Stop Seedling Diseases In Cotton 

Compiled By Sherry Collins

Cotton seedling diseases reduce yield and can take a big bite out of profits. They can cause seedling rot, weaken the plant throughout the year or kill...

Lock In An Early Price 

By Larry Stalcup

The table is set for higher cotton prices this year. But the main course is still in the oven as growers ponder when to serve the salad and satisfy part...

Packaged For Profit 

By John Pocock

Max Dunseth, Scotia, IL, was skeptical of Nu-till, a systems approach to crop production. Nevertheless, he cautiously phased in the system. He says it...

Get Galvanized? 

By Sherry Collins

Do bin-busting yields and low interest rates automatically mean you should add galvanized girth to your storage? ...

COTTON ACRES PROJECTED TO INCREASE 

Compiled By Sherry Collins

U.S. cotton producers intend to plant 14.76 million acres of cotton this spring. That's up 9.5% from 2003 figures, according to the National Cotton Council's...

ACCESS USDA BUSINESS ACTIVITIES ONLINE 

Compiled By Greg Lamp

As part of USDA's electronic government (eGovernment) initiative, you can now log on to the Web and view many USDA program services and details. ...

Good News Bad News 

By Greg Lamp

After returning from Commodity Classic, the annual joint meeting of the corn and soybean associations, it's clear to me that growers are riding high ...

QUALISOY BOARD FORMED 

Compiled By Greg Lamp

Soybean checkoff farmer-leaders have just created Qualisoy, a coalition with all parts of the soybean value chain ...

Labor Costs: A Key Leverage Point 

By Moe Russell

RISKWISE We've concentrated on managing people more effectively for greater profit in past columns. Now let's look at the cost of labor and its impact...

Nitrogen's Kick On Corn 

By Karl Ohm

They don't claim to have the inside scoop when it comes to predicting fertilizer costs. ...

HERBICIDE REGISTERED FOR USE ON COTTON 

Compiled By Sherry Collins

Suprend herbicide from Syngenta Crop Protection received EPA registration for broad-spectrum control of broadleaf sedges and grass weeds in cotton. A...

PRODUCTS 

LARGE TRACTORS The 9620 and 9620T tractors the largest built by John Deere are four-wheel drive and large-track machines rated at 500 engine hp. They...

Diversify When You Market 

By Alan Kluis

My brother sold about half of our soybeans at less than $7/bu. I'm going to take over now, said the frustrated 40-something farmer at a recent seminar...

To Replant Or Not To Replant? 

By Larry Stalcup

It happens to virtually every cotton grower. You've established a good stand, only to have it flooded by heavy rains or damaged by a late freeze. ...

EVENTS 

Compiled By Sherry Collins

April 17-20: Texas Cotton Association Convention, San Antonio, TX. Call 214-741-7788 or visit www.tca-cotton.org. May 20-22: Annual Cotton Shippers Association...

Check GMO Acceptance 

Monsanto launches a new tool for checking which elevators will accept biotech corn. The two-part program is both a telephone hotline and a Web site. ...

Expect Costlier Season 

Producers will see a 7-10% increase in the overall costs of crop production in 2004, says Alan Miller, farm business management specialist at Purdue University....

Foliar Feeding 

By Denny Eilers

Looking for a way to kick soybean yields up a notch? Then consider foliar feeding. ...

Online IRM Training 

The first online education center for training growers on insect resistance management (IRM) has been launched at www.ncga.com. The National Corn Growers...

The World Eyeballs Brazil 

By James Thompson

Carnaval, Brazil's annual pre-Lent party, puts dancing and drinking on the world's television screens. Less colorful, but certainly more lucrative, agriculture...

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...

Spare-Parts Sprayer 

By Karl Ohm

The old adage necessity is the mother of invention reflects one of the key reasons Lee Kissinger and his father, Marvin, decided to build their own sprayer...

RECORD CORN AND SOYBEAN CROPS 

Compiled By Greg Lamp

USDA initial estimates for 2004 call for larger U.S. plantings of both corn and soybeans. USDA has pegged soybean plantings at 74 million acres, up from...

Expect Friendlier Skies 

By James D. Ritchie

We hope you're ready to hear a little good weather news for a change. A friendlier growing season should be welcome, especially by western Corn Belt producers...