Premium soybean line 

A new line of “premium” soybeans called NK-1 Class Soybeans from Syngenta is available for 2010...

Bill Gates: Technology must help defeat hunger 

By: By Forrest Laws, reporting from World Food Prize ceremony

If African farmers and the world’s hungry are to climb out of their misery and become more productive citizens, technology will have to pave the way, Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates says...

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Rossi boots 

By: By Jeff Ryan

Rossi boots, from a company in Australia, are rugged and durable while still being incredibly lightweight...

Pull-behind cob harvester 

Vermeer Corporation introduces the CCX770 Cob Harvester that is towed behind a combine for collecting corncobs...

Dow AgroSciences acquires Pfister Hybrids 

Dow AgroSciences will acquire the Pfister brand and the sales and marketing areas, as well as the warehousing and administrative services of the business...

Climate change bill dividing farm groups? 

By: By Forrest Laws

The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, also known as the Waxman-Markey bill, H.R. 2454, is drawing decidedly mixed reviews from farm organizations...

DuPont, BASF at odds over herbicide patents 

DuPont and BASF have filed separate lawsuits on the same day, each accusing the other of patent infringement relating to herbicide tolerance technology...

Is Dow AgroSciences on the sale block? 

By: by Mark Moore

The agricultural industry is abuzz with speculation that Dow Chemical may be in the process of selling one of its prized assets: the Dow AgroSciences business unit. ...

EPA approves New Corn Trait  

Cover your ears 

By: By Sarah Day

Almost every day, you are in environments with excessive noise that could permanently damage your hearing. Protecting your hearing now...

Sign up for MarketMaxx  

Register by midnight, May 31, 2008, to play the corn and soybean marketing game. If you’re not yet playing MarketMaxx — the corn and soybean marketing game that can win you one year’s use of a new Gleaner combine or an AGCO tractor — then go to www.marketmaxx.net and sign up today...

Rugged laptop case 

The OtterBox rugged laptop carrying case is so strong you can stand it without damaging your computer; it also is waterproof, dustproof and protects laptops from falls...

Compact antenna 

The Wi-Fire integrates a high-gain directional antenna and strong receiver sensitivity in a compact package that allows users to connect to a wireless computer network up to 1,000 ft. away...

Power Platform 

By: By Jeff Ryan

The Power Platform from Custom Chassis is the ultimate power tool. It’s a heavy-duty cargo truck, it’s a tractor, it’s a service vehicle — it’s everything in one package...

The fields of Brazil 

Team FIN farmer Paul Gervais of Tracy, MN, along with other growers from across the United States, traveled to Brazil last year for a firsthand look at how crops, especially soybeans, are grown on the farms there. Here is his report...

Agrium buys UAP 

Agrium Inc. announced that it will purchase UAP (United Agri Products) to create the largest agricultural retailer in North America. The combined sales of the two companies will be almost $8 billion...

Great year for Deere  

Deere & Company capped off a very good year for sales with a two-for-one stock split in the form of 100% stock dividend. This action, taken in November,...

Landoll buys ICON 

Landoll Corp., a manufacturer of equipment including farm implements, recently purchased ICON Industries. ICON produces pull-type construction equipment...

Soybean premium on non-GMOs 

Asoya just announced that its 2008 production contracts for 1% ultralow linolenic soybeans will pay a premium of $1.25/bu. The Iowa City, IA-based, seed company markets the soybean oil from the non-GMO soybeans to food companies...

Korean company buys Bobcat 

The Korean company Doosan Infracore completed its purchase of Bobcat, utility equipment and attachments businesses from the Ingersoll Rand Company...

Bayer’s new alliance 

Bayer CropScience, Mertec LLC and M.S. Technologies announced plans to collaborate on the development of innovative traits in soybeans...

Carbon credit contracts open 

Growers may now apply for five-year carbon credits with AgraGate Climate Credits Corp...

Tailored-to-fit weed control 

By: By Karl Ohm

New glyphosate-tolerance trait from DuPont will increase the number of weed-control options for your fields...

Deere expands in China 

Deere & Company plans to buy a small tractor manufacturing plant in China to begin offering low-horsepower tractors to Chinese farmers. Deere recently announced the purchase of...

Education first: An interview with Brian and Darren Hefty 

By: By Paul Gervais, Team FIN member

Team FIN farmer Paul Gervais, Tracy, MN, interviewed Brian Hefty and Darren Hefty when they were together on a tour of the soybean farms of Brazil in January. Brian and Darren are members of the Hefty family, which owns a large farm operation in South Dakota and the Hefty Seed Company, with 13 locations spanning three Midwestern states. The brothers also are the hosts of Ag PhD TV, a half-hour television show that is shown throughout the country each week, and Ag PhD Radio, a half-hour radio show that airs on stations in Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota and South Dakota....