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New Seed Treatment Targets Potential
A new seed treatment is ready to provide early nutritional benefits in 2008. PROTINUS from Wolf Trax ensures the seed…
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Bayer Collaborates On Bean Traits
A new Bayer CropScience deal will benefit U.S. soybean growers. Bayer, Mertec LLC, and M.S. Technologies LLC have agreed to…
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Side Effect: Hops, Corn Affect Beer Prices
Beer prices are likely to climb. How does corn affect those costs? According to an article in the L.A. Times,…
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‘Green’ Fertilizer Demand Growing
The U.S. market for so-called ‘green’ fertilizers is on the increase due to environmental concerns and to fit into the…
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New Holland Supports B100 Use
New Holland supports the use of B100 biodiesel in its diesel engines. Overall, nearly 80% of New Holland-branded products with…
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Developing Less Thirsty GM Crops
As concerns about water availability grow, there’s news about a genetically modified crop needing less water to grow. Researchers from…
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Fungicides Off The Hook In 2007
Buoyed by growers’ determination to squeeze every kernel of corn from every acre planted, fungicide sales blew up in the…
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Agrium To Buy UAP
Agrium and UAP strike a deal that will create North America’s largest ag retailer. Agrium Inc. and UAP Holding Corp.…
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Beans Making Comeback
Last fall the talk in farm circles focused on the demand for corn and how the market favored corn production.…
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Dow Reveals New Herbicide Portfolio
Dow AgroSciences‘ new Technology for Traits herbicide portfolio is designed for use with herbicide-tolerant corn and soybean production systems. Led…
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Seed Product Promotes Healthy Start
A new seed treatment will be available for the 2008 season, and it promises early plant health benefits even in…
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Farm Bill Stalled In Senate
The U.S. Senate may not finish the 2007 farm bill before the end of the year. A "cloture" vote failed…