Extension Update On Central Illinois Agriculture 

Source: University of Illinois Extension

Corn planting is nearly complete and Iowa State’s Bob Wisner estimates a 2 million acre reduction in corn plantings vs. USDA’s March intentions report. His reasons include...

Chinese Soybean Delegation’s $1 Billion Soybean-Buying Tour Builds On Growing U.S.-Sino Relationship 

Source: USSEC

Chinese soybean buyers signed 27 contracts worth $2.77 billion with U.S. exporters during a 10-day tour, building on a growing trade relationship with economic and environmental benefits for both countries...

Managing Finances With High Grain Prices 

By William Edwards, Iowa State Extension economist

Columns about financial management on the farm usually appear when commodity prices are low, interest rates are high, or some other condition puts a squeeze on cash flow. Over the long run, however, how we manage when prices are high may...

Ethanol’s Impact On Food Prices 

Source: National Hog Farmer

A new study released last week estimates that increased corn prices, “driven by rapidly expanding” U.S. ethanol production, has increased U.S. retail food prices by $14 billion annually. The study also...

Ag Can’t Ignore Greenhouse Gases 

By Susan Winsor

The policy wonks in Washington, D.C., the scientific community and America’s farmers may have more in common than previously thought...

U.S. Corn Growers: Producing Food AND Fuel 

Source: NCGA/USA Today
By Ken McCauley, NCGA President

As a corn and soybean farmer, it gives me great pleasure to produce the most affordable and safest food supply on Earth. According to the USDA, Americans spent 9.9% of their income on food and beverages in 2005 – the lowest of any nation in world...

First ’07 Midsouth ASR Case 

By David Bennett, Farm Press

Asian soybean rust has been discovered in an Iberia Parish kudzu patch in south Louisiana. Also the location for the first Midsouth case of ASR in 2006, the latest find was 53 days earlier this year...

Online Recordkeeping System Available on the Pioneer GrowingPoint Website 

Source: Pioneer

Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., has an online recordkeeping system growers can access through the Pioneer GrowingPoint Web site, designed to help them manage and track operations at a field level...

Ethanol: Winners And Losers 

By Susan Winsor

Landowners are the key winners from the current ethanol boom, according to a recent University of Minnesota symposium entitled “Biofuels: Economic Prospects and Environmental Implications.” Ethanol production has boosted corn prices, which should boost...

Farm Bill Web Site Developed 

A new Purdue University Web site covers hot topics that will be affected by the 2007 farm bill. "Our agricultural economics group felt it was useful to pull together as much information as possible...

Increase in Ethanol Drives Increase in DDGS 

Source: NCGA

The U.S. ethanol industry is likely to produce approximately 16 million metric tons of distillers grain (DDGS) in the 2007-08 marketing year, representing a three-fold increase...

If You Have Soybean Questions, ISU Extension Has Answers 

Source: Iowa State University

Palle Pedersen, Iowa State University (ISU) Extension soybean agronomist, and his team are ready to answer your questions about soybean production...

NCGA Reminds Growers Agrisure RW Hybrids Are Unapproved In Japan, Most Major Markets 

Source: NCGA

The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) reminds corn farmers that Syngenta’s Agrisure RW MIR 604 technology lacks full approvals in most...

Soybean Management Information Available Toll-Free At 888-201-9301 

Source: Michigan State University

Farmers work long hours and spend much of their time outdoors, on the road and away from computers or offices. But thanks to a new service from Soybean 2010...

FDA Supports Study That Confirms Health Benefits Of Soy Protein 

Source: American Soybean Association

A new study that claims soy protein can help keep the heart healthy has received support from U.S. and Japanese health officials. Research from two U.S. universities and Japan's National Institute of Health and Nutrition confirmed...