It appears that combined acreage of corn and soybeans needs to increase about 6.5 million acres in 2011 to allow for some modest rebuilding of U.S. inventories.
Environmental conservation groups sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday to force it to tighten regulation of pesticide use, arguing that the agency was not consulting wildlife officials.
The future of bio-engineered crops is at a crossroads, with lawsuits threatening to kill the innovation leading to those crops, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told the House Committee on Agriculture last Thursday.
U.S. farmers probably will increase corn planting by 3.7 percent this year from 2010 and reduce soybean acreage by 0.3 percent, based on an analysis of crop prices by agricultural broker and researcher Allendale Inc.
Source: By Stephanie Page, Oregon Department of Agriculture
The Oregon Business Energy Tax Credit Program provides a 35 percent tax credit for a variety of on-farm energy efficiency projects, now including no-till drills.
For the second consecutive year, the readers of No-Till Farmer (www.No-TillFarmer.com) have voted the Keeton Seed Firmer the best product in their operations, making the no-till attachment the “2010 No-Till Product Of The Year.”
Source: AgPR, Direct Enterprises Inc., AgProfessional.com
A new, independent study confirms the benefits of soybean seed treatments showing an average yield increase of 3.5 bushels per acre in treated soybeans versus untreated test plots.
Pioneer Hi-Bred has launched a new generation of corn hybrids, under the Optimum AQUAmax brand name, that may deliver a yield advantage in water-limited environments, allowing growers to minimize risk and maximize productivity.
Several projects across platforms and crops designed to improve farmers’ on-farm productivity and profitability advanced phases today as part of Monsanto Company’s (NYSE: MON) annual pipeline update.
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