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InterGrain, Monsanto Form Wheat Breeding Collaboration
InterGrain Pty Ltd. and Monsanto Co. have formed a technology collaboration agreement that is expected to lead to significant new…
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Video: GVM Wins ShowStopper Award
GVM’s Tom Ulrich shares his thoughts on the company’s Prowler E350 — winner of the 2010 ShowStopper award at MAGIE — with CropLife…
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FS Cooperatives Earn Performance Award
Five FS member cooperatives have been recognized by GROWMARK, Inc. for business performance improvement during the GROWMARK’s recent annual meeting…
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Bayer CropScience To Discontinue Aldicarb
Bayer CropScience is cooperating with the EPA following the announcement to cancel the registration of Aldicarb, sold as Temik brand…
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Biotech Soybeans Move Closer To Brazilian Commercialization
The National Technical Biosafety Committee has approved Monsanto’s Bt Roundup Ready 2 Yield soybean product for planting in Brazil. This…
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Gowan Acquires Marketing Rights For Insecticide
Gowan Canada, LLC has been granted the Canadian crop protection marketing rights for Confirm 240F agricultural insecticide by Nippon Soda…
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MAGIE 2010: Food For Thought
I have a co-worker who is fond of ending any of his speeches with the phrase: “I’m betting all of…
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PotashCorp Rejects BHP Billiton’s Offer
PotashCorp’s Board of Directors, after careful consideration with the assistance of its independent financial and legal advisors, voted unanimously to…
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Iowa: Widespread Soybean Sudden Death Syndrome
Soybean Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS) is widespread in Iowa, according to a Iowa State University researcher. “This year has had…
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Agrium Makes Proposal To Acquire AWB
Agrium Inc. has submitted a fully financed proposal to acquire AWB Ltd. A$1.50 per AWB share. The proposal represents a…
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USDA Predicts Nebraska’s Second-Largest Corn Crop
The USDA predicts Nebraska farmers will harvest their second-largest corn crop ever this year. The USDA says the state’s corn…
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USDA: Rains Shrink Iowa’s Corn Crop
Farmers are expected to harvest a record 13.4 billion bushels of corn this year, 2 percent more than in 2009,…