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Space invaders are everywhere: What to do about invasive species
Invasive plant species are a bigger threat than people realize. Here’s what you need to know.
USDA issues order: Five county FSA offices to close in Ohio and seven in Pennsylvania
The USDA issued this map of the offices that will be closing.
Foreign grain production up slightly
WASHINGTON — Foreign coarse grain production in 2007-2008, forecast at 708 million tons, is up 1 percent from a year earlier. Foreign is defined as world production less U.S. production. Area increased in response to attractive prices, but average yield declined slightly due to poor weather in several key regions. Corn Foreign corn production is
Pioneer’s ‘refuge in a bag’ product gets EPA OK
WILMINGTON, Del. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has granted commercial registration of Optimum AcreMax 1 insect protection for Pioneer brand corn hybrids. This marks the EPA’s first approval of an in-the-bag solution for insect refuge management,
Where has the the marketing season gone?
Farmers have raised their heads above the summer workload and realized that the grain prices that seemed so comfortable are no longer.
Priceless advice for cheap prices
Grain prices drop even lower, but Aug. 12 crop production report will help tell us where we’re at.
Western bean cutworm larvae and egg masses increasing in Ohio
COLUMBUS — For the first time since the trapping of Western bean cutworm moths in corn began in 2006, Ohio State University Extension entomologists have identified egg masses and larvae. The find reveals that populations continue to increase and that growers will really need to monitor the pest in the future. “The infestation of egg
Kentucky research explores irrigation questions
Irrigated acres have doubled in the past five years in Kentucky but still remain under 10 percent of the state’s total acreage.
China feed demand grows
WASHINGTON — Higher corn yields are expected in China for 2008 compared to 2007 resulting in 6 billion bushels, said Cary Sifferath, U.S. Grains Council senior director in China. Sifferath and Charles Ring of the Texas Corn Producers Board toured corn fields in the Northeastern provinces of Heilonjiang and Jilin, China to assess the corn
Farmers watch for rain damage
SALEM, Ohio – Saturated. Soaked. Wet. These words have described many spring seasons and it looks like this one, at least recently, will be no exception.
