PROTECT AGAINST WESTERN BEAN CUTWORM 

Compiled By Greg Lamp

In a recent EPA registration amendment, Herculex 1 now has approval for western bean cutworm. Herculex 1, in its first season of commercial availability,...

NEW SEED-APPLIED INSECTICIDES 

Compiled By Greg Lamp

Pioneer Hi-Bred now offers corn growers their choice of three seed-applied insecticides on selected Pioneer brand hybrids for the 2004 planting season....

FEWER ACRES, MORE COSTS 

Compiled By Greg Lamp

Large grain farms have lower per-acre costs than smaller grain farms, up to 1,000 acres, says Gary Schnitkey, University of Illinois farm management specialist....

Behind The Numbers 

By James Thompson

Just as you are harvesting, farmers in South America are planting. In Brazil, the process of figuring out how much of what to plant in September and October...

New Holland's New Releases 

HIGH-HORSEPOWER TRACTOR New Holland introduces a new 500 hp tractor, powered by a Cummins 15 liter engine, to its TJ tractor line. It's equipped with...

SOUTHERN SCENE 

Compiled By Sherry Collins

Eradication Efforts Split In Delta A boll weevil eradication referendum in the Mississippi Delta earned a split decision in the two regions where it was...

Affording Acres 

By Sherry Collins

As the saying goes, they're not making any more land. But how do you decide when and if you can afford to buy it? Farmland is worth what it earns, says...

Why 4-H Matters To Farmers 

By Greg Lamp

I don't like to admit it, but I missed the Minnesota State Fair this year. I had relatives visiting on and off during fair time and expected they'd want...

Brazil Digs In 

By Barb Baylor Anderson

As U.S. ambassador to Brazil since March 2002, Donna J. Hrinak is on the front lines with agricultural and economic issues faced by that country. She...

Don't Wait, Take ACTION 

By Moe Russell

We had 310 clients and guests at our fifth annual Russell Consulting Group seminar in Little Amana, IA, recently. As always, I truly believe our customers...

BOUND Together 

By Karen Simon

In many ways, the family farm has reinvented itself. Although there's still an idyllic view of what it should look like, many families are now using the...

New Trans Fat Label Good For Cottonseed Oil 

Compiled By Sherry Collins

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a final rule amending its regulations on nutrition labeling to require that trans fats be declared in...

Land Reform Issue Reignites 

By James Thompson

If you drive in the Brazilian countryside, you're likely to see the broad fields where Brazil's big export surplus in agriculture is produced. Brazil...

Seeking Stewardship Nominees 

Compiled By Greg Lamp

Applying stellar stewardship practices on your farm? Then now's the time to enter the 2004 Conservation Legacy Award contest. The American Soybean Association...

SELECT HIGH OIL AND PROTEIN VARIETIES 

Compiled By Greg Lamp

The United Soybean Board (USB) strongly encourages producers to select high yielding varieties that also contain high levels of protein and oil. We grow...

SLIM TRACTOR SALES IN '03 

Compiled By Greg Lamp

Expect modest gains in total sales of farm tractors in the U.S. and Canada for 2003, followed by stronger growth in 2004, according to the Association...

FARM INTERNET USE JUMPS 

Compiled By Greg Lamp

Now, 48% of U.S. farms have Internet access, compared to 43% in 2001. That's according to a new report by USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service....

PRODUCTS 

SPLIT-ROW PLANTER Case IH extends its 1200 Series Advanced Seed Meter (ASM) planter line with its new 12/23 and 16/31 split-row configurations. The 1200...

PRODUCTS 

36- AND 24-ROW PLANTERS A new 36-row, 30-in. model DB 90 planter offers high, 26-in. ground clearance with a front fold, five-section flex-frame design....

Trusted Partners 

By Karen Simon

Do you really need to farm more land to be more profitable? Unless you buck the trend, that's exactly what's happening these days. And building trusted...

FIGURE FORWARD Selling Tactics 

By Larry Stalcup

Marketing 2003 soybeans has been a tough call for Dave Peckenpaugh, Randy Hervert and other growers. Hervert managed to maintain his sanity by getting...

Be At The Table 

By Greg Lamp

After more than a dozen interviews in a single day, Ron Heck is certainly as comfortable and poised in front of a reporter as he is in front of members...

Texan Takes NCGA's Reins 

By Larry Stalcup

Whether he's plowing the halls of Congress or his corn acres, Texan Dee Vaughan is working to rope the benefits of corn production, both for himself and...

Biofuel Planets Finally Align 

By Greg Lamp

It appears hard work and karma have finally teamed up. The Energy Bill, which includes the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS), is on its way to conference...

The Race Against RUST 

By Sherry Collins

This is a good news, bad news story. The good news is that there is no Asian soybean rust in the U.S. yet. The bad news is that it's coming. Most scientists...