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.
As this year's drought remains on the minds of agriculture, two articles weighed in on no-till adoption and the potential of the practice to buffer farms from dry conditions.
Following reports of high levels of corn damage in Iowa, lab studies this summer revealed resistance to Bt hybrids expressing the Cry3Bb1 toxin, found in Monsanto hybrids targeting rootworms.
The center for Ag Law and Taxation at Iowa State University recently published an article summarizing a recent court ruling that pesticide drift may be constituted as trespassing.
Some researchers believe pest monitoring will become more difficult as full-scale commercialization of seed mixtures in transgenic insecticidal corn begins.
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) released a report that says storm water erosion is sweeping away soil across the Corn Belt at a much higher rate than the government estimates.
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