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Drought Conditions In US Improving After Snow

March 5, 2013 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Water Management

Source: Bloomberg

Conditions in the U.S., the biggest wheat exporter, are improving after snowstorms increased soil moisture following the worst drought since the 1930s Dust Bowl, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Report Puts Conservation Compliance Link To Crop Insurance Back In Discussion

March 3, 2013

Source: American Farmland Trust

As Congress reauthorizes the farm bill, it is critical that the conservation gains that have made over the last 25 years be maintained by reattaching the crop insurance premium assistance to conservation compliance.

USDA Approves Syngenta's New Agrisure Duracade Trait

February 28, 2013 | Posted in Crop Protection

Syngenta announced the USDA deregulated the Agrisure Duracade trait, clearing the way for sales and planting of this important new technology in the United States.

New Tool Studies How Roots Take Shape In Soil

February 20, 2013 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: USDA ARS

A U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientist and his colleague at Cornell University have developed a new tool for studying how roots take shape in the soil.

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Farm Income May Be Record, In Spite Of Drought

January 1, 2013

Ag economist for three Federal Reserve banks told Reuters the U.S. farm sector could post record-high income for 2012 in spite of the worst drought in half a century.

USDA Predicts Lowest Corn Production In U.S. Since 2006

September 12, 2012 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Corn production is forecast at 10.7 billion bushels, down less than 1 percent from the August forecast and down 13 percent from 2011.

USDA Changes Crop Insurance Rules For Cover Crop Harvesting

September 11, 2012 | Posted in Cover Crops

Source: USAgNet

For farmers wanting to insure a grain crop in 2013, certain rules applied to the treatment of cover crops for emergency forage this summer.

Corn and Soybeans Yields Relative To Historical Yields

August 19, 2012

Source: Gary Schnitkey, University of Illinois

On August 10th, the USDA released its first estimates of 2012 corn and soybean yields on a state level, and as one would expect, many states are projected to have poor yields.

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With The Very Latest Monsanto Acquisition, Growers Appear More Nervous About Sharing Yield And Other Electronic Crop Data With All Of Agriculture’s Major Players

By Frank Lessiter posted on August 1, 2012

When Monsanto announced in late May that it was acquiring Precision Planting, an Illinois-based developer and marketer of seed meters, monitoring and precision farming technology, the news created a ripple effect in the farm world.

USDA Announces Streamlined Disaster Designation Process

July 12, 2012 | Posted in Water Management

Source: USDA News Release

griculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced a package of program improvements that will deliver faster and more flexible assistance to farmers and ranchers devastated by natural disasters.

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