Growing energy 

By: by Karen McMahon

New hybrids produce more ethanol.

Crops 

Control winter weeds. Cleaner combine grain. Less spraying time. Checking compaction. New hybrids....

Pollen tracker 

By: by Rhonda J. Brooks

New software program predicts the genetic purity of corn hybrids.

Moisture meters 

By: Alison Squires

Save trips to the elevator with one of these accurate moisture testers.

A new breed of corn 

A new Bt corn trait named Herculex I can control corn borer, cutworms and armyworms. Dow AgroSciences and Pioneer Hi-Bred International jointly developed...

Outsmarting stalk rot 

By: Gil Gullickson

Hybrid selection and cultural practices can halt this killer.

Battling brittlesnap 

By: Gil Gullickson

Rural residents repeat the phrase he's a goooood farmer with the same reverence reserved for the papacy and royalty. You know the type. He or she picks...

Peruvian protector 

By: Gil Gullickson

If current European corn borer (ECB) control options frustrate you, go south. Way south. Peru the northwestern South American country best known for mountains,...

2001: a seed odyssey 

By: Wayne Wenzel

In our annual review of new seed products, we asked several large and mid-sized seed companies to send us their best of the best in new corn and soybean...

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...