POTENTIAL GLYPHOSATE-RESISTANT COMMON RAGWEED FOUND IN MISSOURI 

Compiled By Sherry Collins

Monsanto and the University of Missouri are in the process of investigating a potential case of glyphosate-resistant common ragweed on a single field...

Big Bear Market 

By Richard Brock

In commodity price forecasting, people normally love you if you're right in a bull market and hate you if you're right in a bear market. With that said,...

SOYBEAN GROWTH FOR AQUACULTURE 

Farmers in China are using soybean meal at an ever-increasing rate for their own livestock fish. Jim Zhang, program manager for American Soybean Association's...

John Deere's Newest Additions 

HIGH-HORSEPOWER TRACTORS John Deere introduces two new high-horsepower tractors: the 9620 and 9620T rated at 500 engine horsepower. The new 9620/9620T...

Fool Mother Nature 

By Larry Stalcup

An old television commercial once had the tag: It's not nice to fool Mother Nature. But when it comes to better managing when and where you can harvest...

Brazil Bets on China 

By James Thompson

Napoleon supposedly once said, China is a sleeping giant, and when it awakens the world will tremble. If the world didn't tremble early this summer as...

Ethanol Fuels Corn Market 

By Larry Stalcup

Missouri grower Dale Samp says, I'm not just a corn farmer. I'm also in the fuel business. When you think about it, that comment could apply to all corn...

KEY FACTORS THAT IMPACT PROFITS 

By Alan Kluis

Here are key factors I believe have a major impact on U.S. livestock and therefore U.S. crop profitability. An expanding U.S. economy with a rising Gross...

NCC: DRAFT WTO FRAMEWORK UNACCEPTABLE 

Compiled By Sherry Collins

National Cotton Council (NCC) Chairman Woody Anderson says the World Trade Organization (WTO) draft framework document, contains many pitfalls for U.S....

Rust Control Basics 

If you suspect rust, here's a recap of how to identify, collect samples and treat, according to USDA pest management centers in cooperation with the National...

Managing A Wacky Bean Market 

By Larry Stalcup

Up 30 one day. Down 25 the next. Up 8. Down 15. Volatility rules in the soybean market. The weekly, and even daily, market charts resemble sketches of...

Corn Savers 

By John Pocock

Four years ago, Gary Kruggel of Winthrop, MN, tired of watching corn ears bounce out of his used John Deere 643 corn head and back onto the ground. For...

Conservation Rewards? 

By Karen Simon

The long-awaited Conservation Security Program (CSP) is being launched this summer. Some say it bears little resemblance to the program that was originally...

Mississippi River Revival? 

By John Pocock

In May 2004, after 12 years and $70 million spent in study, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers unveiled its preferred plan and Draft Feasibility Report...

Don't Drop Dimes 

By Sherry Collins

Benjamin Franklin coined the phrase a penny saved is a penny earned. Ed Usset, on the other hand, thinks farmers should pinch their pennies a dime at...

No Soybean Checkoff Referendum 

Compiled By Greg Lamp

USDA won't hold a referendum on the Soybean Promotion and Research Program (soybean checkoff) because not enough soybean farmers requested one. USDA asked...

Vigilance A MUST For Rust 

By Greg Lamp

Brazilian Eloi Marchett, who farms more than 63,000 acres near Rondonopolis, Mato Grosso, is no stranger to Asian soybean rust and the devastation it...

Biofuels Benched 

By Sherry Collins

Biofuels struck out when the Energy Bill failed by just two votes on the Senate floor last November. That means biofuels legislation has one more chance...

Biotech: One Step Forward, Two Back 

By Greg Lamp

What was heralded as a turning point for accepting biotech crops in the European Union (EU), now almost appears to be a farce. When the EU decided to...

ASA ANNOUNCES NEW OFFICERS 

Compiled By Greg Lamp

Neal Bredehoeft, Alma, MO, takes over as president of the American Soybean Association and Ron Heck, Perry, IA, fills the chairman of the board slot....

We're our own biggest customer. 

By Alan Kluis

In a booming global marketplace, it's important to provide a global fundamental analysis. This is first in a series looking at U.S. corn and soybean farmers'...

ETHANOL'S ENERGY BALANCE IMPROVES 

Preliminary findings of a new study on the net energy balance of ethanol indicate ethanol produces 67% more energy than it takes to generate. Corn yields...

Lock In Cotton Contracts Early 

By Larry Stalcup

The warnings were there for growers to lock in a floor on at least some of their cotton. Too many anti-price forces were in the works to send December...

Correction 

The photo on page 28 in the March story, Cover It With Calls, was not of Brett Crotts as was indicated. We apologize for the error....

Past Predicts The Future 

By Larry Stalcup

When Hollywood made those back to the future movies in the 1980s, producers could easily have set the scenes down on the farm. Price prognosticators 25...