Keep an Eye Out for Aphids 

Iowa State University

If you haven't started thinking about scouting your soybean fields for aphids yet, Marlin Rice, Iowa State University (ISU) Extension entomologist, urges you to get ready to start checking your fields by the end of June....

Cease and resist: Soybean lines appear to slow rust 

The Ohio State University

More than 500 soybean lines planted in nearly 4,000 plots will be evaluated in Ohio this season for potential resistance to soybean rust....

Options for applying nitrogen 

South Dakota State University

Producers have two options for putting on additional nitrogen fertilizer if their fields have lost nitrogen due to the wet weather....

Non-rust foliar diseases not best use of fungicide 

The Ohio State University

Growers may be compelled to use fungicides labeled for rust to control other soybean foliar diseases....

Illinois Agricultural Debt Increases 

University of Illinois

However, Schnitkey cautions that farmers will continue to face difficulties in generating sufficient funds to support farm living....

No Asian Soybean Rust Found, But Researchers Find Suspicious Spores 

David Bennett

While the spores have heightened the need for further scouting, no Asian rust has been found in fields. ...

Rust “Spores Of Interest” Found In Florida 

Forrest Laws

Louisiana State University (LSU) AgCenter specialists are examining three rust spores ...

New High Quality Soybean Oil Available In Mexico 

American Soybean Association

Compañia Mantequera Monterrey (CMM), whose major products have been shortenings and liquid shortenings for frying, is moving into production of high-quality soybean oils. ...

National Soybean Rust Symposium  

American Soybean Association

The American Soybean Association will cosponsor the National Soybean Rust Symposium organized by the American Phytopathological Society...

Farm Living Expenses Increase 

University of Illinois

Living expenses rose $5,641 on average from 2003 to 2004 for 1,225 Illinois farm families monitored in a University of Illinois ...

GAO Questions Preparedness For Soybean Rust This Year  

American Soybean Association

The Federal government says there will not be enough fungicides if there is a serious outbreak of Asian soybean rust (ASR) disease this growing season. ...

EPA Denies RFG Waiver Requests  

National Corn Growers Association

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has denied Clean Air Act waiver requests from California, New York and Connecticut, allowing the use of ethanol to continue to aid those states in reducing air pollution. ...

U.S. Supreme Court Rules That Beef Checkoff Program Is Constitutional 

Source: USDA

By a vote of 6-3, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Beef Promotion and Research Act of 1985...

Ag land values have doubled since 1998 

Source: South Dakota State University

Agricultural land values/acre in South Dakota jumped 20.3% from 2004 to 2005, and have doubled in the past seven years....

2004 Production Costs 

Source: The University of Illinois Extension

Illinois corn and soybean producers spent more per acre to grow their crops in 2004 than the previous year, according to a University of Illinois (U of I) Extension study....