Equation for green farming 

By: By David Hest

If You want to farm green, two decisions about how you grow your crops are likely to have the biggest impact on achieving your goal how much tillage you...

In-furrow corn treatment 

EMD CROP BioScience has launched Torque IF, which contains the company's proprietary LCO Promoter Technology, a naturally occurring molecule that enhances plant development by turning on the plant's growth processes...

Underground irrigation 

By: By John Russnogle

Bob Meiners has developed and patented an underground irrigation system that literally can go where no system has gone before. Under the company name...

Soil-Test Robot 

Soil-test robot THE NEW AutoProbe is the first high-speed, on-the-go implement for soil sampling, according to its manufacturer AgRobotics. The company...

Ready for wheat 

By: By John Russnogle

High Wheat prices in 2007 were good news if you could grow a crop. But for many U.S. wheat growers in 2007 who suffered heavy yield losses due to bad...

Input Outlook 

By: By Peg Zenk

Buying crop inputs isn't as simple as it used to be. Last season, $4 corn prices motivated U.S. farmers to plant more corn, and those prices had the same...

Agrium buys UAP 

Agrium Announces that it will purchase United Agri Products (UAP) to create the largest agricultural retailer in North America. The combined sales of...

FinOvation 2008 

By: By Karen McMahon

Case IH Puma Case IH's new family of row-crop tractors called the Puma line is our winner in the mid-horsepower category. Four new Puma models run from...

Agrium buys UAP 

Agrium Inc. announced that it will purchase UAP (United Agri Products) to create the largest agricultural retailer in North America. The combined sales of the two companies will be almost $8 billion...

Better N Use 

A new trait being incorporated into canola will help it use more availabe nitrogen and increase yields. According to Arcadia Biosciences ...