$500 SEED? 

By: By Mark Moore

It's No secret that the price of seed corn has been on the rise. Better genetics and improved traits have increased that seed's performance at a cost....

Good NUEs 

By: By Lynn Grooms

The good news is that, over the last 20 years, average corn yields have increased about 1.5% per year without a significant increase in nitrogen application...

Dow acquires Dairyland Seed 

By: By Mark Moore

Dow AgroSciences has added another seed company to its portfolio, acquiring Dairyland Seed Company, based in West Bend...

Conserve and Profit 

By: By Lynn Grooms

In a recent survey, 60% of approximately 2,000 farmers said they have adopted nutrient management plans, and more than half said they have fully adopted...

In-furrow corn treatment 

EMD CROP BioScience has launched Torque IF, which contains the company's proprietary LCO Promoter Technology, a naturally occurring molecule that enhances plant development by turning on the plant's growth processes...

NEW FOR GRAIN HANDLING 

High-capacity equipment GrainWay's DriveOver Pit unloads 100 to 10,000 bu./hr. using a continuous Chevron rubber belt with a common alligator splice....

Biotechnology breakthroughs 

By: By Mark Moore

Biotechnology has changed the face of U.S. agriculture. In 1996, the first year of commercial production, glyphosate-tolerant soybeans were planted on...

Biofuels Corn and Beyond 

By: By Lynn Grooms

In December, the U.S. ethanol industry was reported to be producing up to 7.3 billion gallons of ethanol annually. Figuring that it takes one bushel of...

A shallow gene pool 

By: By Mark Moore

Today's High-Yielding corn hybrids and soybean varieties didn't just emerge by accident. Significant investments in research, along with the tireless...

Seeds for global warming 

By: By David Hest

If global climate change occurs, seed companies say they will be ready for it. They are confident that their efforts to breed seeds that better handle...