September 1, 2009
The Scoop
Variable rate the big story
Sep 1, 2009 12:00 PM, From Senior Editor Jodie Wehrspann
Perhaps the biggest overlooked ag story today, with nary a neon sign signaling its significance, is variable-rate technology. I remember first writing...
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Sep 1, 2009 12:00 PM
FIN TV New inventions ease farm tasks Farm Industry News traveled to the Minnesota Inventors Congress this summer to find the latest ideas and inventions...
Products
Deere Bucks Recession
Aug 20, 2009 1:41 PM, By Karen McMahon
John Deere recently introduced a new row-crop tractor line called the 8R series and 8RT track series. The line includes six wheeled models and three track models. Deere also released a number of new products in its application, forage and precision equipment lines...
Pull-behind cob harvester
Aug 18, 2009 4:22 PM
Vermeer Corporation introduces the CCX770 Cob Harvester that is towed behind a combine for collecting corncobs...
New self-propelled sprayers
Aug 17, 2009 1:49 PM
Miller-St. Nazianz recently introduced several new sprayers to a growing self-propelled sprayer market. ...
Bag it
Sep 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Larry Stalcup
Whether You're overflowing with corn or beans in Iowa, wheat in Kansas or sorghum on the South Plains of Texas, heavy-duty plastic bags loaded right off...
Cover Story
Smarty Plants
Sep 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Mark Moore
Just as insect-resistant and herbicide-tolerant seed traits helped to increase crop yields, stress traits, the next step in the evolution of trait technology,...
Features
Battle for Seed Share
Sep 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Mark Moore
The Seed industry is a competitive business, but 2009 may have set the high-water mark on just how competitive the industry has become. Corn seed remains...
More seeds per acre
Sep 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Lynn Grooms
What Would happen if you bumped up your average corn-seeding rate by 5,000 more seeds per acre? It might be worth testing, particularly if you have productive...
Technology
Technology: Are you ready for a RoGator?
Aug 27, 2009 11:47 AM, By Jodie Wehrspann
IF YOU think high-capacity sprayers are made only for custom applicators, David Webster wants to challenge your assumption. Webster, director of sales for AGCO Application Equipment, says sales of self-propelled sprayers have significantly increased in recent years, with growers accounting for the bulk of the growth...
A boost up
Sep 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By John Gilbert
All it took was an impromptu drag race at Ford's Dearborn, MI, Development Center to convince me of the merits of the company's new EcoBoost engine technology....
Enhanced view
Jul 27, 2009 3:52 PM
NuShield’s DayVue antireflective film enhances brightness and contrast, improves viewing angles and protects LCD screens from scratches...
Electric steering system
Aug 26, 2009 10:19 AM
The AES-25 electric steering system from Topcon Precision Agriculture integrates an electric motor and a steering wheel in a single package...
Point-and-click input buying
Sep 1, 2009 12:00 PM
Manage the Farm is a Web-based management tool designed to simplify input purchases and streamline office-to-field operations. It assists in aggregating...
Upgradable GPS
Jun 30, 2009 1:54 PM, By David Hest
Leica Geosystem’s new mojoGlide technology provides dual-frequency positioning capability with 6- to 8-in. pass-to-pass accuracy without the need for an annual subscription for a correction signal...
High-oleic-acid soybean oil trait
Sep 1, 2009 12:00 PM
Pioneer has chosen the brand name Plenish for its high-oleic-acid soybean oil trait in the next generation of its soybean products. The company expects...
Trimble purchases Farm Works
Sep 1, 2009 12:00 PM
Trimble Expanded its information management capabilities by purchasing Farm Works Software from its parent company, the privately held CTN Data Service,...
Monsanto back in wheat
Sep 1, 2009 12:00 PM
Monsanto has acquired the assets of WestBred LLC, expanding its seeds and traits platform to include wheat. WestBred, owned indirectly by Barkley Seed,...
Dow AgroSciences acquires Pfister Hybrids
Jul 21, 2009 11:23 AM
Dow AgroSciences will acquire the Pfister brand and the sales and marketing areas, as well as the warehousing and administrative services of the business...
Trends
Depreciation bonus
Sep 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Lynn Grooms
Farmers have until December 31, 2009, to take advantage of the accelerated depreciation schedule for most farm equipment. The bonus depreciation measure...
ASR resistance
Sep 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Lynn Grooms
Researchers from USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and Brazil's Embrapa Soja have identified a cluster of genes that confer resistance to the...
Good Buy
Eight-stack hybrid
Sep 1, 2009 12:00 PM
The Eight-Trait SmartStax corn hybrid from Monsanto and Dow AgroSciences will soon hit the U.S. market. The companies expect that up to 4 million acres...
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