Ready To PlantIn November 

By Tyler Bruch

Editor's Note: Next in a series from Iowa farmer Tyler Bruch whose family farms 10,500 acres in Bahia, Brazil. It has remained hot and dry here in Western...

Soybean Prices Hit Bargain Basement 

By Alan Kluis

Until now, I've always been able to buy 2 gal. of gas when I sold a bushel of corn, says an irritated farmer in early August at Farm Fest in Southwest...

2006-07 COTTON LEADERSHIP CLASS PARTICIPANTS SELECTED 

The National Cotton Council's (NCC) Cotton Leadership Committee has chosen the 2006-07 cotton leadership class. The newly selected class will begin its...

Build Marketing Strategies 

By Larry Stalcup

Richard Oswald often faces a tricky problem in marketing his corn and soybeans. My theory is sound but my timing is bad, explains the Northwest Missouri...

A Different Year Ahead 

By Richard Brock

As harvest gets into full swing for Midwestern corn and soybean producers, riding in the combine helps you put on your thinking cap and start mentally...

Early Beans Mean Early Profits 

By Larry Stalcup

Many southern soybean growers are switching to early maturing varieties to fool Mother Nature. That's nothing new to Rodger Allen. The East Texas producer...

Fertile Winds 

By John Pocock

Midwestern wind turbines could soon transform the air's energy into hydrogen and then into anhydrous ammonia and urea fertilizers. At least that's the...

Turn It Off First 

By Greg Lamp

You're dog tired and as you climb into the combine again you realize that a couple more hours of sleep would have been good, perhaps necessary. Still...

PRODUCTS 

BIGGER, BETTER COMBINES AGCO Gleaner announces the new A85 Class VIII with a 425-hp. engine and the largest rotor in the industry. It leads the A5 Series...

More Conservation Carrots For '07? 

By John Pocock

Conservation incentives will likely continue. So says Dana York, associate chief, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) regarding the conservation...

Is This A Good Time To Buy Brazilian Land? 

It depends on how fast you expect to recover your investment, the type of land you want to buy and how much endurance you have. In the past three or four...

Changing Hands 

By Doug McInnis

Republicans have controlled both houses of Congress almost continuously since 1994. This fall, the voters may be ready for a change. Opinion polls have...

Diesel On A Diet 

By John Pocock

Diesel fuel prices have more than doubled over the last 10 years, and recent average prices now rival post-Hurricane Katrina highs (315.7 cents/gal.)....

ASA's And NCGA's Big Guns 

By Greg Lamp

Rick Ostlie, ASA Northwood, ND Rick Ostlie gushes with enthusiasm when he talks about his new job as president of the American Soybean Association (ASA)....

Beneficial Harvest Aids 

By Larry Stalcup

Laudies Brantley has grown enough cotton to know when it's feasible to add inputs in order to boost profit potential. By using an effective harvest-aid...

McVictory 

By James Thompson

In late July, the crushers and the grain exporters associations here said they were instituting a two-year ban on handling soybeans from recently deforested...

Monsanto To Acquire Delta And Pine Land Co. 

Monsanto has signed an agreement to acquire Delta and Pine Land Co. for $1.5 billion in cash. The transaction was unanimously approved by the Boards of...

Record Ag Exports In 2006-07 

USDA has announced record ag export forecasts for fiscal years 2006 and 2007, with corn, soybeans and horticulture products accounting for most of the...

Recognize Your Strengths 

By Larry Stalcup

Ed Marshall III would probably make a pretty good grain marketer if his crop production didn't get in the way. The way I figure, I can produce a crop,...

LAND PRICES KEEP RISING 

Compiled By Greg Lamp

Surveys by the Federal Reserve bank districts show solid to spectacular increases in farmland values across the nation. The Minneapolis district reported...

Brazil Props Up Soy Prices 

By James Thompson

Roberto Tardivo says he'll keep those last 250-or-so acres of soybeans he still grows, but you get the idea their days are numbered. He and his neighbors...

World's Largest Biodiesel Plant? 

By Michele Holtkamp-Frye

With construction of one of the world's largest biodiesel plants underway in Indiana, the demand for Hoosier soybeans is about to change dramatically....

Increase Your Pricing Proficiency 

By Larry Stalcup

Within less than a month, December 2006 corn futures dropped 14%, from nearly $2.90/bu. in late May to below $2.50 in late June. If you produce 150 bu./acre,...

Drought Hurts Texas Cotton 

After a record-breaking crop last year, this year the West Texas cotton crop is taking a beating from prolonged dry weather. Dry weather is also impacting...

ASA ELECTS NEW LEADERS 

Compiled By Greg Lamp

Last month the American Soybean Association (ASA) confirmed Richard Ostlie from Northwood, ND, as president, and Bob Metz from West Browns Valley, SD,...