Corn
After the USDA’s June 30 acreage report last Friday, some people were questioning its accuracy. The March 30 prospective planting report had corn and soybeans within 500 thousand acres of each other, and many anticipated some of those corn acres moving to beans after April and May made for one of the wettest springs on record. But the June report widened that gap to 1.4 million acres, with corn currently estimated at 90.9 million acres and soybeans at 89.5 million acres.
When it comes to fungicide, critically examine your opportunity for yield increases to determine whether two, one or any application is needed.
The latest crop progress report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), 67 percent of the corn crop was rated good to excellent. Indiana is lagging behind with only 45 percent of its crop in that category.
As Louisiana gets hit with heavy rain from Tropical Storm Cindy, the Pelican State has already experienced a wet spring, but it hasn’t hurt the corn crop.
In the first of eight certified class actions against the company, jurors sided with plaintiffs and asked Syngenta to pay $217,700,000 in damages.
Brian Scott, 36, of Delphi, Ind., is a grain producer who is focused on becoming a better welder and making his grain storage and trucking more efficient.
BASF and Syngenta are among companies that have submitted preliminary bids for assets that Bayer plans to sell in order to get regulatory approval for its $66 billion takeover of seeds giant Monsanto, according to people familiar with the matter.
After several days of rain in recent weeks the majority of corn growing states are officially drought free—and in some cases looking more like lakes than fields. For young corn seedlings, continued pounding rain could compound pest problems and even lead to replant.
Maintain a great working relationship with your banker throughout the planting and growing seasons, advises Chris Barron, a consultant with Ag View Solutions.
To increase in-season aerial imagery and enhance crop analysis, Climate Corporation is partnering with Ceres Imaging, TerrAvion and Agribotix. Farmers will have access to additional high-resolution images on top of Climate’s current interconnected platform.
Following record crops and record grain stocks, farmers are finding new ways to use corn. Ethanol and animal feed seem to be old hat, making way for new uses such as shoes, car cushions and moisturizers.
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Partnering with Kaiima, an Israel-based plant breeding company, Beck’s is working to create better corn hybrids, faster. The collaboration follows a three year program assessing Kaiima’s EP technology in Beck’s corn germplasm.
Starting in 2018, AgReliant Genetics will go from eight representative brands to three—transitioning more than half of their brands into LG Seeds.
Brother-and-sister co-managers Doug and Tammy Wiedenbeck of Lancaster, Wis., raise cattle, corn, soybeans, oats and alfalfa.
Decide whether to invest in additional nitrogen, fungicides and other inputs using a spreadsheet such as this one, Iowa producer Chris Barron says.
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.
High-speed planters have taken the ag industry by storm in recent years.
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.
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.
Lobbying group president says he brokered deal on biofuel law.
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.