Management
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Illinois Groups Address Growing Need For Ag Teachers
Illinois has a growing need for agricultural education teachers, and now new, innovative opportunities are available to attract more students to teaching careers, including…
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Experts Seek Improved Ag Equipment Safety On Public Roads
Improving safety on roads that farm equipment share with other vehicles needs greater attention from governmental entities, according to a report produced by a…
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Ag Health Study Results Now Online
U.S. EPA has recently developed a new Web page that describes information that the Agricultural Health Study (AHS) is providing to EPA about the…
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New California Low Carbon Standards Will Have Ag Impact
After a marathon debate, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) last week adopted a regulation that calls for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions…
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Soyfoods Lesson ‘Soy’ Easy
April is National Soyfoods Month, and the state of Michigan’s latest effort to introduce soyfoods to residents, including future chefs, could be a lesson…
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Corn Planting Progress Slow
According to the latest National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) Weekly Crop Progress Report, 5 percent of the 2009 U.S. corn crop has been planted…
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EPA Denies Endocrine Screening Petition
EPA has formally denied CropLife America’s July 2008 petition, filed by the association to help ensure that EPA’s Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP) is…
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Germany Bans Monsanto GM Corn
According to Deutsche Welle, German Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner announced a ban on the cultivation of Monsanto’s genetically modified (GM) corn strain MON 810,…
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Planting Intentions Still Not Crystal Clear
Usually when I talk to a retailer near mid-April, they’ve got a pretty good handle on how many corn and soybean acres their grower-customers…
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DHS Seeks Retailers’ Ammonium Nitrate Data
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is seeking additional economic data from industry on ammonium nitrate (AN) fertilizer. You can still provide your input.…
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