January 1, 2009
Cover Story
100-BU. BEANS
Jan 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Lynn Grooms
Soybean King Kip Cullers surpassed the 100-bu./acre soybean yield mark with record harvests in 2007 (154 bu.) and 2006 (139 bu.). But when will soybean...
FinOvation 2009
Jan 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Karen McMahon, David Hest, Mark Moore
SmartStax Monsanto and Dow AgroSciences collaborated to produce a new eight-trait stack of genes in a hybrid that they expect to bring to the market in...
Big Think
Jan 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Lynn Grooms, Mark Moore, Karen McMahon and Jodie Wehrspann
When Mike Boehlje speaks, people listen. The distinguished professor in agricultural economics at Purdue...
The Scoop
The next big thing
Jan 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By David Hest
The Same systems used to fly U.S. Air Force Predator drone airplanes from computer terminals thousands of miles away could become the next big thing in...
Products
New life for old chemistries
Jan 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Mark Moore
Dicamba, One of the most popular broadleaf herbicides, has been used by growers for effective weed control in corn. But in 2013, dicamba-resistant soybeans...
Technology
Versatile's back
Jan 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Jodie Wehrspann
Good-bye Buhler. Goodbye Genesis. Good-bye blue-plated monogram. From now on the only brand name that will appear on the tractors made in Winnipeg, Manitoba,...
Trends
Safer ammonium-nitrate-based fertilizer
Jan 1, 2009 12:00 PM
Honeywell Announces that it has patented a new technology to develop a highly effective, safer ammonium-nitrate-based fertilizer with a significantly...
One-pass tillage
Jan 1, 2009 12:00 PM
The One Pass TerraTill breaks up compacted soil while cutting heavy residue. The special angle-leg lifts dirt to prevent major fracturing and produces...
Good Buy
HOW GROWERS BUY
Jan 1, 2009 12:00 PM, From Editor Karen McMahon
Most Commercial corn and soybean growers probably think their spouses are the big shoppers in the family. But in reality, the big shopper is you. Farm...
