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Author: Edith Munro

Winter wheat growth

DOES INTENSIVE MANAGEMENT PAY?

February 2017 - WHILE WINTER WHEAT harvested acres are declining in Michigan, yields per acre have increased in recent years, and producer interest in intensive management to further boost yields has grown. In response, researchers at Michigan State…
U.S. files WTO complaint

CHINA'S GRAIN SUPPORTS AT ISSUE

December 2016 - CHARGING THAT CHINA’S market price supports create government incentives for Chinese farmers to ramp up corn, wheat, and rice production, the United States has initiated a new trade enforcement action against China. In 2015, China’s…
Proper herbicide application

November 2016 - LESSONS AND GUIDELINES MONSANTO’S DICAMBA-TOLERANT soybeans, marketed under the trade name Roundup Ready 2 Xtend, are at the center of a dispute over damaged bean fields in Arkansas, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee. Monsanto launched commercial…
U.S. GMO labelling law

AVOIDING A PATCHWORK OF STATE LAWS

October 2016 - THE NATIONAL BIOENGINEERED Food Disclosure Standard aims to establish uniform labeling rules across the United States for foods containing genetically modified (GMO) ingredients. Signed into law by President Barack Obama in July, it would replace…
U.S. grain crop update

August 2016 - REACHING THEIR POTENTIAL IN 2016? AMERICAN GRAIN FARMERS got 2016 crops off to a quick start as planting moved faster than usual for commodities in the grains and oilseeds sector. By May 15, barley…
The resistance movement

August 2016 - IT’S ABOUT MORE THAN GLYPHOSATE WEED EXPERTS AT Iowa State University (ISU) are warning farmers in the U.S. Corn Belt that herbicide resistance is not just a glyphosate issue that can be solved by turning…
Weathering the storm

March 2016 - 8 WAYS TO PREPARE FOR LOW PRICES AND TIGHT MARGINS DESCRIBING HIMSELF AS ‘Dr. Doom’, Iowa State professor Chad Hart spent much of the winter farm show season delivering grim economic news for farmers. His…
Micronutrient deficiency risks

February 2016 - PRIORITIZE TESTING FIELDS AT BIGGEST RISK WHILE CROPS DEMAND micronutrients such as boron, copper, iron, manganese, molybdenum, and zinc, in very small quantities, these are essential plant nutrients that can affect output significantly. PHOTO: ZINC…
Focussed on trade

December 2015 - U.S. COMMODITY GROUPS PLAN FOR 2016 ASK LEADERS OF the U.S. corn, soybean, and wheat associations what tops their 2016 agendas and the immediate response is trade. “I think the issue in our farmers’ minds…
U.S. ethanol exports

October 2015 - PRODUCTION INCREASES AS THE U.S. domestic market faces limits on its capacity to absorb more ethanol, the export market is gaining importance, and an Environmental Protection Agency proposal to scale back blending requirements could create…