HIGHER RISKS OFFSET HIGHER PRICES 

Compiled By Greg Lamp

Consider higher costs and additional risk when negotiating 2008 cash rents, says University of Illinois Extension economist Gary Schnitkey. Much larger...

IS ETHANOL TO BLAME FOR HIGH-PRICED FOOD? 

Compiled By Greg Lamp

Recent media coverage has tried to put the blame for rising food prices squarely on the surge in corn usage for ethanol production. But new research from...

Ethanol Links Corn To Oil Prices 

By Larry Stalcup

Ethanol, you ought to be in pictures! When California announced in June that all gasoline sold in the state must contain a 10% ethanol blend by late 2009...

Revolutionary Harvesting 

By Larry Stalcup

About 50 years ago the U.S. was in a race with Russia to get the first satellite in space. Russia's famous Sputnik prevailed by a few weeks. Now, the...

Close To Perfect 

By John Russnogle

No matter what he tried, Grand Island, NE, farmer Ned Meier couldn't lock down equipment tight enough on his tractor's 3-point hitch to get the accuracy...

When To Buy Cotton Put Options? 

By Larry Stalcup

Cotton growers haven't been rushing to use futures or options because they already have a floor provided by the government program. But with the potential...

Willie's Star Quality Rubs Off On Biodiesel 

By Larry Stalcup

Willie Nelson has been a longtime advocate for farmers. Add producers to that list. His promotion of biodiesel is a different approach to getting America's...

Yield Shields Shine 

By John Pocock

After watching weakened corn stalks continually shed their ears over the corn head's outside rows during a corn borer-infested harvest, Herald Barton...

What To Do With Residue? 

By Karl Ohm

Today's corn hybrids leave virtual tree trunks in a combine's wake. Managing stalk residue ranks as one of the chief challenges faced by continuous-corn producers...

The Mutant Of Maize 

John Russnogle

When you check corn fields this summer you may find an impostor corn leaves that only look diseased. It's called disease lesion mimic because it looks...

Attack Of The Aphid-Eaters 

By Liz Morrison

When soybean aphids first invaded North America about seven years ago, the pests had a field day: environmental conditions similar to their Asian homeland...

Lost In Translation 

By James Thompson

You'd think $8 soybeans would send a green light to Brazilian farmers to plant more soybeans. But as planting season approaches, they appear cautious....

Look Back But Plan Ahead 

By Alan Kluis

I have written 140 articles for The Corn and Soybean Digest over 14 years. I've also traded commodities and worked with farmers in marketing crops for...

VERASUN AND ENTERPRISE EXPAND E85 USE 

Compiled By Greg Lamp

VeraSun Energy Corp., one of the nation's largest ethanol producers, and Enterprise Rent-A-Car, the largest rental car company in North America, announce...

Ethanol Tariff Safe - For Now 

By Greg Lamp, EDITOR

We're already overly dependent on foreign oil to fuel not only our gas guzzlers but also our economy. It's painfully obvious how much that oil is costing...

Control Aflatoxin 

By Larry Stalcup

Using sound crop rotation, harvesting corn early and then drying it, southern growers can likely reduce the threat of dreaded aflatoxin. As corn acres...

Ethanol: The Fun Begins 

By Richard Brock

By now, unless you've been locked in solitary confinement somewhere outside the U.S., everyone has seen the charts and graphs that show the sharp increase...

Set Specific Goals And Objectives 

By Moe Russell

In the April issue we outlined how planning can help transform organizations to what they want to be if the plan is simple and useful. To do that...

Distilled Gains: Ethanol's Top 10 Winners 

By John Pocock

An enormous expansion in the U.S. ethanol industry has helped to strengthen and invigorate America's heartland. Ethanol investors, cropland owners, row-crop...

THE RACE IS ON 

Compiled By Greg Lamp

The Iowa Soybean Association (ISA) and Renewable Energy Group, Inc. have partnered to sponsor the Soy Biodiesel 225 on Sept. 22 at the Iowa Speedway in...

Store More 

By Karen Bernick

Brothers Dave, Dennis and Neal Nelson convinced the owners of a farm they rent outside of Belmond, IA, to convert a towering blue Harvestore into temporary...

Each Day Brings Surprises 

By Tyler Bruch

Farming in Brazil has many parallels to Midwestern farming, and just as many differences. Our harvest season started Feb. 28 ...

Look For BPMV On Early Planted Soybeans 

By Susan Winsor

That nasty virus is still here. We're talking about the bean pod mottle virus (BPMV) the one with no sure prevention, host resistance or guaranteed treatment....

Georgia Farmers Eyeing New Pests In Soybean Boom 

Compiled By Kate Royer

Georgia growers are expected to grow more than 300,000 acres of soybeans this year; double the acreage of last year. The upsurge in Asian soybean rust,...

Wasting Energy 

(In reference to "Can We Stop Wasting Energy?" page 4, Mid-February issue.) I appreciated your editorial about wasting energy. I read your view just minutes after reading...