Seed
Earlier this week Pivot Bio and Monsanto Company, a member of the Bayer group, announced a collaboration they entered earlier this year to develop a new soybean inoculant.
Syngenta’s newest seed treatment, a premix of three fungicide active ingredients, recently received registration from the EPA. Vibrance Trio will be used on soybean seeds to ensure strong stands and fight disease.
The right or wrong seed choice sets your yield and profit potential from the get-go. While it might seem like old hat, remember the basic nuances and more technical deails before locking in your seed choice.
Precision farming tools, from automation to variable rate technology (VRT) and others, are giving farmers new ways to make and save money.
More than 2,200 complaints with dicamba named as the suspect have been filed in the U.S. since the beginning of the 2017 season. In perspective, if various Extension experts’ estimate of 3.1 million U.S. acres of damage is accurate, that represents 3.5% of planted soybean acres, as of press time.
Farmers interested potential premiums from high oleic soybeans now have full Chinese import approval for one product.
While you might think of hula hoops as a game for children they’ve found a new use—helping farmers calculate soybean populations. With no need for a tape measure, this method could save time and help farmers make critical decisions such as replant.
Weigh the pros and cons of at-home treatment before making the investment.
The Argentine government is stepping into a battle between farmers and Monsanto over royalties for genetically modified soybeans. Grain handlers would be barred from collecting royalties after the harvest on behalf of seed developers.