Roundup Ready Group III 

Dekalb Genetics – DKB31-52 (early) exhibits: Moderate resistance to SCN race 3. Rps1c multirace PPR resistance. Excellent tolerance to BSR. Intermediate...

Check Out New Soybean Varieties 

Fae Holin

With the exception of a handful of food-grade/conventional soybeans, Roundup Ready varieties top the list of new selections for the 2003 planting season....

Roundup Ready Group I 

Knewtson Seed Co. – ADV 1283R (early) has: Great resistance to PRR and BSR. Excellent IDC protection; outyields most mid-Group I beans. Good SWM score....

Pioneer to Offer Bulk Soybean Seed Pick Up 

Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.

Soybean growers will be able to pick up unpackaged soybean seed in bulk directly from Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., production plants through March...

What Are Your Neighbors Doing? 

David Kohl

Do you ever wonder what other producers attempt to do for investment strategies? I was involved with a study by Valley Farm Credit that serves the upper Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and Eastern West Virginia....

Soybean Checkoff Launches New Soy Biodiesel Promotion Efforts 

United Soybean Board

As the second-largest U.S. user group of diesel fuel, U.S. farmers have the power to significantly grow the market for soy biodiesel as long as they ask...

Roundup Ready Group 00 

Dekalb Genetics – DKB005-51 (mid) features: Very good emergence; average standability. Thin plant type with relatively short height. The earliest Roundup...

Brock Online Notes 

Richard Brock

USDA Looking Into StarLink Discovery

USDA officials are still trying to determine how U.S. corn shipped to Japan became contaminated with unapproved StarLink genetically modified corn, but may not have any answers for a few days....

New Soy-Based Products Emerge in Multiple Industries 

United Soybean Board

Through their checkoff, U.S. soybean farmers are increasing demand for U.S. soybeans by developing new industrial soy-based products. Focused in five...

Conventional Group III 

USDA/ARS, OARDC – Stalwart (mid) offers: Semidwarf variety with Rps1k gene for PRR resistance. Irrigated yields (80-100 bu/acre). Specific adaptation...

Brock Online Notes 

Richard Brock

Japan Finds Starlink In U.S. Corn Cargo

Japan has found trace amounts of unapproved StarLink biotech corn in a U.S. shipment bound for Tokyo's food supply, U.S. exporters told Reuters News Service last week....

The Joys of Teaching: I Got the Job! 

Dave Kohl

One of the greatest thrills a professor can have is when one of his students or advisees gets a job. This just recently happened when one of my teaching assistants accepted an offer with a lending institution....

Brock Online Notes 

Richard Brock

US Lawmakers: End Sweetner Row

U.S. lawmakers from corn-producing states called on the Bush administration to reach a deal with Mexico quickly to end a dispute over corn syrup and sugar trade.

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USDA Concerned About Slow Pace Of Sign-Up For Major Farm Bill Programs 

USDA

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is concerned about the slow pace in which farmers are signing up for major farm programs under the 2002 Farm Bill and...

Hendrik Verfaillie Resigns as Monsanto CEO 

Monsanto

Hendrik Verfaillie Resigns as Monsanto CEO Monsanto Company Chief Executive Officer Hendrik A. Verfaillie resigned as CEO, president and director of the...