A Perfect Drought 

By: From the Editor, Karen McMahon

Commodity Classic, held every winter, has become an important barometer of what Midwestern corn and soybean growers are thinking....

Soaring Food Prices? 

By: From Team FIN Scott McPheeters

I am a farmer who grows food corn and feed corn in Nebraska. I also have an interest in a farmer-owned fuel-ethanol plant in central Nebraska...

Triple Stack Approved 

Syngenta announces it received EPA registration for a triple-stack corn hybrid. The Agrisure CB/LL/RW corn trait stack should be available...

Seed Corn Supply 

By: By Mark Moore

Reacting to the strong demand and higher prices for corn, American producers are expected to plant upwards of 8 million more acres of corn than they planted...

MarketMaxx 2007 

By: By Larry Stalcup

With a prize package that includes a year's use of a new AGCO Gleaner combine or AGCO tractor, MarketMaxx 2007 is bigger and better than ever. You could...

Kernel Size 

Corn kernel size has very little impact on corn yields, according to research from Pioneer Hi-Bred International. In fact, the researchers conclude that...

New Tractor Series 

McCormick has a new MB series of tractors for loader, light tillage and general farm work. The MB 55 features a Perkins 3-cyl. 1100-series diesel engine...

Climate change winners and losers 

By: By David Hest

If Climate changes that are predicted as a result of global warming turn out to be true, the U.S. Corn Belt will be one of the winners in a world where...

EPA approves Agrisure RW corn trait  

The EPA has granted registration approval for Syngenta’s Agrisure RW, a new corn trait designed to control rootworms. Agrisure RW is a modified synthetic gene from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt)...

NITRAGIN BUYS AGRIBIOTICS 

By: FROM THE EDITOR KAREN MCMAHON

NITRAGIN RECENTLY purchased the Canadian company Agribiotics to build its portfolio of yield-enhancing technologies for various crops. Nitragin developed...