Grain Carts Galore 

By Kate Royer

Looking for ways to streamline harvest and save some time while you're at it? Then check out this roundup of time-saving grain carts. Grain carts on the...

Watch For Trend Change: February's Now A Major Marketing Month 

By Alan Kluis

Ten years ago, corn and soybean prices would be in the winter doldrums during the month of February, with many traders taking an extended vacation. Now...

Bugged By Bugs 

By Doreen Muzzi

If left uncontrolled, stinkbugs can cause substantial economic damage in Midsouth soybean fields. But if you try to control the insects before they build...

Automated Farmhands 

By John Pocock

The need for affordable, but reliable help is just one reason corn and soybean growers will likely turn to robots in the near future to accomplish tasks...

Commodity Funds Influence Prices 

By Richard Brock

Normally I don't like to write about issues I can't change. One of those issues, and a hot topic throughout the country, is the influence of commodity...

Herbicide Costs Hold Steady 

By Rhonda Brooks

While other input costs are going up, chemical manufacturers say you can expect pesticide costs to hold relatively steady for 2006, despite fallout from...

Beauty In The Bin 

By John Pocock

Even routine repairs beneath a continuous-flow, in-bin dryer can be dirty, difficult and dangerous work better suited for a contortionist than a farmer....

No-Till Helps Cotton Weather Drought 

Cotton growers in the southeastern U.S. can deal with periodic droughts by using conservation tillage and fertilizing with poultry litter, Agricultural...

The Brazilian Farmland Report 

News In A Pod BRAZILIAN HARVEST LOSSES The Ministry of Agriculture is closing the books on the 2004-05 soybean harvest. Total output was 51 million metric...

RECORD BREAKING 2005 COTTON CROP 

U.S. farmers produced their largest-ever cotton crop and second-largest corn and soybean crops in 2005, according to the Crop Production 2005 Summary...

A Yield Response To Foliar Fungicides? 

By Ryan Miller

Many growers used foliar fungicides on soybeans in 2005, and there were many anecdotal reports of yield gains. The reports of yield gains have piqued...

NEW FARM LEGISLATION CONCERNS 

Although the National Cotton Council was able to attain its goals of protection payment eligibility requirements and current payment limits during the...

Knockout National Pest Network 

By David Howe

As a crop producer, you have a network of first detectors across the nation working to give you an early alert to plant, insect and disease outbreaks....

BENEFITS FROM BIOTECH 

Compiled By Greg Lamp

According to a new study by the National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy, compared to conventional crops, biotech varieties in 2004: Increased...

MarketMaxx Winners Back For 2006 

By Larry Stalcup

MarketMaxx is more than a game to Marcus Spotts and Seth Taylor. The two winners of the 2005 MarketMaxx contest used the corn and soybean trading game...

ANOTHER RUST WEB SITE 

Compiled By Greg Lamp

Still looking for more info on Asian soybean rust? Check out the new site by the American Phytopathological Society (APS) in conjunction with the Plant...

Old Habits Die Hard 

By Karen Simon

Your crop rotation has most likely changed over the years, but if your lime applications haven't reflected that change, you might be spending more money...

NEW ENERGY ESTIMATOR 

Compiled By Greg Lamp

USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service has developed a new energy consumption tool called the Energy Estimator. It's the first Web-based energy...

What Is pH? 

Tracy Blackmer

When soil samples are analyzed a pH test and lime recommendation are automatic. Usually, these aren't explained in detail for the farmer. If you're like...

CHINA'S ECONOMY GETS BIGGER 

Compiled By Greg Lamp

A new survey of China's economy shows it's much bigger and less dependent on exports than previously thought, which makes its rapid growth look easier...

Growers Pool Resources 

By Larry Stalcup

With about 450 acres of corn and soybeans each, Dave Mitchell and Jerry Reichert might be considered small farmers in today's world. But that doesn't...

BOARD OF TRADE BOOMS 

Compiled By Greg Lamp

The Chicago Board of Trade reached the highest yearly total volume recorded in its history, with more than 674 million contracts traded in 2005. Total...

A Little Fatherly Advice 

By Kindra Gordon

On many family farms and ranches, fathers working with their adult children have a difficult dual role being boss and being dad. How can fathers balance...

BUILD A BIODIESEL PLANT? 

Compiled By Greg Lamp

The Illinois Value-Added Rural Development Center has launched a Web site that provides a way to perform a pre-feasibility study for a biodiesel facility....

SOY'S SECRET COMPOUNDS 

Scientists with the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) in New Orleans, LA, have uncovered what could be a healthier soybean, by tricking the legume into...