Crop Production Forecast Is Up From 2003 

NASS, USDA

Corn production is forecast at 10.9 billion bushels, up 8 percent from last year and 22 percent above 2002. Based on conditions as of August 1, yields are expected to average 148.9 bushels per acre, up 6.7 bushels from last year...

Agriculture Lease Financing Marketplace Strong, Says New Study 

Equipment Leasing Association

The use of lease financing will reach $10 billion in terms of annual volume this year, representing a 55 percent penetration rate of equipment acquisitions, according to new study by the Equipment Leasing Association...

Soybean rust ... Battle lines form before disease hits 

Bonnie Coblentz, MSU Ag Communications

Researchers and specialists are battle-ready to attack rust once it appears in Mississippi...

Wet-Weather Soybean Diseases Raise Concerns About Soybean Rust 

Iowa State University

Experts are advising producers not to confuse Asian soybean rust with common wet-weather soybean diseases. Soybean rust is not expected in the United States this year and has not been found north of the equator in South America...

Shoot Aerial Photos Now To Analyze 2004 Crops 

Iowa Soybean Association

If you’ve thought about using aerial photography to study crops, equipment traffic patterns, field drainage, etc., now is a good time to get out and take the photos, says Dr. Tracy Blackmer, research director for the Iowa Soybean Association...

Investigations Continue On Isolated Case Of Difficult To Control Common Ragweed In Missouri 

Monsanto

Monsanto and the University of Missouri are in the process of investigating a potential case of glyphosate-resistant common ragweed on a single field in central Missouri...

Take action against soybean aphids 

South Dakota State University

Soybean aphids are now showing up in Brown County, Edmunds County and Beadle County fields. Producers there and elsewhere should start monitoring their fields for the insect and take action if necessary...

Researchers Prepare For Soybean Rust 

University of Minnesota

LAMBERTON - Soybean rust could become the next big plant pest facing southwestern Minnesota's soybean crop. Marty Draper of the South Dakota State University Extension Service, who has seen soybean rust in other countries, discussed what might need to be done to contain soybean rust...

Soybean Rust Will Arrive – Eventually 

Ohio State University

For U.S. soybean growers, it's not a matter of if soybean rust will hit the states, just a matter of when. And the more educated growers are about the fungus, the better prepared they will be to manage it when that time does arrive...

No Soybean Checkoff Referendum Ahead 

USDA

USDA has announced that it will not conduct a referendum on the Soybean Promotion and Research Program (soybean checkoff)...

Searching for an Ozone-Tolerant Soybean 

University of Illinois

A ring of horizontal pipes 70 ft. in diameter seem to hover over a soybean field on the South Farms at the University of Illinois (U of I). The pipes release ozone into the wind as it blows across the soybean plot simulating the higher concentration of ozone that could be a reality for our atmosphere in the year 2050...

ASA Announces New Officers and Committee Assignments 

American Soybean Association

The Board of Directors of the American Soybean Association (ASA) has confirmed Neal Bredehoeft from Alma, MO, as president, and Ron Heck, from Perry, IA, as chairman. Board members also elected Bob Metz from West Browns Valley, SD, to serve as First Vice President, an office that places Metz in line to be ASA president next year...

Corn, Soybean Yield Trends Acres Apart 

Purdue University

America's two leading field crops yield more grain today than they did 75 years ago. But while corn has taken giant leaps forward in average bushels per acre, soybean yields have advanced in baby steps...

Wireless Farming Can Help to Handle Data Overload 

University of Illinois - Urbana

Many farmers are swamped with all of the data they collect from yield monitors and field maps. "But if farmers have no way to use this information, it means nothing," says Qin Zhang, an agricultural engineer with the University of Illinois...

SOYBEAN DEMAND GROWS IN CHINA FOR AQUACULTURE  

Iowa Soybean Association

Farmers in Iowa have long been utilizing soybean meal for their livestock. And now farmers in China are using soybean meal at an ever-increasing rate for their own livestock – fish. ...