Farm Machinery Costs Rise 

Higher fuel prices, machinery and interest costs have increased the machinery costs in the newly released University of Illinois Extension 2006 Machinery...

Agriedge Grain Premium 

As you begin making soybean seed purchases for 2007 planting, check out Syngenta's AgriEdge Grain Premium Program. Growers who purchase NK Brand Roundup...

Factor In Energy Costs 

By Edward Clark

Sky-high energy costs mean higher corn drying costs at harvest, and that puts a premium on hybrids that dry down faster. But the issue is complicated....

Letter 

Your article, Changing Hands: If Democrats gain control of Congress will farm programs be cut? leads people to believe the Democrats would work to lower...

Trait Gets EPA Approval 

Syngenta's corn rootworm trait, Agrisure RW, has received registration approval from the EPA for the 2007 growing season. You can also get the trait stacked...

Wear Your Corn Crop 

By Kate Royer

Think ethanol is the only hot value-added product made from corn? Think again. These days you can cover up with a blanket, perfect your golf swing off...

Trans Fat Debate Heats Up 

By Greg Lamp

It's often hard for me to figure out if health claims are legit. One day a study says caffeine isn't harmful, the next day research says it is. We're bombarded with mixed messages about food that are difficult even for the experts to judge.

That doesn't seem to be the case with trans fats, though. The National Academy of Sciences, a fairly reputable group, has concluded that the optimal intake of trans fats should be zero. In addition, Dr. Walter Willett and researchers at Harvard University estimate that if trans fats were removed from our diets, up to 228,000 heart attacks could be prevented ...

Facts About Your Tax 

By Karl Ohm

It's never too early to plan ahead with your tax advisor to discuss some strategies. For the 2006 tax year, you may want to examine several key items...

Brazil Now Embraces GMOS 

The Brazilian Seed Producers Association, Abrasem, estimates that about 72% of Brazil's new soybean crop will be genetically modified varieties, far more...

Is Land Reform Unfair? 

By James Thompson

Early on March 14, militants invaded the nearly 5,000-acre Canhambola Farm, which had been in the Andrade family for 100 years. The farm has cattle, corn,...

Bearish In Brazil 

Last year wasn't a great time to be a Brazilian farmer. Soybean and corn producers across the country were hit with droughts at planting and near floods...

Farmer-Owned Ethanol Plants Boost Economies 

Local ethanol plant ownership generates significantly more economic activity for the plants' communities than plants owned by absentee investors, according to...

How To Choose Crop Rotation In '07 

By Moe Russell

Crop rotation decisions used to be simple: corn and soybeans or soybeans and corn. However, conditions have changed. Prices certainly have changed with...

CBOT and CME to Merge 

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. and CBOT Holdings, Inc. announce they have signed a definitive agreement to merge the two organizations. They...

One Billion Tons Biomass? 

Congress has established a goal of replacing 30% of U.S. petroleum consumption with biofuels by 2030. A DOE/USDA report (feedstockreview.ornl.gov/pdf/billion_ton_vision.pdf)...

Six Rules For More Successful Marketing 

By Alan Kluis

Last year I didn't forward price one bushel of my corn and soybeans, so this year I sold my entire corn and soybean crop ahead. I was wrong last year...

Flex-ing Muscles Against Weeds 

By Larry Stalcup

Some growers can hardly remember farming without it. In fact, some cultivators are parked and covered in cobwebs. Hoes are rusty. Yes, Roundup Ready cotton...

Hedge-To-Arrive At Corn Profits 

By Larry Stalcup

Jeff Davis didn't wait for this year's extraordinary run-up of corn prices at harvest to get his crop marketed at near $3/bu. With the huge demands for...

Price Volatility Makes Marketing Tougher 

By Richard Brock

As I write this in mid-October, March corn futures are trading at $3.30. Only one month ago they were at $2.55. If anyone had suggested corn prices could...

Ethanol's Growth Spurt Hits Canada 

By John Dietz

Biofuels production in Canada has been quite low, but that's about to change. Canada consumes about 10.5 billion gallons of gasoline annually. According to...

How Many Passes To Control Annual Grasses? 

By Doreen Muzzi

With the advent of Roundup Ready technology, many Midsouth soybean growers are battling an increase in annual grass infestations. Grasses such as barnyardgrass...

Dry Spell Worst on Record for SW Texas 

Jose Pena, professor and Texas Extension economist at Uvalde, says the 17 months spanning April 2005-August 2006 were the driest on record for southwest...

2007 Beltwide Cotton Conferences 

Pre-registration is open for the 2007 Beltwide Cotton Conferences, being held in New Orleans Jan. 9-12. The early registration deadline is Dec. 1....

New Marketing Book 

Scott Stewart, CEO and president of Stewart-Peterson Group, says the game of commodity marketing has changed. In his new book New Times, New Rules, he...

300 bu. Corn by 2030 

Biofuels are here to stay, and agriculture will be asked to play an increasingly important role in helping make this future possible, says Robert Fraley,...