Canadian Chronicles 

By Dave Kohl

Several weeks ago, my Road Warrior travels took me to Red Deer, Alberta, between Calgary and Edmonton. Agricultural producers in this province think entrepreneurially...

Negotiating Cash Rental Rates  

BY MOE RUSSELL

One of the most-often-asked questions I have had this winter is: How can I reduce the risk of rapidly escalating input costs? Often, renters indicate...

Have Grain Markets Peaked? 

By Richard Brock

Odds are high that both soybeans and wheat have established the highest price levels they're going to trade at for quite some time. Corn has likely made...

How Low Can You Go? 

By Karen Ott Mayer

At North Carolina State University, Jim Dunphy has been working for the last six years with county agents and producers, studying the effects of planting...

Marketing with Multiples 

By Larry Stalcup

If you can't live with $5.80 corn or $15 soybeans, don't use this strategy. That's not a warning from Gary Hinz, just advice to growers considering the...

Just for the Record 

By Greg Lamp

Ever been interviewed by national or even local media and feel like you've bungled it? It's a common feeling, say media experts, but with a little guidance...

More Gylphosate Resistance 

The University of Arkansas and Monsanto have confirmed glyphosate-resistant johnsongrass in a field in southeast Arkansas.?Monsanto and Mississippi State...

Is Your Marketing Advisor Worth the Fee? 

By Larry Stalcup

With the added chore of luring investors to regional biodiesel plants while tending to over 3,500 acres of corn and soybeans, Chuck Dunlop doesn't have...

CSD News: Sign Up for CSP Now, Conservation Winners, Soybean Oil Prices Take Nosedive  

COMPILED By GREG LAMP

Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer announces a sign-up for the Conservation Security Program (CSP) that will be available starting April...

Lean, Green Biodiesel Machine 

By Amanda McAlpin

A team of students at Mississippi State University (MSU) has redesigned a 2005 Chevrolet Equinox into a hybrid that runs on biodiesel fuel for a competition...

Brazil Boosts Crop Estimates 

CONAB, the supply arm of Brazil's ag ministry, has boosted its estimate of the country's 2007-2008 soybean crop to 59.5 million tons from 58.5 million,...

Prices Worth the Hoeing 

By Larry Stalcup

Jason and Jerome Berning aren't that excited about the chances for $4 corn and $10 soybeans. They sold theirs for $8-12 and $15-20, respectively. That's...

An Early Date with Soybeans 

BY JOHN RUSSNOGLE

Scatter 20 bu. of soybeans across an acre on your farm and you've got an un-pretty picture of the potential yield you lose on every soybean acre you farm....

Precision Thinking 

By Susan Winsor

Ken Greene doesn't like lazy assets. Having swapped out a few plows, a soil finisher and disks in favor of a Hiniker strip-till tool, he turned his attention...

Production Costs Jump 

The total cost to produce corn averaged across Illinois last year was $542/acre, says University of Illinois Economist Dale Lattz. Variable costs increased...

Practice What You Preach 

By Larry Stalcup

Doug Brown practices what he preaches in marketing his corn. The McCook, NE, co-op grain merchandiser uses many of the same strategies he recommends for...

Get Paid To Hold Onto Those Nutrients  

BY SUSAN WINSOR

Dairyman Jeff Beavins is getting paid to build a structure that stores six months' manure. Most of the $130,000 cost will be paid for by water quality...

Pollen vs. Purity 

By John Russnogle

Corn's casual attitude toward sex is great for making hybrids. Corn flowers willingly accept pollen from any maize source. That's a problem, however,...

Combine Turned Sprayer  

BY GREG LAMP

You might say Larry Nielson looks at the world a little backwards. At least that's true when he hatched the idea of building a self-propelled sprayer...

Fertilizing Soybeans For Profit  

By George Rehm

Commodity prices are soaring, and this has growers thinking in new ways. This is especially true for soybeans. In the past, many have used the philosophy...

Not Just a Farmer Anymore  

BY JOHN RUSSNOGLE

You sell yourself and your farm to the public every day, whether you realize it or not. And, the perception you create may affect how you farm in the...

Rust Relief 

By Larry Stalcup

With Asian soybean rust a greater threat every year since it blew into the U.S., growers are looking for ways to counter potential rust rampages. Mississippi...

Some Days You’re the Pigeon  

BY GREG LAMP

I'm sure you know this, but you're probably under the most stress that you'll encounter all year long right now. Long days, short nights, not enough sleep...

Products-Utility Tractors, Universal Remote  

FRONT-FOLD PLANTERS Case IH has expanded its line of Early Riser 1250 planters, now offering 12- and 16-row options. With a narrow transport width of...

We're Helping Out Local Schools 

By Tyler Bruch

The crops in Bahia have gained a lot of ground the last six weeks, mostly because we've had great rains. The moisture that we waited for at the beginning...