High CRW egg count may overwhelm control measures 

By: Source: Purdue University

Corn rootworms may keep on munching, even if you applied insecticide, used treated seed, or planted CRW Bt hybrids. ...

Seed tech titans 

By: by Karen McMahon

The once quiet seed industry rocked with news of major company acquisitions this summer. Syngenta announced in May the purchase of Garst Seed. It followed...

A new era for corn rootworm control 

By: by David Hest

Insect protection moves to built-in seed traits and seed treatments.

Technologies transforming agriculture 

By: by Wayne Wenzel

Adopting new technology is a necessary part of farming. But with so many new products and systems to consider, picking the right upgrades out of the techno-jumble can be a challenge.

Crops department 

By: Karen McMahon

Double protection

Crops department 

NK-brand new offerings. Wide variety from Pioneer. Insect control from NC+. Seed treatments for CRW. New Mycgen offerings. Bulk seed handling. Golden Harvest releases. Garst offers YieldGard. DeKalb offerings. New from Asgrow. CRW control from Fielder's Choice. SCN-resistant soybeans. Western bean cutworm protection....

Business of buying department 

eBay ag business booms. New corn herbicide. Pioneer to offer rootworm-resistant hybrids. Fiat slashes costs.

Working the system 

By: by Wayne Wenzel

There's more than one way to control corn rootworms....

Business of buying department 

Monsanto's corn rootworm hybrids approved. Wells Fargo purchases Telmark. Buy, sell, trade online. AGCO closes Challenger plant. CNH reduces debt. Higher N prices....

Seeds of change 

By: Kurt Lawton

Genetically modified crops are rewiring agriculture. Some farms, as well as a few of the big companies that pushed the technology, won't survive the tumult. But as doors close through consolidation and attrition, others will open for farmers and seed companies that are prepared for change.