Inputs
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Rise Of The Pests
After an almost balmy December for much of the Midwest, a cold snap hit in February. Alas, it was not severe enough by any…
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Battling Bugs For Yields
When measuring up the 2007 season, Aaron Locker, FMC product manager, sees a batch of challenges, some unique to this time and place in…
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Insighful Insect Instructions
2008 New Insecticides (Corn And Soybeans) Product Company Active Ingredient(s) Cobalt Dow AgroSciences chlorpyrifos + gamma-cyhalothrin Hero EC FMC Corp. zeta-cypermethrin + bifenthrin Kaiso…
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Separate Vs. Equal
Time was when the grower down the road was pretty much the only seed game in town. The guy really knew the seed and…
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Be Prepared
The message was clear at a recent meeting of cotton growers last month — get ready for Bollgard II. At the recent Trait Talk…
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Myth Adventures
Being in the habit of reading plenty of stories on a daily basis, it takes something truly special to get my anger up and…
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Better Mixes, Better Yields
Respect. That’s what adjuvant makers covet from chemical manufacturers and users. “We are the delivery mechanism,” says Kent Woodall, director of marketing at Rosen’s…
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Adjuvants Add Value
Last season was a wild and woolly time for most segments of the crop inputs industry — and adjuvant manufacturers joined the fray. They’re…
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Wish List: Bigger, Faster
With almost all cereal production going up in 2007 and no change in the short-term outlook, it appears that fertilizer demand and consumption will…
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A Bigger Micro Scope
For much of the 2000s, micronutrients have been something of a red-headed stepchild compared with other crop inputs. As macronutrient prices have stayed high,…
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