January 1, 2008
Cover Story
Does Corn on Corn Pay?
Jan 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Mark Moore
While commodity prices can change in a flash, it's still a good bet that more than 90 million acres of corn will be planted in 2008 to satisfy a strong...
Features
Input Outlook
Jan 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Peg Zenk
Buying crop inputs isn't as simple as it used to be. Last season, $4 corn prices motivated U.S. farmers to plant more corn, and those prices had the same...
FinOvation 2008
Jan 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Karen McMahon
Case IH Puma Case IH's new family of row-crop tractors called the Puma line is our winner in the mid-horsepower category. Four new Puma models run from...
Growers Go High-Speed
Jan 1, 2008 12:00 PM, From Editor Karen McMahon
A year ago, we ran a series of stories to help readers buy high-speed Internet access. At the time, a survey of Farm Industry News readers found that...
Talk
Talk
Jan 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Grain drill boxes I am looking for grain boxes for a 1983 United Farm Tools Speedy Drill. The boxes are 79 in.Gene GrudzinskiAshton, NE United Farm Tools...
Products
New for weed control
Jan 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Mark Moore
Corn and soybean producers will have some new and a few updated products for weed control in 2008. Corn seems to be the major beneficiary of the new herbicides,...
One tough machine
Jan 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Mark Moore
Yamaha's next generation side-by-side vehicle, the Rhino 700 FI Automatic 44, adds power, performance and function to its industry-leading design. It's...
Trucking with the big boys
Jan 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By John Gilbert
The first Toyota Tundra pickup was so smooth and sophisticated that driving one was almost like driving a Lexus. The challenge facing the entirely new...
ATV made in Taiwan
Jan 1, 2008 12:00 PM
A Taiwanese scooter company is entering the U.S. ATV market with its new TGB Outback 425 44 Adventure series. The new ATV models are full-sized utility...
Technology
Efficient harvester
Jan 1, 2008 12:00 PM
From the streamlined design of its Vista cab to its twin-line, 6-cyl. Mercedes engine, this state-of-the-art forage harvester from Claas offers more comfort,...
Monster diesels
Jan 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By John Gilbert
Ford, Chevrolet and Dodge pickups are all equipped with new monster turbocharged diesel engines for the 2008 model year. While the manufacturers battle,...
Google maps for the farm
Jan 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By David Hest
As farmS grow larger and more far-flung, communicating what fieldwork needs to be done and where becomes a challenge. One of the newest tools for letting...
Titan Rugged Handheld
Jan 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Team FIN Farmers Connie and Steve Webb
The Titan RH (Rugged Handheld) is a new mobile field computer with built-in GPS from Farm Works Software. We were excited to have the opportunity to evaluate...
Trends
Seeds for global warming
Jan 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By David Hest
If global climate change occurs, seed companies say they will be ready for it. They are confident that their efforts to breed seeds that better handle...
Chinese take out
Jan 1, 2008 12:00 PM
American demand for cheap Chinese imports more than matches that country's appetite for U.S. corn and soybeans. The two markets have found common ground...
MarketMaxx 2008
Jan 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Larry Stalcup
Sign up now for the 2008 MarketMaxx marketing contest to sharpen your corn and soybean marketing skills. And if your corn and soybean market savvy shines...
Agrium buys UAP
Jan 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Agrium Announces that it will purchase United Agri Products (UAP) to create the largest agricultural retailer in North America. The combined sales of...
Landoll buys ICON
Jan 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Landoll corporation, a manufacturer of equipment, including farm implements, recently purchased ICON Industries. ICON produces pull-type construction...
Great year for Deere
Jan 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Deere & company capped off a very good year for sales with a two-for-one stock split in the form of a 100% stock dividend. This action, taken in November,...
Premium on non-GM soybeans
Jan 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Asoyia announces that its 2008 production contracts for 1% ultralow-linolenic soybeans will pay a premium of $1.25/bu. The seed company, based in Iowa...
Bayer's new alliance
Jan 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Bayer cropscience, Mertec LLC and M.S. Technologies announce plans to collaborate on the development of innovative traits in soybeans. The first products...
Dealing with drought
Jan 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Lynn Grooms
It is easy to see why corn-breeding companies are emphasizing drought tolerance. Just read some of last year's reports from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
Grain bins to go
Jan 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By John Russnogle
Roughly seven million cargo containers enter the U.S. annually, packed with products to feed American consumers' ravenous appetite for cheap goods. Then...
Correction
Jan 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Instead of talking about Kinze Manufacturing's new twin-row planter in the sidebar New player to our story about twin-row planters titled Room to grow...
