CORRECTION 

We noticed errors in the article Alternative Corn Hybrid?, page 14 of the March 2006 issue. Here's the paragraph: LibertyLink corn is also popular because...

Bird Flu Threat 

By Doug McInnis

The bird flu has become a threat to corn and soybean growers' profitability. Soybean exports have already fallen as a result of overseas poultry losses...

Risky Business Or Good Business? 

By Dave Howe

Greg Anderson follows a soybean production practice that might, in some people's view, fall into the category of, Don't try this at home. He will be planting...

Stand Up For Animal Ag 

By Greg Lamp

Corn and soybean grower associations have been diligently working at creative ways to support animal agriculture, the big users of the crops you grow....

See The Futures In MarketMaxx 

By Larry Stalcup

It's nearly planting time. But many growers are paying as much attention to corn and soybean prices as they are the planter boxes. Futures prices above...

Rust Alert 

By Larry Stalcup

It wasn't the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, but when a Texas A&M plant pathologist found Asian soybean rust in a South Texas field on Feb. 14, there were...

HOW WORRIED SHOULD YOU BE? 

BY GREG LAMP

Nationwide, rust experts urge you to keep your guard up and stay vigilant for Asian soybean rust this year. Even though the disease spread slowly last...

Learn To Evaluate Character And Integrity 

By Moe Russell

Two issues ago I wrote about human capital management, offering some practical tips on how to get the right people in the right place at the right time,...

Be Prepared For Rust 

By Rhonda Brooks

As U.S. soybean growers are learning, Asian soybean rust is no respecter of crop quality. Regardless of the fertility, variety, land or herbicide program...

Ready, Set, Sell 

By Alan Kluis

As I write this article the second week of March, the corn, soybean and wheat futures prices have fallen sharply lower in the last two weeks as commodity...

The Brazilian Farmland Report 

Count To 10 Before You Buy The Brazilian Farmland Report (BFR) visited with farmland Brazil real estate agent Demetre Calimeris to gain insight into the...

Commodity Funds Still Dominate 

By Richard Brock

The impact of commodity funds on grain and livestock prices is for real. The sharp increase in money that has flowed into commodity funds in the last...

Tricky Timing 

By Rhonda Brooks

While soybean specialists vary in their recommendations on how to address Asian soybean rust, they all agree that advance planning this spring will help...

Crop Rotation Adds Value To Irrigation 

Texas Agricultural Experiment Station researchers are now pondering whether crop rotation can add value to irrigation water and help maintain or improve...

Vigilance Pays 

By Karen Simon

By all accounts, the U.S. sentinel plot program was a success this past year. We knew where rust was (and wasn't), and by effectively tracking the disease,...

SOME TIPS FOR GINNERS 

Forrest Laws, Farm Press

Robert W. Greene, president of Servico Gin in Courtland, AL, confessed to being troubled by the current ginning environment when he spoke at the Southern...

Pinching Pennies 

By John Pocock

With stagnant corn prices and significantly higher input costs this year compared to last, corn growers will need to develop a plan to reduce their out-of-pocket...

Stealthy Thieves 

By Dave Howe

Corn nematodes could be feeding on your corn profits without you realizing it because you can't always tell just by looking at your crop. Only soil and...

WORRIES OVER BIRD FLU 

Compiled By Greg Lamp

America's public concern over bird flu appears to have risen following the spread of the H5N1 strain of the virus from Asia into Europe, according to...

GROUP INSURANCE LOOKS GOOD 

Compiled By Greg Lamp

Group crop insurance products may be more attractive than farm crop policies for some producers this year, says Gary Schnitkey, University of Illinois...

WTO MAY HURT LAND VALUES 

Compiled By Greg Lamp

University of Nebraska Economist Bruce Johnson says significant cuts in ag commodity programs in the next farm bill, imposed to get U.S. policy compliance...

ENERGY ESTIMATOR FOR N 

Compiled By Greg Lamp

Agriculture could save up to $1.5 billion annually by improving nitrogen applications. That's according to USDA which has now launched its Energy Estimator...

Cotton Faces New Threat In Tarnished Plant Bug 

The Boll Weevil Eradication Program and worm-controlling varieties have allowed tarnished plant bugs to skip to the top spot as cotton's No. 1 pest. Once...

HELMS LEADS NATIONAL COTTON COUNCIL 

Allen Helms, Jr., a Clarkedale, AR, producer, was elected chairman of the National Cotton Council (NCC) for 2006. He served as the NCC's vice chairman...

DOW AGROSCIENCES AND MONSANTO REACH AGREEMENT 

Dow AgroSciences LLC, a subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company, and Monsanto announced a global business agreement that establishes cross licenses of...