Newest Herbicides Provide Flexibility 

By Fae Holin

Chemical companies continue to dust off proven products, give them new names and improve safety. Yet a number of products for the 2006 growing season...

Buying Land In Brazil 

By Greg Lamp

Buying land in Brazil used to almost hold the same romance as old U.S. land rushes did back in the 1800s. But today, it's buyer beware when it comes to...

Is Bollgard II Worth The Tech Fee? 

By Larry Stalcup

If you farm where there is normally intense cotton pressure from bollworms and late-season bugs, then the extra $8/acre for Bollgard II could be well...

Online Weed Guide Helps Formulate Control Programs 

Want a fast breakdown of which herbicides will control or suppress that problem weed? Visit The Corn And Soybean Digest's interactive 2006 Corn Weed Control...

Valuing Your Farm Business, What's it really worth? 

By Moe Russell

Many of our clients complete a balance sheet at the end of the year so they can track the earned gain in net worth from year to year. By earned gain in...

You're Better Marketers After All 

By Edward Clark

Farmers sell two-thirds of their crop in the bottom third of the price range. Is this statement, which you've undoubtedly heard many times, true or false?...

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...

Tackling Soybean Aphids 

By Karl Ohm

With their quick and explosive ability to reproduce in vast numbers, tiny soybean aphids qualify as a heavyweight in the pest world with the potential...

Haves And Have-Nots 

By James Thompson

The audience was hostile and when I was done speaking they didn't question my numbers, but instead my basic assumptions. This was a couple of years ago...

When Should You Replant? 

By James D. Ritchie

Nearly every grower must decide whether to replant a sparse stand at some time, and it's one of the tougher decisions a producer has to make. Part of...

PRODUCTS 

FERTILIZER PLACEMENT EQUIPMENT Case IH is integrating the root zone banding expertise of DMI into its new lineup of fertilizer placement implements. This...

USA Rice Leaders Meet With Cuban President Fidel Castro 

Forrest Laws

It may have taken a five-hour meeting with Cuban President Fidel Castro to do it, but a USA Rice Federation trade delegation was able to sell 130,000...

Built For Beans 

By Greg Lamp

A piece from here, a piece from there, add a little Iowa ingenuity and you've got a new 23-row, 15-in. soybean planter all at a rock-bottom price of about...

Addicted To MarketMaxx 

By Larry Stalcup

I felt like I was addicted to the game. That comment from an Indiana grower, was similar to the thoughts of the six winners in the 2005 MarketMaxx game...

Change Varieties On The Fly 

After 30 years, Arlen Koepp knew his western Minnesota soils like the back of his hand. What he didn't know was exactly what to do to start squeaking...

A Little Less Help For a Rainy Day 

By Tim McKim

Farmers received exciting news this year when it was announced that for the first time a program with the potential to reduce crop insurance premiums...

Assessing Atrazine 

By Rhonda Brooks

While you're applying atrazine in cornfields this spring, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will be finalizing its review on the cumulative...

Double Your Odds 

By Tim McKim

Even though she may wish it weren't the case, Julie Satterlie believes crop insurance is a necessity to run a profitable farming operation today. Satterlie...

Wet Weather Protection 

By Larry Stalcup

Ike Boudreaux was like many Louisiana farmers who waited for Katrina to crash their state. Soybeans, cotton, sugarcane and even rice faced massive flooding...

Put It In Writing 

By Kindra Gordon

Whether you're operating a Fortune 500 company or a family farm, communication remains critical. So how can communication be enhanced between employer...

Rust Risk Remains 

By Edward Clark

Even though the Corn Belt escaped feared soybean rust problems in 2005, in the coming year growers face at least as much risk as they did a year ago,...

Itchy Trigger Finger? 

By Larry Stalcup

Early marketing is the norm for Jim Spahr and Jason Reiners. So while they were bringing in their 2005 crop, 2006 had long been on their minds. Getting...

EU Allows Danish Levy On GMO Farming 

By Meghan Sapp

In a landmark decision Nov. 23, 2005, the European Union (EU) for the first time allowed one of its member states to compensate farmers whose crops suffer...

IGNITE 280 REGISTRATION 

Bayer CropScience announces the registration of Ignite 280 SL Herbicide. It replaces the current Ignite herbicide and is more concentrated. The company...

Soybean Rust Education Meetings 

The American Soybean Association (ASA), in cooperation with USDA, will host a series of five rust education meetings, titled Beyond 2005 Preparing For...