November 1, 2009
The Scoop
A swing into the black
Nov 1, 2009 12:00 PM, From Editor Karen McMahon
WHEN THE bin doors finally close on this odd crop season, farmers can finally look ahead to a potentially less expensive year. Experts have predicted...
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Nov 1, 2009 12:00 PM
New Holland hay equipment video New Holland introduced a number of hay and forage products at fall farm shows, including the BR7090 specialty crop round...
Products
Farm show bonanza
Nov 1, 2009 12:00 PM, Story by Karen McMahon
CVT on new tractors FIVE MODELS in the T7000 series tractors from New Holland are now equipped with AutoCommand CVT (continuously variable transmission)....
Cover Story
Refuge reduced
Nov 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Lynn Grooms
THE NUMBER of refuge acres required for crops from multi-stacked seeds is decreasing thanks to new technology from seed companies. The first big drop...
Technology
Wall-to-wall Corn Belt RTK
Nov 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By David Hest
PRECISION RTK correction networks will largely blanket the heart of the Corn Belt by the 2010 planting season. This dramatic increase in RTK coverage...
Breaking ground
Nov 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Jodie Wehrspann
KANSAS NATIVE Shawn Schneider, a mechanical engineer for a major OEM, was frustrated with the red tape, bureaucracy and layers of middle management involved...
Assisted steering kit
Nov 1, 2009 12:00 PM
COMPLETE FIELDPILOT assisted steering kits designed to fit several models of Hagie sprayers and John Deere tractors and sprayers are now available from...
Touch-screen dryer control
Nov 1, 2009 12:00 PM
SUKUP MANUFACTURING now offers a new touch-screen dryer control display called the QuadraTouch. It comes standard on continuous-flow Sukup dryers. The...
Autosteering options
Nov 1, 2009 12:00 PM
THE QUICKSTEER electric steering motor from Leica allows growers to add autosteering to a wide range of agricultural vehicles that do not have factory-installed...
Precise fertilizer control
Nov 1, 2009 12:00 PM
A NEW FERTILIZER control valve will enable the precise control of liquid fertilizer on new planters equipped with air-actuated clutches. The new, smaller...
Hefty hybrids
Nov 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By John Gilbert
HYBRID TECHNOLOGY is best known for reaching astronomical gas mileage figures in small cars by supplementing gasoline-engine power with self-generated...
Trends
New view of tiling
Nov 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Mark Moore
TILING ISN'T what it used to be. The development of new technologies and designs has given tiling a whole new image. Now tiling is viewed as a complete...
More funding for POET
Nov 1, 2009 12:00 PM, Lynn Grooms
POET, THE Sioux Falls, SD-based ethanol giant, announced that it will get a $6.85 million funding increase to an existing grant from the U.S. Department...
Corn pest control
Nov 1, 2009 12:00 PM, Forrest Laws
THE NEW Agrisure Viptera trait featuring a new mode of action for lepidopteran corn pest control is waiting for final regulatory approval. Syngenta Seeds...
Price cut for Roundup
Nov 1, 2009 12:00 PM, Mark Moore
MONSANTO IS cutting the price on its Roundup brand agricultural herbicides. We will be reducing the price of Roundup PowerMax and Roundup WeatherMax by...
Experimental seed treatment
Nov 1, 2009 12:00 PM
THE EPA recently granted Valent BioSciences an experimental-use permit for using abscisic acid (S-ABA) as a seed treatment. Valent discovered that S-ABA...
Premium soybean line
Nov 1, 2009 12:00 PM
A NEW line of soybeans called NK-1 Class Soybeans from Syngenta is available for 2010. The company says these varieties are protected from diseases and...
Good Buy
Special delivery
Nov 1, 2009 12:00 PM
KINZE MANUFACTURING expands the options on its planters for 2010, allowing for some economical buys. The 3700 front-folding planter shown is now available...
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