U.S. agribusiness giant Cargill Inc. said it won't accept Syngenta AG's genetically modified Agrisure Viptera corn at its North American wet milling plants until the corn variety is approved by the European Union.

As 2010 gets underway and growers plan for the upcoming crop season, applying potassium (K) fertilizer may be more important than ever. According to a study released last fall by the International Plant Nutrition Institute (IPNI), 39 percent of the soils across North America were in negative balance for K, and this study didn't take into consideration the cutbacks of the 2009 growing season.

Dan Zinkand has joined the No-Till Farmer and Conservation Tillage Guide staff as managing editor, and will also serve as associate editor of Farm Equipment, two publications produced by Lessiter Publications.