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  • Feb. 28, 2012
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    Surge in seed treatments, crop protection

    Very soon, 100% of corn and soybean seed will be sold with seed treatments. While corn already is at 100%, soybeans are expected to reach that level soon as companies perfect just-in-time seed treating for beans....More
  • Feb. 28, 2012
    Article

    Tight seed corn supply has industry nervous

    Industry sources have told Farm Industry News that this year’s seed corn supply is much tighter than previously thought, and could lead to some significant shortages of top-end hybrids this growing season....More
  • Feb. 10, 2012
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    An inside view of Syngenta's global financial report to media

    Farm Industry News blogger Mark Moore gives his impressions of attending Syngenta's 2011 financial report to the media in Basel, Switzerland....More
  • Jan. 19, 2012
    Article

    Tool helps show U.S. soy’s sustainability


    U.S. soybean farmers now have an updated tool that can meet the needs of some customers who want proof U.S. soy has been sustainably produced. That’s why the soybean checkoff continues to support the Field to Market alliance and its updated Fieldprint Calculator, a tool U.S. soybean farmers can use to help measure, improve and demonstrate their sustainability performance....More
  • Jan. 10, 2012
    Article

    Dow AgroSciences, German firm to conduct biotech research

    Dow AgroSciences has signed a research agreement with Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Ecology to collaborate on novel biotech approaches to improving crops....More
  • Dec. 20, 2011
    Article

    Corn specialists suggest testing a higher seeding rate in your fields

    If you are not increasing corn plant populations every year, you may not be reaping full yield benefits, says Roger Elmore, extension corn specialist, Iowa State University. Elmore has found that a population of about 35,000 plants/acre is optimal for yield in tests he conducted throughout Iowa....More
  • Dec. 15, 2011
    Article

    Pioneer Hi-Bred to work with Israeli genetics firm

    Pioneer Hi-Bred will have a new source of genes to test for drought tolerance. DuPont, Pioneer’s parent company, signed a research agreement with Rosetta Green, an Israeli plant genetics company....More
  • Dec. 8, 2011
    Article

    A look inside Syngenta: Q & A with COO Davor Pisk

    It’s been a busy year for Syngenta. Healthy growth in the company’s crop protection and seeds businesses worldwide, new products, and a pipeline with products in their final stages of commercial introduction have put worldwide sales at approximately $10.4 billion in the first nine months of 2011....More
  • Dec. 8, 2011
    Article

    New corn rootworm trait from Syngenta

    The next-generation corn rootworm trait from Syngenta has been named Duracade and is expected to be on the market in 2014....More
  • Dec. 8, 2011
    Article

    Biotechnology and U.S. crop yield trends

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  • Dec. 5, 2011
    Article

    Monsanto's next single-bag refuge product approved

    Monsanto’s Genuity VT Double Pro RIB Complete is now on the market for growers who need above-ground pest control and not corn rootworm protection....More
  • Dec. 5, 2011
    Article

    Stronger corn? Take it off steroids, make it all female

    A Purdue University researcher has taken corn off steroids and found that the results might lead to improvements in that and other crops. Burkhard Schulz, an assistant professor of horticulture and landscape architecture, wanted to understand the relationship between natural brassinosteroids - a natural plant steroid hormone - and plant architecture, specifically plant height. Schulz said corn could benefit by becoming shorter and sturdier, but the mechanisms that control those traits are not completely understood.

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  • Nov. 22, 2011
    Article

    DuPont’s Pioneer Hi-Bred, Evogene to develop rust-resistant soybean varieties

    DuPont business Pioneer Hi-Bred will work with Evogene for the search and development of rust-resistant soybean varieties. Soybean rust is one of the most devastating fungal diseases of soybeans in the world....More
  • Nov. 3, 2011
    Article

    Roundup Ready alfalfa is back 1

    Roundup Ready alfalfa is again available throughout the country....More
  • Nov. 2, 2011
    Article

    Cargill, BASF to develop canola oil rich in omega-3

    Consumer interest in the health benefits of omega-3 fatty acids is the focus of a new partnership between BASF and Cargill to develop canola oil rich in these nutrients....More
  • Oct. 27, 2011
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    DuPont's Pioneer, Plant Sensory Systems share nitrogen use traits

    DuPont's Pioneer Hi-Bred will work with Plant Sensory Systems to develop traits for more efficient use of nitrogen in hybrids....More
  • Oct. 27, 2011
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    Pioneer Optimum AcreMax receives EPA approval

    Pioneer's new refuge-in-a-bag products — Optimum AcreMax and Optimum AcreMax Xtra — recently received EPA approval....More
  • Oct. 24, 2011
    Article

    Plant mechanism to survive flooding discovered

    The mechanism that helps plants survive flooding has been discovered by researchers at the University of Califorina, Riverside and the University of Nottingham. This discovery could lead to the development of flood-tolerant crops....More
  • Oct. 18, 2011
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    Pioneer, ADM partner for large production of Plenish soybeans

    Pioneer has announced a partnership with ADM for the production of Plenish high-oleic soybean oil....More
  • Sep. 29, 2011
    Article

    Corn seed production may drop 20% in 2012

    Seed companies may see up to a 20% drop in U.S. seed yields...More
  • Sep. 28, 2011
    Article

    Court denies Syngenta request against Bunge

    Syngenta's complaint against Bunge has been denied by a U.S. federal district court....More
  • Sep. 22, 2011
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    Farm Industry News

    How to grow 300-bu. corn

    Increasing corn yields to the elusive 300-bu. mark is often fraught with problems. Fred Below, University of Illinois crop scientist, identifies seven factors that affect high yields and discusses these in his talk "The seven wonders of high-yield corn production."...More
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