Better inoculants 

By: By Lynn Grooms

Over The long term, soybean inoculation appears to be profitable throughout the Midwest, says Jim Beuerlein, crop science professor, Ohio State University....

High price for low lin 

By: By Lynn Grooms

Premiums of $1.25/bu. are making some waves in soybean country. Last November, Asoyia, a farmer- and employee-owned company in Iowa City, IA, announced...

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...

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...

Premium on non-GM soybeans 

Asoyia announces that its 2008 production contracts for 1% ultralow-linolenic soybeans will pay a premium of $1.25/bu. The seed company, based in Iowa...

Dealing with drought 

By: By Lynn Grooms

It is easy to see why corn-breeding companies are emphasizing drought tolerance. Just read some of last year's reports from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...

Products: Convenient soybean inoculants, Flexible soybean herbicide, New seed treatment 

Three new soybean inoculants for the 2008 growing season are available from Becker Underwood. The Vault inoculants are produced...

Soybean rust outbreaks 

Asian Soybean rust finally made an appearance in Iowa, Illinois and Kansas soybean fields. But the appearance in late September came too late for it to...

Soybean yield breakthrough 

Pioneer Hi-Bred announces that it will introduce a new line of elite soybeans boasting yields that are 12% higher than those of conventional varieties....

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