Crops department 

By: FIN Staff

Demand for GM grains "[Demand for non-genetically modified grains] is by far the minority. We currently estimate it at around 2 to 2_1/2% of total export...

10 Ways to cut herbicide costs 

By: Rhonda J. Brooks

Selecting a cheap herbicide-control program this year could turn into an expensive decision. If rescue treatments are needed, costs can soar. But a dim...

Corn herbicides 2000 

By: Kurt Lawton

Astute buyers profitWhether you're using GM seed or not, match weeds to deals to save yield.If you fear herbicide labels, weed biology, sprayer precision...

Mixing Roundup and residual 

By: Karen McMahon

New herbicide premixes with Pursuit and Scepter are ready for 2000.Soybean growers may choose two new herbicides from American Cyanamid for use on Roundup...

Balance concerns >By Business of Buying 

Rhone-Poulenc's new corn herbicide Balance saw a successful launch year: It was applied to 3_1/2 to 4 million acres in 1999. Unfortunately, 9 to 10 percent...

More Roundup 

By: Business of Buying

Monsanto continues to license and/or supply competitors with glyphosate for the 2000 season. American Cyanamid is the seventh company aligning with Roundup...

IMI seed and weed gets new name 

By: Jodie Wehrspann

You won't see any seed labeled IMI-tolerant in seed catalogs this fall. American Cyanamid has instructed its seed partners to use the new term, Clearfield.Free...

New tool for cheat and brome 

By: Karen McMahon

The EPA approves Maverick herbicide for winter wheat. Wheat growers struggling with downy brome and cheatgrass now have a new herbicide to treat the weeds...

Crops 

Identify herbicide-resistant soybeansRandy Raque, an Ohio plant pathologist, has a procedure that identifies Roundup-resistant fields to help put an end...

Miracle crop, or bust? 

By: John White

Why should Canada and Europe supply U.S. companies with hemp when we could grow it here?Proponents of industrial hemp can get carried away, and it isn't...

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