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USDA report no surprise
New soybean crop is headed toward setting a record production.
Time to measure and manage winter forages before it is too late
It’s time to take inventory of remaining hay supplies to make sure there is enough until pastures green up regardless of what weather conditions occur.
Young slugs have hearty appetite
Sampling fields in early spring is the key to any kind of slug management program.
Traditional Iroquois Indian farming methods still work
The ‘three sisters’ cropping system embodies all the things needed to make crops grow in the Northeast.
Crop report due out Aug. 12 with revised acreage
WASHINGTON — The National Agricultural Statistics Service is collecting updated information on the number of acres planted in corn and sorghum prior to the Aug. 12 production report, due to variable weather conditions in key crop-growing regions. The June 30 acreage report included estimates of 2009 planted area for principal crops, based on data collected
Expect modest expansion in pork industry
Much cheaper feed has led the pork industry to begin an expansion that is expected to continue throughout this year. The current expansion means that pork supplies will begin to grow more rapidly in the last-half of 2014, according to Chris Hurt, Purdue University Extension economist.
Market Monitor: Whoa, Baby, Hot! Hot! Hot!
One of our family stories involves number one son in a restaurant tasting his soup. The attractive girl going by our table was surprised to hear a 12-year old blurt out, “Whoa, Baby, Hot! Hot!” I thought of that yesterday as I watched the attractive corn prices go by my screen. I have to admit
What does it take to farm? Numbers
“What does it take to earn a living on the farm?” Good question. What’s the answer? Actually, the question was the title of a report from a Minnesota Extension educator (we used to call them ‘agents,’ remember?).
Monsanto disputes unlawful use of Roundup Ready technologies
ST. LOUIS — The Monsanto Company has filed suit in federal court in St. Louis against E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company and its wholly owned subsidiary, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., to prevent unlawful use of Monsanto’s proprietary Roundup Ready(R) herbicide tolerant technologies in soybeans and corn. Unethical “As the saying goes, imitation is
August weather nothing like it looked on paper
The Columbiana county area around U.S. weather observer Ed Copeland’s station went 20 days with only 0.47 inches of rain in August, and in that period 14 days had temperatures in the 90s.
