Business of buying department 

Bayer confirms purchase. YieldGard lawsuits dismissed. Online rent bids. DeKalb/Dow patent dispute ended. Lower fuel prices predicted.

Stalking the supreme survivor 

By: Gil Gullickson

Corn rootworm-resistant seed will give farmers a new tactic to battle this billion-dollar bug.

Bt branches out 

By: Gil Gullickson

Pioneer, Dow develop two new Bt events that control more pests.

Track your GM crops 

By: Jodie Wehrspann

New service helps prevent elevator mix-ups....

New from Commodity Classic - Track your GM crops 

By: Jodie Wehrspann

New service helps prevent elevator mix-ups.

Crops 

Telescoping boom. 7 key points of a contract for IP grain. How to build chemical storage. Control soybean fungi.

Crops 

Two new foam formulations Precision Laboratories has formulated two new marking foams to be used for the two basic types of marking equipment used on...

Business of buying 

Doctor's orders The nation's physicians recently voiced their support of biotech crops. The American Medical Association (AMA) released a report stating...

Biotech's 6 myths 

By: Karen McMahon

Expert reveals misconceptions about genetically modified plants propagated by opponents to biotech.

Machinery 

Iron efficiency....

Business of buying 

New FIN writer You'll find a new name on the Farm Industry News masthead. Gil Gullickson joins the FIN staff as senior editor. He will write from a field...

Snowed under by StarLink? 

By: Gil Gullickson

Here's how to deal with the fallout. If the StarLink fiasco has frozen your seed purchase and agronomic plans, don't feel alone. Other farmers and agribusinesses...

Business of buying 

By: FIN Staff

AGCO buys Ag-Chem AGCO Corporation announced plans to purchase Ag-Chem Equipment Company, Minnetonka, MN, a manufacturer and distributor of ag machinery...

Crops 

By: FIN Staff

Shorter life span "Biotech traits are compressing corn hybrid life cycles from seven to eight years to three to five years." - John Green, Agri-Growth...

Corn-bred pharmaceuticals 

By: Karen McMahon

Drugs to prevent herpes and AIDS may be grown in a farmer's field of corn. A collaboration between a well-established drug manufacturer and a new company...