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Today’s agriculture headlines and expert perspectives serving farmers, ranchers, crop consultants, livestock nutritionists and the entire U.S. ag community.
Amid rumors and anti-GMO messaging, one researcher is striving to use genetic modification to not just improve crop health, but potentially save consumer lives. Aspergillus, which creates carcinogenic aflatoxin, can now be controlled through genetic modification.
Ohio farmers are following a national trend by planting the fewest acres of wheat in state history but are expected to plant a record amount of soybeans this year.
Syngenta merger means Chinese may own seeds they rejected.
The myth of producers’ affinity for corn even when it’s not economically practical ignores the fact producers seek good margins and strong budget management, says Chris Barron of Ag View Solutions.
Haven antitranspirant, a biostimulant made by Marrone Bio, is a compound applied to leaves to reduce transpiration (water evaporation from leaves) to cool plants.
Find out what you need to know about the data, the market’s reaction, and what you need to do after USDA’s release of the March 31 Prospective Plantings and quarterly Grain Stocks reports.
Mexico is mulling over writing new trade agreements that offer Brazil and Argentina duty-free access to the Mexican market for corn.
Today FMC corporation and DuPont signed an agreement to sell FMC the portion of DuPont’s crop protection business European Commission required DuPont to divest to merge with Dow Chemical Company.
High-speed planters have taken the ag industry by storm in recent years.
While China’s agricultural output has surged along with its robust economic growth, state-run stockpiles are overwhelming demand and prompting the government to reevaluate costly buying programs intended to bolster food security.
This year, Agricomseeds is offering its first natural corn trait focused on increasing yield. Leadgrain, the new trait, uses multiple genes to more than double ovules at the cob matrix, which leads to ear expansion for more kernels per plant.
Zambia, the only southern African country to produce a corn surplus last year, may run out of storage space if a ban on exporting the grain isn’t lifted, according to local traders.
Researchers at the University of Surrey and the University of Queensland have found a new way to create crop protection products that doesn’t involve synthetic chemicals or genetically modified crops. By combining clay nanoparticles with designer RNAs, researchers are able to silence specific plant genes.
Lobbying group president says he brokered deal on biofuel law.
Acreage used for soy may exceed corn for first time since 1983.
Near-record ethanol production means more demand for grain.
Grain markets yawned Thursday after the release of the latest supply and demand report from the USDA.
Red locust populations in Zambia are expanding, group says.
The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe, which represents the country’s major milling companies, said it wants the government to impose a 40 percent of tariffs on imports of corn and corn meal because its struggling to compete with cheaper South African corn grown from genetically modified seeds.
Kenya has approved the import of 5 million bags, or 450,000 metric tons, of yellow corn from Ukraine as a drought slashes its own output of the grain.
Farmers in Minnesota are starting to get more soybeans and corn harvested after some dry weather.
The latest crop production report has USDA factoring in record corn and soybean crops, even though states like Ohio had weather extremes this growing season.
When it comes to feeding your crop, you want nutrients readily available when they’re needed. After selecting nutrient rates, your next decision is the vehicle you’ll use to fertilize your crop.
On U.S. Farm Report, analysts Tommy Grisafi and Mike North discuss what caused this soybean rally and how long it’s been since corn has been more than $5.
Across the country, at least 90 corn fields have the same theme.
China suspends weekly state corn sales with harvest underway.
Weather challenges in the Southern Hemisphere could send U.S. soybean prices higher, says DuWayne Bosse, a producer and market analyst with Bolt Marketing.
Many farmers are focused on bringing in the harvest and mapping out marketing decisions for the fall and winter. Yet there are plenty of entrepreneurs willing to look past rows of corn and soybeans to the potential profit locked inside unusual plants. U.S. producers are investigating sales possibilities for crops such as hemp, pawpaw fruit and edamame, three different crops with similar challenges. Farmers who intend to grow them must learn all of their agronomic needs, crunch the numbers on costs and ensure the necessary infrastructure is in place to process and market them. For those who break into a niche, the revenue can be tremendous.
A New York snack business is using Nebraska corn to create munchies from ingredients that haven’t been genetically modified.