Management
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ERA Regional Winners Named
It’s been busy these past weeks, but hopefully you’ve seen the June issue of CropLife® magazine and read about the 20 state winners of…
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Schafer Says Don’t Blame Biofuels For Food Crisis
This week U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer is in Rome for the World Food Security conference, which is hosted by the Food and…
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USDA Drops Ag Chemical Survey
USDA has confirmed its plans to eliminate its crop protection product use survey, according to the San Francisco Chronicle’s Web site. The program has…
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Good News: Ag Exports On Record Track
Not all economic news is bad. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer says an updated quarterly forecast for U.S. agricultural exports is record news —…
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Bad News: Legislation Reduces Farm Income
The Fertilizer Institute (TFI)/Doane Advisory Services study finds proposed climate change legislation will hit growers’ wallets hard. And that’s not good news for retailers.…
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Canadian House Passes Biofuels Bill
Canada’s House of Commons has passed a bill that will require all gasoline sold in the country to contain 5 percent ethanol by 2010,…
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Farm Bill Passes, Well, Partly
It was just within their grasp, and then Congress found out that 34 pages of the $307 million Food, Conservation & Energy Act of…
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States Gearing Up Biofuel Use
Several states have taken steps recently to increase biofuel use. Minnesota: Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty on Tuesday signed legislation on May 13 that increases…
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Customizing Ethanol Business System
Ethanol facilities have a new business management upgrade — a new flow controller interface — from John Deere Agri Services. The new flow controller…
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Planting Delays Cause Corn Woes
Many areas are one to two weeks behind schedule in planting corn — and one forecast center says your grower-customers won’t be able to…
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