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SmartStax on track

By Rhonda Brooks

WHAT'S SO smart about the new SmartStax biotech package? Plenty, if you like the idea of high corn yields, aboveground and belowground insect protection,...


Adjuvants

New life for old chemistries

Jan 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Mark Moore

Dicamba, One of the most popular broadleaf herbicides, has been used by growers for effective weed control in corn. But in 2013, dicamba-resistant soybeans...

NEW ADJUVANT

Jan 1, 2007 12:00 PM

Growers may purchase a new adjuvant to use with glyphosate and other postemergent herbicides requiring a methylated seed oil. Destiny HC from Agriliance...

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Fertilizer

Major players in takeover attempt

Feb 1, 2010 12:00 PM

CF Industries Inc. - Based in Deerfield, IL, it operates nitrogen fertilizer plants in Donaldsonville, LA, and Medicine Hat, AB, Canada; conducts phosphate...

In demand

Feb 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Peg Zenk

LAST FALL'S late harvest and short application season for anhydrous ammonia will push more nitrogen application to spring. According to one major ammonia...

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Fungicides

Nematode nemeses

Feb 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Lynn Grooms

NEMATODES IN corn could soon be on the run with the commercialization of Syngenta's Avicta Complete Corn this spring and the expected registration of...

Crop preservers

Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Mark Moore

CROP PROTECTION companies continue to develop novel products to help farmers control the threats to their corn and soybean yields. Here are new herbicides,...

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Herbicides

20 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW NOW

Feb 15, 2010 12:00 PM

Organic food production cannot feed the world. OPINIONS ABOUT the potential for organic food production vary widely...

Safener solutions

Feb 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Rhonda Brooks

THE DAYS when corn growers would tolerate a little crop injury from herbicides in return for excellent weed control are long gone. Increased production...

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Insecticides

20 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW NOW

Feb 15, 2010 12:00 PM

Organic food production cannot feed the world. OPINIONS ABOUT the potential for organic food production vary widely...

Nematode nemeses

Feb 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Lynn Grooms

NEMATODES IN corn could soon be on the run with the commercialization of Syngenta's Avicta Complete Corn this spring and the expected registration of...

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Seed Treatments

Nematode nemeses

Feb 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Lynn Grooms

NEMATODES IN corn could soon be on the run with the commercialization of Syngenta's Avicta Complete Corn this spring and the expected registration of...

Crop preservers

Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Mark Moore

CROP PROTECTION companies continue to develop novel products to help farmers control the threats to their corn and soybean yields. Here are new herbicides,...

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