billion bushels, up 375 million from the drought-reduced 2012 crop.
The calculator works for corn or small-grain seed as well.
Soybean seed costs have risen, farmers don’t want to plant more seeds than they need for top yields.
Soybeans rose in Chicago as speculation China is buying U.S. supplies boosted optimism the biggest importer will sustain purchases amid a bird-flu outbreak.
DuPont Co. and Monsanto Co. agreed to dismiss their respective antitrust and soybean patent lawsuits and enter into licensing agreements for making genetically modified crops.
The products represent an effort to provide multiple modes of action for optimal weed prevention.
A joking exchange in a seed-patent case before the U.S. Supreme Court touched on the process of soybean modification.
U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled support for Monsanto Co. in a clash with a farmer who used harvested soybeans to plant a second crop.
The most northern sighting of the disease reported in south-central Kentucky
Consultant says stressful conditions are taking their toll on soybeans in Rio Grande do Sul.
Drought in the southern U.S. stopped the soybean disease from migrating north, but farmers shouldn’t be complacent.
Soybean prices are weak and likely to get even weaker.
The rapidly changing food demand system is a key driver in the company’s focus on crop protection.
U.S. oilseed production for 2011/12 is projected at 92.4 million tons, up 0.7 million from last month.
Brazil fights new soybean disease; file claims against Eastern within 60 days; Biotech crop insurance available
John Soper, Pioneer Vice President of Soybean Research, estimates that 90% or more of the SCN varieties on the market today contain PI-88788 type of resistance.
The Pro Farmer Crop Tour found some fields with pod counts 20% above last year, and reports a 44.9-bu. national yield, versus USDA’s 44 bu.