Crops
Time for post-emergence herbicides in corn
The eastern Corn Belt’s early corn crop has started to emerge — and so have the weeds. So now is the time for growers to consider post-emergence herbicide applications, says a Purdue Extension weed specialist. In the northern part of the Corn Belt, some of the crop is as far along as the V3, or [...]
What causes purple corn?
By Dave Nanda, Director of Genetics and Technology for Seed Consultants, Inc. Many corn fields look purple during the seedling stage? The reasons for the young seedlings to turn purple are as follows: • Purple leaves are caused by a pigment called anthocyanin. When the sugars produced by the chlorophyll cannot be deposited in roots, [...]
ACRE/DCP program and SURE enrollment deadlines coming up
The Ohio Farm Service Agency (FSA) would like to remind Ohio producers who have not contacted their local FSA Office about DCP or ACRE enrollment to do so before the sign-up deadline ends. It is important producers contact their local FSA office to set up appointments before the June 1, 2012, deadline. All signatures of [...]
Tiny corn plants could cut costs, shrink environmental footprint
Tall, waving corn fields that line Midwestern roads may one day be replaced by dwarfed versions that require less water, fertilizer and other inputs, thanks to a fungicide commonly used on golf courses. Burkhard Schulz, a Purdue University assistant professor of plant biochemical and molecular genetics, had earlier found that knocking out the steroid function [...]
Evaluate alfalfa stands
By Rory Lewandowski, Extension Educator Wayne County and Crossroads EERA Should I keep this alfalfa stand or rotate it to a different crop? This question comes up at this time of the year because often the farmer plans to harvest a first cutting and then, if the stand is questionable, there is still time [...]
JOPA relationship built strong soybean market
More than 75 million bushels of whole U.S. soybeans made their way to Japan last year, thanks to strong demand for quality soy. A delegation of U.S. soybean farmers representing the United Soybean Board (USB), the American Soybean Association (ASA) and the U.S. Soybean Export Council (USSEC) are honoring the 50th anniversary of the Japan [...]
Syngenta to offer reduced structured refuge stacked trait options to independent seed companies
Syngenta and Dow AgroSciences LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company, announced today a joint agreement to offer two reduced refuge trait stacks to independent seed companies through Syngenta-owned GreenLeaf Genetics LLC. This agreement will make high-performing trait stacks, beginning with the Agrisure Viptera 3220 and Agrisure 3122 trait stacks, more widely available [...]
CME changes, again
CME Group, the world’s leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, announced measures to help market participants prepare to transition to expanded electronic trading hours for CBOT grain and oilseed futures and options on CME Globex. CME Group will now offer expanded market access to a variety of CBOT futures and options 21 hours per day, [...]
Plasticulture boosts berry production
Plasticulture will give Ohio consumers access to locally grown strawberries as early as the first week of May and as late as October, according to the results of an ongoing Ohio State University Extension research trial conducted by Brad Bergefurd, an OSU Extension horticulture specialist. The method, in which strawberries are planted in early fall [...]
Pioneer to sell soybeans by seed count
Pioneer Hi-Bred will sell its soybean products by seed count per unit, rather than by weight, beginning in the fall of 2012 for varieties sold throughout North America for the 2013 planting season. The number of soybean seeds sold per unit by Pioneer will be 140,000. The advantage for Pioneer customers is that buying by [...]
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