December 1, 2009
The Scoop
The Scoop | What's your sustainability index?
Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM, From Senior Editor Jodie Wehrspann
LAST SUMMER, when mega-retailer Walmart announced plans to develop a worldwide sustainable product index, American businesses got the clear message that...
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Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM, David Hest
FINTV From Agritechnica: Latest tractor technology Farm Industry News traveled to Hannover, Germany, to videotape new ag equipment technology on view...
Products
SmartStax on track
Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM, 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,...
Precision alliance
Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Karen McMahon
TWO MAJOR precision ag companies recently have created an alliance to develop new precision products for farming. Ag Leader of Ames, IA, with its precision...
A steadier course
Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Karen McMahon
GUIDANCE EQUIPMENT on tractors steer the vehicle with precision, but what about a 30-ft.-wide implement that's pulled 30 ft. behind the tractor? The implement's...
Cover Story
2010 tractor preview
Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Jodie Wehrspann
HIGH-POWERED row-crop tractors rated over 150 hp are in high demand this year. According to Jason Hoult, product manager for AGCO Corporation, sales in...
Technology
Big steps for biorefineries
Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Lynn Grooms
Cellulosic ethanol is getting closer to commercialization. How close? Just one to three years. Buoyed by federal funding, technological advancements,...
Dow AgroSciences, DuPont cross-license soybean traits
Nov 17, 2009 10:46 AM
Producers can expect additional herbicide-tolerant soybean options in the next decade as a result of a new cross-licensing agreement between Dow AgroSciences and DuPont...
On-the-go plant sensor
Nov 17, 2009 3:55 PM
The new CropSpec plant nutrition sensor from Topcon Precision Agriculture reads the health of a crop canopy and enables immediate variable application of fertilizer to correct nutritional deficiencies...
Trends
Farmland's tipping point
Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By David Hest
A YEAR after the worldwide economic meltdown, farmland values across the Corn Belt have largely escaped the dramatic declines affecting housing and commercial...
Lawsuits stack up
Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Mark Moore
FAR BEYOND the farm fields, high-stakes battles in the seed industry are taking place in courtrooms. High-profile legal filings between industry heavyweights...
Inflation ahead?
Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Mark Moore
AGRICULTURE HASN'T been spared from the general economic turmoil that has gripped the world markets this year. And it's likely that the coming quarters...
Firmer prices, tighter supplies
Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Peg Zenk
IT HAS been a frustrating year for anyone buying fertilizer. Both dealers and growers, still stinging from high-priced purchases in 2008, watched prices...
Good Buy
Good buy: Ten degrees of tillage
Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM
A NEW vertical tillage system from Landoll can help growers who have struggled with a late harvest and wet soils. The new VTPlus tillage system is equipped...
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