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Rising EU Food Costs Raise GM Questions
Despite the pressure on European governments to approve genetically modified (GM) food as food prices rise, there are still those…
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CASE IH Helps Farm Flood Victims
Responding to the difficult times being faced by flooded regions of the Grain Belt, Case IH and its dealers are…
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Syngenta Considers Price Hike
Syngenta AG, the world’s biggest maker of agricultural chemicals, may raise the price of pesticides by 10 percent next year…
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No-Till Fuels Ethanol Value
Ethanol-based corn may be getting a bum rap, in light of the growing global food crisis, but the biofuel does…
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Brazil OKs Bt Corn
Brazil’s National Biosafety Committee (CNBS) has ratified a decision authorising sales of corn containing Syngenta’s Bt11 (Bacillus thuringiensis) trait for…
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Dow AgroSciences Bean Replant Supply Adequate
Dow AgroSciences and its seed company, Mycogen Seeds, might not be the first company you’d think of when your grower-customers…
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Nozzle Tackles Tough Canopies
Dense foliage can inhibit proper spray coverage, so Lechler Inc. has designed its new IDK-T ceramic twin flat spray nozzle…
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Floods Endanger 2008 Yields
The cost of this year’s Midwest flooding may end up rivaling that of the 1993 Midwest floods that caused more…
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Precision Sessions Offered For Users
The 9th International Conference on Precision Agriculture (ICPA) will be held July 20-23 at the Hyatt Tech Center in Denver,…
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Replant Options Uncertain
Midwest U.S. growers with flooded fields may find that soils have been damaged too much to plant this year even…
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Speak Up On Gas Costs
The Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA) is urging retailers to weigh in on the latest natural gas issue. According to ARA,…
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Earworms Have Sweet Tooth
Recent storms from the Gulf of Mexico have brought not only rains, but also corn earworm moths to Indiana, says…