January 1, 2007
COVER STORY
Giant leap for GENERICS
Jan 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Mark Moore
The year 2000 was a watershed event for agricultural chemical companies. That year, Monsanto's patent to its popular Roundup expired, and suppliers jumped...
FEATURES
Accurate to the Inch
Jan 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Jodie Wehrspann
Real-Time Kinematic (RTK) base station networks are providing an increasing number of farmers with an affordable way to access the most accurate global...
Winners FINOVATION 2007
Jan 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Karen McMahon and Sarah Day
The best, most innovative products published in Farm Industry News in the past year may cost only a few dollars or a quarter of a million dollars. But...
5 Steps to Overcome Internet Fears
Jan 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By David Hest
If fear of computer viruses, hackers and identity thieves are standing in the way of your decision to sign up for a high-speed Internet connection, you're...
BUY
Ethanol Euphoria
Jan 1, 2007 12:00 PM, From the editor, Karen McMahon
Nearly every year, some major issue rages through the Midwest crop industry. Two years ago, it was Asian soybean rust. Today, the prime topic is ethanol....
Fielder's Choice Sold
Jan 1, 2007 12:00 PM
Monsanto Company's subsidiary American Seed Inc. (ASI) recently announced plans to purchase the direct sales seed company Fielder's Choice Direct from...
No-Till Gains Ground
Jan 1, 2007 12:00 PM
No-Till acres in Illinois for the first time exceeded the number of conventionally tilled acres. The Illinois Department of Agriculture reports that no-till...
Ethanol Partners
Jan 1, 2007 12:00 PM
DuPont is partnering with Broin, a large dry mill ethanol producer, to bring to market the technology that turns corn stover into ethanol. Significantly...
Tillage Conference
Jan 1, 2007 12:00 PM
Be sure to sign up for the Eye on Energy Conservation Tillage Conference and Expo, planned for January 30 through 31 in Sioux Falls, SD. Farm Industry...
LEARN
Minneapolis Grain Exchange
Jan 1, 2007 12:00 PM, John Kestner
For farmers and others interested in the history of American agriculture, the Afton Historical Press has published an impressive new work. Entitled The...
MarketMaxx 2007
Jan 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Larry Stalcup
With a prize package that includes a year's use of a new AGCO Gleaner combine or AGCO tractor, MarketMaxx 2007 is bigger and better than ever. You could...
GROW
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...
New Rootworm Trait
Jan 1, 2007 12:00 PM
The EPA recently granted registration approval for Syngenta's Agrisure RW trait for control of rootworm in corn. Agrisure RW is being sold individually...
Kernel Size
Jan 1, 2007 12:00 PM
Corn kernel size has very little impact on corn yields, according to research from Pioneer Hi-Bred International. In fact, the researchers conclude that...
WORK
New Tractor Series
Jan 1, 2007 12:00 PM
McCormick has a new MB series of tractors for loader, light tillage and general farm work. The MB 55 features a Perkins 3-cyl. 1100-series diesel engine...
Air Hoe Drill
Jan 1, 2007 12:00 PM
Increase your productivity by placing seed and applying fertilizer in one pass with John Deere's new air hoe drills. The flex-frame design of the 1830...
Automated Steering
Jan 1, 2007 12:00 PM
Improve precision and boost productivity with Midwest Technologies' enhanced version of FieldPilot automated steering. The new version allows for higher...
TALK
Talk
Jan 1, 2007 12:00 PM
OLDER CASE IH EQUIPMENT
I have a broken hub on my 8-ton grain wagon. I bought the wagon new more than 20 years ago from a Case dealer in Olivia, MN...
Correction
Jan 1, 2007 12:00 PM
The price given in Ear tag tracker, October 2006, page 41, for the Farnam LTS tag recorder was incorrect...
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