Shucking Low Prices 

By Larry Stalcup

You certainly can't say Steve Mercer and his family drag their feet in marketing corn. To the contrary, by making high percentage sales more than a year...

LOWER COTTONSEED WEIGHTS ARE TROUBLE 

In a perfect world, says Randy Dismuke, a cotton variety would satisfy everyone's demands growers, ginners, oil mills, textile spinners and other downstream...

Super Soybeans 

By Elton Robinson

John Ingram knows the math. Big soybean yields at the right price can produce cotton-like gross revenues. That's a lot of potential income, so he's not...

MIDWEST BACKS TIGHTER PAYMENT LIMITS 

If you've ever wondered why Iowa Senator Charles Grassley and other Midwest senators are such ardent supporters of stricter payment limits, the results...

MarketMaxx Builds Toward Final Trades 

By Larry Stalcup

With the plunge of corn and soybean markets the last half of the summer, it's likely that many of the 3,500 MarketMaxx players are smiling over trades...

PRODUCTS 

CONVEYOR IMPACT/SLIDER BARS The Holz Rubber Gorilla impact/slider bars are built to take stress and impact generated in the transfer area of a conveyor...

10 Tips To Cut Combine Breakdowns 

By John Pocock

You can dodge most major machinery breakdowns by regularly inspecting, cleaning and replacing essential components, says Dean Potter, a mechanic at Haug...

CAFTA Becomes Law 

By Larry Stalcup

Corn, soybean and cotton producers, all heavily dependent on exports, should benefit from the new Central American-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement...

Computer-Savvy Systems 

By James D. Ritchie

Getting the program set up was time-consuming, but once I got everything established, it has saved me a lot of time and money, says Monte Burch of Palmyra,...

Meet The New Head Honchos 

New ASA President Bob Metz wants to get a jump-start on the new farm bill. By Greg Lamp During his new term as president of the American Soybean Association...

Conservation Keeps Coming 

By Greg Lamp

All indications from Washington, D.C., are that conservation provisions will continue to be a hallmark of the next farm bill. There's little doubt that...

Don't Risk The Rot 

By Seth Gudmunson

With temperatures statistically higher than past years, charcoal rot in soybeans is proving to be a serious threat. In fact, warmer weather this summer...

Conservation Tillage Conference & Expo 

Speaking of conservation, please mark your calendars for the second annual Conservation Tillage Conference and Expo slated for Sioux Falls, SD, Feb. 1-2,...

One N Size Does Not Fit All 

By Sherry Collins

Average the shirt size of three neighbors and you'll probably come up with However, that doesn't mean you should all wear that size. If you do, somebody's...

The Opacity Index 

By Moe Russell

In last month's Riskwise I wrote about the potential of creating wealth by diversifying your investments. Generally, diversification creates more wealth,...

Shift Up, Throttle Back 

By Larry Stalcup

No matter what color tractors you use, your face is likely red when you see how much green is being spent on fuel. With $1.50-2/gal. farm diesel prices,...

Have A Plan And Execute It 

By Alan Kluis

A dejected southern Minnesota farmer at a recent seminar said, I just sold some corn at $1.50/bu. doesn't the price have to move higher? I responded with...

LETTERS 

READERS SPEAK OUT ABOUT ETHANOL I read your You're Not Being Duped piece in the August issue. It seems like we are seeing more and more of these ethanol-bashing...

Long-Term Bottom Coming Soon 

By Richard Brock

While we're usually more concerned about what's going to happen to next week's grain prices than we are five years or more down the road, it's interesting...

Crop Advisers Earn Free CEUs Online 

A free, nationally accredited continuing education unit for American Society of Agronomy (ASA) licensed Certified Crop Advisers (CCA) has been launched...

ENERGY BILL TO BOOST CORN PRICES 

Compiled By Greg Lamp

Increased ethanol demand from the Energy Policy Act of 2005 will boost corn prices by an average of 12.5/bu., according to a study by the University of...

Soy Entrepreneurs 

By Shannon Hartenstein Krueger

Adding value to crops can be critical to survival in a challenging market. But two soybean operations in Iowa and North Dakota have done just that by...

USDA UNVEILS SIMPLER LDP PROCESS 

Compiled By Greg Lamp

USDA's Farm Service Agency (FSA) has unveiled a new streamlined process that's designed to make it easier for ag producers to receive loan deficiency...

Resistant Ragweed? 

By Larry Stalcup

Never having to hoe a single day few if any trips through the field with a cultivator limited chemical applications Roundup Ready soybeans, cotton and...

Agony Of A Weather Market 

By Richard Brock

Weather markets are never easy. I no longer worry about my hair turning gray, however, as a result of one of these markets. My hair is all going to fall...