Protect The Power Of Glyphosate 

Comparing glyphosate to life-changing developments like penicillin, Stephen B. Powles of the W.A. Herbicide Resistance Initiative, School of Plant Biology,...

AG EXPORT FORECAST UP $3 BILLION 

Compiled By Greg Lamp

USDA has raised the fiscal year 2005 forecast of ag exports from $56 billion to $59 billion. This would make fiscal year 2005 the third highest export...

MONSANTO PURCHASES NC+ SEEDS 

Compiled By Greg Lamp

NC+ Hybrids announced that it has been acquired by American Seeds, Inc., a holding company formed by Monsanto Company in the fall of 2004. NC+ Hybrids,...

Textile Trade Deficit Hits All-Time High 

Compiled By Sherry Collins

The U.S. textile trade deficit rose to an all-time high of $73.1 billion last year, leading textile manufacturing groups to question how high it will...

PLANT BUGS ARE AN INCREASING NUISANCE IN COTTON 

Compiled By Sherry Collins

Plant bugs have transplanted budworms and bollworms as one of the worst pests in Louisiana cotton. We deal with four primary plant bugs in U.S. cotton:...

Lock Up Your Anhydrous Tanks 

By Greg Lamp

Like most farmers, you're probably itching for the snow to melt and the trees to bud. It signals that fieldwork is right around the corner and the winter...

CHECK COTTON SEED QUALITY CAREFULLY THIS YEAR 

Compiled By Sherry Collins

Cotton producers who catch their own seed for planting should pay particular attention to seed quality this year. High-quality seed is crucial for establishing...

10 Ways To Tame Weeds 

By John Pocock

There's no one surefire way to control weeds on every farm. Yet all farmers can follow a few basic tenets to help protect corn and soybean crops from...

Go South, Young Man? 

By James Thompson

John Carroll took a chance. He traveled to Brazil in March 2001, and he and his family ended up buying a farm in the western state of Bahia. My family...

CONTROL Your Own Destiny 

By Moe Russell

With potential cuts in farm program payments, crop insurance will become an even more important tool. It will likely become part of a comprehensive information...

Short-Season Corn Works 

By Larry Stalcup

For dryland grower Alan Wineinger, short-season corn hybrids are providing yields comparable to full-season lines on limited rainfall. For irrigator Kirk...

Farm Income To Drop 12.5% 

Compiled By Greg Lamp

USDA's first forecast of 2005 farm income pegs net income at $64.4 billion, down $9.2 billion or 12.5% from the record $73.6 billion estimated for 2004....

Even With Acreage Shift WATCH Yield 

By Alan Kluis

This winter I've had hundreds of questions on what kind of acreage shift is likely to develop as farmers shift to less soybeans and more acres of corn...

It's SMART To Plant Early 

By Larry Stalcup

Planting soybeans early is a decision for Mississippi and other southern growers. By planting earlier, growers take advantage of early rainfall, reduce...

Headed For More Inflation? 

By Richard Brock

Inflation by definition has to be one of the most confusing words in the American dictionary. According to our government, inflation is under control....

2005 Sprayer SHOWCASE 

By Stephanie Larson

With soybean rust having broached U.S. borders, spraying capacity is leaping to the top of the priority list for many producers. Thankfully, you'll have...

Soybean Rust Overwinters In Florida 

Compiled By Greg Lamp

Asian soybean rust has now been found on overwintering kudzu foliage in Dade City, Pasco County, FL. The identification was made Feb. 23 by the Division...

Disease Guide For 2005 

By Sherry Collins

Diseases can blow in or blow up depending on wind, water and temperatures. The keys are to know your fields and watch the weather. 2005 will certainly...

$900,000 GRANT FOR SCN STUDY 

Compiled By Greg Lamp

Iowa State University (ISU) has just been awarded a $900,000 grant to investigate the process by which soybean cyst nematodes (SCN) infect soybeans. SCN...

More Checks For Biotech 

By Karl Ohm

While the European Union still watches with a hesitant eye, the interest and demand for biotech grains continue to make big strides in the marketplace....

BRAZIL CUTS CROP ESTIMATE 

Compiled By Greg Lamp

The Brazilian marketing consultant Safras & Mercada has cut its estimate of Brazil's 2005 soybean crop to 61.16 million metric tons (MMT) from a previous...

Weather Watchers 

By James D. Ritchie

When you look at the all-time record corn and soybean harvests last year, 2004 was an exceptional growing season across most of the U.S. cropping region....

Headed For A Train Wreck? 

By Richard Brock

More grain producers than we'd like to admit are on the edge financially. I'm concerned about the financial shakeout that could lie ahead this year. One...

GMO COTTON DOMINATES ARKANSAS 

Compiled By Sherry Collins

Genetically improved varieties were grown on 99% of Arkansas' 900,000 cotton acres last year. Bollgard technology was introduced in the first enhanced...

Insect Indications For 2005 

By Sherry Collins

Forecasting pest pressures is unpredictable because insect populations depend, in large part, on the forecast. But entomologists know there will be insect...