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Results from the most extensive on-farm trial program confirm powerful disease control is linked with consistent average yield boosts of 12 to 16 bu/A in corn and 4 to 8 bu/A in soybeans with Headline ® fungicide.
BASF is getting into the seed treatment business in a big way. Going into this February, BASF offered three seed treatment products. By 2009, though, BASF will bring its seed treatment offerings up to 11. (Source: Successful Farming; 2/29/2008)
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Rarely is the link between producers and consumer direct. A web-based marketing tool, Food Industry MarketMaker, is hoping to change that by providing direct paths between anyone who eats or produces food.
Muddy water is reaching the top of grain bins in parts of drainage district No. 7 where Farmer and DeKalb/Asgrow field advisor Jeff Hedges lives and farms. There are thousands of homes with water, he estimates, and only a handful of people he knows have flood insurance.