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....

Corn rootworm control 

By: By Larry Stalcup

Bt corn has helped many growers worry less about critters like corn rootworms. But with the 20% non-Bt refuge requirement and many corn lines still without the bug-resistance gene, knowing when, what and how much to spray can prove profitable by preventing disastrous damage....

Monsanto Purchase Approved 

Monsanto is now able to complete its purchase of Delta and Pine Land Company. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) gave approval with special terms for the purchase to move ahead. Monsanto will be required to divest certain assets including its U.S. branded cotton seed business. ...

Corn Continues To Shift Placements  

By: Courtesy of BEEF Stocker Trends newsletter

It's no surprise that more cattle are going on feed in the Midwest and Corn Belt because of feed cost and access. What may surprise some is...

Fertilizer prices flatten 

By: By John Pocock

Growers should see more supplies of fertilizer and better prices this fall than this spring. Why? By the fall, fertilizer supplies will have adjusted...

USDA: largest corn planting in 63 years 

By: Elton Robinson, Delta Farm Press

U.S. corn producers are expected to plant 90.5 million acres of corn this spring -- the highest acreage planted in 63 years. According to USDA's March 30 Prospective Plantings report...

Return Roundup Ready Alfalfa Seed 

Alfalfa growers who bought Roundup Ready seed but can't plant it need to contact their seed dealers about replacing it with conventional varieties or getting refunds, says a Monsanto spokesman. It seems likely that full refunds will be offered to growers who don't want to switch to conventional alfalfa, but Andrew Burchett, Monsanto public relations representative, can only confirm that Monsanto's technology fee will be returned. ...