December 1, 2007
Cover Story
Buying Frenzy
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By David Hest
Initially, 2007 looked like a ho-hum year for farm equipment sales. But as the year progressed, it gradually turned into an intense scramble to buy tractors...
From the Editor
The Heck With Ethanol Critics
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, From Editor Karen McMahon
The Biofuels Journal recently landed on my desk — all 216 pages of it. You can tell what business is booming by the size of its magazines...
Features
New From Sunbelt 2007
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Karen McMahon
Utility tractors, Compact Tractors, Heavy utility tractors, Loaded 90-hp tractor, Polyethylene feeder, Efficient hay raking, cutters...
TALK - Letters to the editor
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM
My husband is looking for Schwartz Manufacturing Company of Lester Prairie, MN. They manufactured a Uni-Link hoist for our truck and we...
Ford pickups step up
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By John Gilbert
Ford is making a “step up” — literally — to protect its status for the 2008 model year. The innovative Tailgate Step on its Super Duty models may seem like...
High-performing grain drills
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Karen McMahon
The 10HD Precision grain drill from Great Plains Manufacturing is available in 15-, 20- and 25-ft. widths. The drill uses a Precision Planting finger...
Products: Convenient soybean inoculants, Flexible soybean herbicide, New seed treatment
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM
Three new soybean inoculants for the 2008 growing season are available from Becker Underwood. The Vault inoculants are produced...
Combo tillage tool
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM
Two New tillage implements from Sunflower feature design changes to make both implements more effective and easier to service or use. The Sunflower 4412...
Reformulating Bayer
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Jodie Wehrspann
Bayer Ag, a name known for its original brand of aspirin, is ready to take on a new kind of headache that is flaring up on crop farms: glyphosate resistance....
A premium on traits
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Mark Moore
Corn and soybean producers are in for an increase in their seed bill in 2008. On average, corn seed prices are up an estimated 15% over 2007 prices, and...
Who will own the plants of the future?
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Lynn Grooms
Farmer Cooperatives and local investors have had a dramatic impact on the growth of the biofuels business, especially the ethanol business. In January 1999, 28% of the country's 50 ethanol plants were locally owned...
Weeds rebound
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Mark Moore
If Growers don't protect current weed-control chemistries, they may someday find their fields infested with resistant weeds with virtually no way to control...
Extended precision
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By David Hest
By Tweaking its global positioning system software package, John Deere doubled the reach of its real-time kinematic (RTK) base stations to 12 miles and...
High-energy alfalfa
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Peg Zenk
Producing High-Quality alfalfa is all about maximizing its digestibility levels for the animals that eat it. The main challenge to increasing digestibility...
TECHNOLOGY: Precise boom leveling, Auto boom shutoff, Wide-screen printer, Virus protection
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM
Sprayer Booms are kept level with Topcon's new boom-leveling hydraulics and software. The software works on Topcon's X20 controller...
A wider swath
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Peg Zenk
Its Healthy oil is in strong demand for food and fuel, and the crop provides a great rotational alternative for winter wheat. So it's not surprising that winter canola has claimed more acres...
Beat high prices
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Lynn Grooms
Global Demand, ethanol and natural gas prices are the primary drivers behind high fertilizer prices, says Ford West, president of The Fertilizer Institute...
6 trends in precision farming
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Rob Lindores, Trimble Agriculture Division
Real-time kinematic (RTK) networks continue to drive adoption of sub-inch machine guidance in major farming areas. Many first-time ag GPS buyers are going...
Grain analysis grows
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM
Delivering Corn and soybeans to an elevator or ethanol plant is becoming high-tech as companies seek more detailed grain analyses. Foss, a major manufacturer...
Powered by the wind
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Lynn Grooms
If you have ever thought about installing a small wind turbine on your farm to generate some of your own electricity, you are not alone. Last year, approximately...
Corn cyst nematode
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Larry Stalcup
It Wasn't if, but when a corn cyst nematode would creep into fields, giving growers yet another critter of concern. And even though the new cyst nematode...
Wheat pays worldwide
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM
Kazarkin Vladimir smiles broadly as he completes a good wheat harvest on this enormous farm located in northern Kazakhstan. Wheat prices have soared worldwide...
Better N Use
Dec 1, 2007 4:37 PM
A new trait being incorporated into canola will help it use more availabe nitrogen and increase yields. According to Arcadia Biosciences ...
