SEED TITANS TEAM UP 

By: FROM THE EDITOR KAREN MCMAHON

PIONEER HI-BRED International and Syngenta Seeds just scored a big one for corn and soybean growers. These two major seed players announced a unique joint...

SEED TITANS TEAM UP 

By: Karen McMahon

Syngenta and Pioneer announce a joint venture to out-license genetics and traits...

5% Drop In U.S. Corn Acreage? 

By: By Corn E-Digest and John Pocock

USDA's Prospective Plantings report shows farmers across the nation plan to slash corn acreage by 3.74 million acres, or 5%, compared to 2005. ...

PYRETHROIDS GET AN EARFUL 

By: By Sherry Collins

CONTROL OF corn earworms by pyrethroid insecticides such as Warrior, Baythroid, Capture and Mustang Max has decreased in efficacy in small plot trials...

MARKETMAXX 

DON'T FORGET to sign up for the corn and soybean marketing game MarketMaxx. The game enters its second year and offers a number of big prices, including...

MARKETMAXX 

TEST YOUR hand at selling corn and soybeans in the MarketMaxx game that enters its second year. The contest, sponsored by Farm Industry News's sister...

BIG OIL VS. KING CORN 

By: FROM SENIOR EDITOR WAYNE WENZEL

THE LATEST USDA figures project that 1.5 billion bushels of corn will be used in ethanol production this year. That's up from 1.325 billion bushels last...

BACK TO ROTATION 

A continuous corn production system will need to boost yields next year to cover increased energy costs compared to a corn-soybean rotation. Kevin Robertson,...

VARIABLE CROP COSTS JUMP  

Higher energy prices hit growers in the variable cost line on their financial statements...

BACK TO ROTATION 

A continuous corn production system will need to boost yields next year to cover increased energy costs ...