U of I Study Identifies 50 Genes Controlling One Trait  

University of Illinois

Corn with high oil content is in demand, particularly in corn sold for animal feed. And, although it may seem fairly simple to just cross breed corn selecting for high oil as a characteristic, it's not. ...

Using Fungicides for Soybean Rust Requires Knowledge of Labelling 

University of Illinois Extension

Timely use of fungicides is currently the only tool to manage yield losses from the effects of Asian soybean rust. ...

Scouting, prompt spraying key to managing Asian soybean rust 

University of Missouri

If they haven't already, Missouri soybean producers should add comfortable boots and a 10- to 20-power magnifying lens to their Christmas lists - they'll need both while scouting their fields for Asian soybean rust in 2005....

Bill Funds Important Initiatives for Iowa Soybean Growers 

The Iowa Soybean Association

The Iowa Soybean Association received significant funding support for key soybean rust and environmental initiatives in the FY 2005 Omnibus Appropriations Bill. ...

Asian rust and fungicides: Keeping the enemy at bay 

By David Bennett

You have to look hard, but there’s a silver lining on the rust-darkened cloud currently pouring gloom all over soybean country. ...

IRON Family of Websites Re-Launched 

IRON Solutions.com

Scott T. Derksen, Senior Vice President of Technology and Development of IRON Solutions, announced the successful re-launch of the IRON family of websites....

MU weed scientist confirms glyphosate-resistant ragweed  

University of Missouri

Missouri has the first known case of a summer annual weed resistant to the popular glyphosate line of herbicides....

What's in a fungicide's name? Soybean rust control 

Purdue University

Chlorothalonil. Propiconazole. Azoxystrobin. ...

NCGA’s Identity Preservation Calculator Assists Growers in Estimating Costs  

NCGA

As growers begin planning for next year, the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) reminds its members that the Identity Preservation (IP) calculator is available online to assist them in estimating their production and IP costs next year. ...

A letter to Industry Partners from Neal Bredehoeft 

ASA

President of the American Soybean Association...

Workshop gives owners leg up on handing down farm 

Purdue University

Businesses that fail to plan often plan to fail. ...

Johanns Nominated to be Secretary of Agriculture  

Scott Shearer

President George W. Bush nominated Nebraska Governor Mike Johanns (R) to serve as Secretary of Agriculture. ...

Industry’s First Triple-Trait Offering Demonstrates Growing Use, Acceptance of Biotechnology 

NCGA

Japan’s recent approval of the biotech industry’s first commercial triple-trait corn seed demonstrates the growing international acceptance of biotechnology, according to the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA)....

Adding More Corn to Your Crop Rotation? Think Twice. 

University of Illinois

Farmers can get help in determining how adding more corn in 2005 to their corn-soybean crop rotations will impact their enterprises. ...

Conservation Security Program Self-Assessment Workbook Available For Producers  

USDA

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service Chief Bruce Knight today announced that the self-assessment workbook is available ...