Fungicide soybean seed treatment 

For A second season, Bayer CropScience has included a biological fungicide in its Trilex 6000 soybean system. Called Yield Shield, this biological fungicide...

Eye in the sky 

By: Jeff Ryan

Cropcam is an unmanned aerial vehicle with a GPS-guided autopilot that is a used to take high-resolution digital aerial images. It is launched by hand...

Payoff debate 

By: By David Hest

The Use of fungicide on corn across the Corn Belt nearly doubled in 2007 as farmers adopted what for many was a new practice to protect the yield of the...

Soybean rust outbreaks 

Asian Soybean rust finally made an appearance in Iowa, Illinois and Kansas soybean fields. But the appearance in late September came too late for it to...

READY FOR RUST 

By: By David Hest

WITH THE positive identification of Asian soybean rust (ASR) on soybean plant tissue in Iowa in March, Midwest growers are on alert and in the market...

Soybean Rust in Iowa 

In Mid-March, Asian soybean rust was identified on soybeans from a bin located in Iowa. Iowa State University (ISU) says that soybean rust was conclusively...

Still a Threat 

By: By Mark Moore

Although asian soybean rust was first discovered in the United States in 2004, it has yet to inflict widespread economic disaster on...

Biotech Bandwagon 

By: By Mark Moore

The trait development bandwagon continues to roll right along, as companies respond to the growing demand for this revolutionary technology by adding...

Soybean rust discovery  

Asian soybean rust has been found in southern Illinois but does not pose a threat to this year’s soybean crop, according to the Illinois Department of Agriculture. ...

Balancing act 

By: BY RHONDA BROOKS

SOMETIMES, eliminating one problem in your soybean crop could help encourage the development of another. That's what two university researchers in the...