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Meeting The Late-Season Demand For Nitrogen
For growers unable to get nitrogen on fields this spring, ESN Smart Nitrogen provides a perfect solution for side-dressing crops.…
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Bayer CropScience Names New President
Bayer CropScience has appointed Jim Blome as President/CEO and Head of Crop Protection for the North American region, effective July…
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Dow AgroSciences To Acquire Prairie Brand Seeds
Dow AgroSciences LLC intends to purchase certain assets of Sansgaard Seed Farms, Inc., of Story City, IA. The transaction is…
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Deere: LightSquared Causing Massive GPS Interference
Deere & Co., a major provider of precision agriculture equipment and services, notified the FCC May 26 of substantial interference…
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Fertilizer Contract Now Available With Electronic Signature Option
The Agricultural Retailers Association’s Model Fertilizer Contract is now available in a format that allows the user to type information…
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Late Planting Could Cost Ohio Over $980 Million
Barry Ward, production business management leader with Ohio State University Extension, said he has roughly figured that lower yields due…
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Time Application Of Postemergence Herbicides
Properly timing the application of postemergence herbicides is critical, said Aaron Hager, University of Illinois Extension weed specialist. Recent precipitation,…
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CF Industries To Close Plant On Flooding Worries
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. announced the temporary halt of production at its Port Neal nitrogen manufacturing complex in Sergeant Bluff, Iowa,…
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Pioneer Acquires Doebler’s PA Hybrids
Pioneer Hi-Bred has closed the acquisition of Doebler’s PA Hybrids, Jersey Shore, PA, as part of its Pioneer Hi-Bred PROaccess…
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Prevathon Insect Control Now Available
With the recent U.S. EPA registration of DuPont Prevathon insect control, cotton and corn growers now have the ability to…
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Syngenta Exits Sorghum Seed Business
Syngenta has formed an agreement with Golden Acres Genetics, Ltd., Waco, TX, to transfer all existing Syngenta sorghum seed inventory to…
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Up On The Farm
Late last week as I was pouring through the latest national economic news – which painted a pretty bleak picture…