An Insurance Wish List 

By Tim McKim

Since the last major changes to the federal crop insurance program were passed in 2000, there's general agreement among commodity groups that the industry...

Farmland Prices EXPLODE 

By Richard Brock

BOTTOM LINE Farmland prices. Everyone's interested. For most, the value of farmland probably comprises the majority of your net worth. After the recent...

EASY Ag Auctions Online 

By Rhonda Brooks

It's 5 a.m. The sky is still dark, and the temperature is below freezing on this early January morning. Even so, Joel Holstad has already spent the past...

U OF A RELEASES NEW SOYBEAN VARIETY 

Compiled By Sherry Collins

A new, high-yielding soybean called Ozark was released from the University of Arkansas division of agriculture for the 2004 growing season. Ozark is an...

LETTERS 

RISKY BUSINESS While reviewing recent articles (Internet and magazine) in The Corn and Soybean Digest, we ran across items we'd like to clarify regarding...

A Smokin' New Transgenic Corn 

Compiled By Greg Lamp

Iowa State University (ISU) researchers have discovered a way to increase corn's frost resistance by incorporating a tobacco gene that activates corn's...

Dig Into Demo Plots 

By Susan K. Davis

When you look at corn hybrid demonstration plots, do you only see gigantic ears or do you step beyond the seed company signs? Stepping into the plots...

Brazil Up Close And PERSONAL 

By Greg Lamp

You could call Chris Ward a frontiersman. At the very least, you'd have to describe this New Zealand native as a strapping man who's spent the last 25...

Cover It With Calls 

By Larry Stalcup

The corn market soars to $2.50 cash in late spring. You forward contract or hedge much of your crop at that price. But a drought in July and August sends...

Hire RELIABLE Self-Starters 

By Moe Russell

RISKWISE Winning teams hire people who match the characteristics of entrepreneurs. Often we make the mistake of hiring people we think would make good...

Confident In Beef 

Consumer confidence in beef is just fine, according to the latest polls sponsored by the National Cattlemen's Beef Association. Even though polls show...

Fingerprints And Soybeans 

By James Thompson

A Brazilian federal judge didn't like the recently announced policy of taking certain foreign visitors' pictures and prints when they enter the U.S. Comparing...

USDA Polishes Web Site 

Farmers may soon be able to go to a single Web site to find everything they ever wanted know about the market outlook for corn, cotton, potatoes, or just...

Beware Of N Deals 

Compiled By Sherry Collins

The price for nitrogen (N) fertilizer is probably 10-15% higher now than it was at the same time last year, says Leo Espinoza, soils specialist with the...

New Con-Till Book 

Thinking about adopting a conservation tillage system? Then check out two new resources available from Midwest Plan Service (MWPS). The book Conservation...

PLANT BOARD CAN MAKE YOU ERADICATE WEEVILS 

Compiled By Sherry Collins

A judge ruled that the state Plant Board acted lawfully when it imposed a pesticide-spraying program on northeast Arkansas cotton farmers last May, according...

CORRECTIONS: 

Adjuvant Web Site In an article titled Weed Fighting Ally (page 30, Feb. 2004), the correct Web site for the compendium of herbicide adjuvants, an online...

IGNITE APPROVED FOR USE ON LIBERTYLINK COTTON 

Compiled By Sherry Collins

Bayer CropScience announced it has received federal registration for the use of Ignite herbicide on its LibertyLink cotton varieties. LibertyLink cotton...

EU Imports Biotech Sweet Corn 

Biotech foes in Europe lost ground when the European Union (EU) Commission authorized imports of Syngenta's genetically modified sweet corn, according...

EVENTS 

Compiled By Sherry Collins

April 4-5: Texas Cotton Ginners' Association Annual Cotton Trade Show, Lubbock, TX. Call 512-476-8388. April 17-20: Texas Cotton Association Convention,...

Narrow Rows Broaden Yields 

By Larry Stalcup

With higher yields and fewer weeds, narrow-row corn is paving the way to wider returns for a pair of Kansas growers. Gary Wilbur and Roger Cooley, both...

Census Says Average Farmer Is 55.3 Years Old 

Compiled By Greg Lamp

USDA has announced preliminary state and national demographic data from the 2002 Census of Agriculture the nation's largest agricultural information-gathering...

The Bean Counter 

By Susan K. Davis

With the push of a button, the belt turns and soybeans drop through demonstration meters. Curious farmers watch, wondering if the equipment really does...

PRODUCTS 

TRI-CYLINDER DESIGN COMBINE Twin-rotary Cat Lexion R Series combines, from Claas Omaha LLC, feature a tri-cylinder design of the Claas Accelerated Pre-Separation...

Keeping Thrips Tied Up 

By Larry Stalcup

Control of thrips is a must for a good cotton stand to blossom into a good crop. After several years of testing and a season or two in the field, growers...