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Monsanto To Alert Farmers About Corn Earworm Migration
Monsanto is using a sophisticated forecasting tool this season designed to alert farmers within days of when corn earworms could…
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Agronomists: Scout Now For Japanese Beetles
A number of trappings and large swarms of Japanese beetles are surfacing in central portions of the Corn Belt, say…
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Thorley Steps Down At AMVAC
Trevor Thorley, executive vice president and COO of AMVAC Chemical Co. (a subsidiary of American Vanguard), has resigned from his…
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Be Seated
This past weekend was the 4th of July holiday. Like many other families in the country, my clan decided to…
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Study: Foliar Fertilizer Boosts Corn Yields
Results from two years of university research trials show a foliar application of Nitamin 30L Steady Delivery nitrogen applied with…
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House Agriculture Committee Approves Historic Legislation
The House Agriculture Committee has passed legislation to expand U.S. agriculture trade and increase jobs, approving historic legislation that will…
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Makhteshim Acquires Albaugh
The world’s largest generic crop protection product manufacturer, Makhteshim Agan Industries (MAI), will buy Iowa, US-based Albaugh, which also produces…
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New Micronutrient Formulation Is Glyphosate Compatible
Soybean growers have a new way to head off the yield and plant development problems associated with Iron Deficiency Chlorosis…
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SFP Expands Regional Staff
SFP is growing its regional management team with Tony Donoho, Bryan French, and Tom Kupke. Donoho will serve as northeast…
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Chemtura Files Reorganization Plan
Chemtura Corp. has announced that it and 26 of its U.S. affiliates have filed a Joint Plan of Reorganization (the…
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The Challenges Ahead
Over the weekend, I was scanning the headlines in my local newspaper when I came across an article detailing the…
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Major Medfly Outbreak Confirmed
During routine fruit fly monitoring, a trap containing suspect Mediterranean fruit flies, Ceratitis capitata, was collected in the 6600 block…