Soybean rust in state, soybean crop still OK 

Mississippi State University Extension Service

Despite the arrival of rust in the state, Mississippi’s soybean crop needs only a couple of well-timed rains to finish off what could be one of the best crops....

Exercise caution when using fungicides near water 

Purdue University

Fungi-controlling chemicals that help soybeans fight off Asian soybean rust infection can hurt wildlife if the products find their way into streams and other bodies of water....

Farm Aid Announced 

Craig Dalton, Mix online

Founders of Farm Aid Willie Nelson and John Cougar Mellencamp announced that the 20th Anniversary Farm Aid Concert will be held....

Ethanol Will Pass Exports as Number Two Corn Use by 2008  

National Corn Growers Association

Data from ProExporter Network and USDA suggests ethanol will pass exports as the number two use of corn by 2008....

Landec Ag Acquires Heartland Hybrids 

Landec Ag, Inc., has acquired Heartland Hybrids, Inc., ...

Corn-Soy Blend Tool for Fighting Hunger  

WISHH

CARE, the humanitarian organization that fights global poverty, has sent packets of Corn Soy Blend to many of its U.S. donors to highlight how CARE uses this tool in their poverty-fighting arsenal...

Techniques Available to Detect Soil That Inhibits Destructive Soybean Pest 

Purdue University

Identification of soils that inhibit a tiny soybean-destroying organism is an important tool in reducing yield losses...

Rust Tracks: Alabama, Florida confirm new rust cases  

Rust Tracks newsletter

Two new cases of Asian soybean rust were confirmed June 29 in sentinel plots in Baldwin County, Alabama and Marion County, Florida. ...

South/South-central Alabama producers encouraged to spray  

Sikora says spraying with rust fungicides is especially critical for soybean growers in those areas if their soybeans are blooming or beyond....

Rust still not as widespread as anticipated  

Despite the confirmation of rust in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia, the incidence of the disease at this stage of the growing season is still not as widespread as was anticipated. ...

Hot, dry forecast should limit rust  

Many credit rust's limited spread in large part to this growing season's hot, dry conditions. ...

Soybeans growing in Vietnam help breeder at Delta Center find rust resistances 

University of Missouri

Grover Shannon believes he has a jump on producing soybean varieties resistant to Asian soybean rust. ...

Sentinel plots ready to stand up and be scouted 

The Ohio State University

Soybeans in the unifoliate -- or one leaf -- stage of development peak through the soil on grower Tom Weiler's Mt. Gilead, Ohio, farm....

Sulfur deficiencies appearing in corn 

South Dakota State University

Yellow stripes on the leaves of light green corn plants could indicate a sulfur deficiency, a South Dakota State University specialist said. ...

New Milling Process Makes Ethanol More Economical 

University of Illinois

Innovative research at the University of Illinois (U of I) is changing the way ethanol is produced – and making it more economical in the process....