Preventative fungicides and plant health will be the topic of RFD-TV’s “Monday Night Live” with BASF on May 10. The show will feature an expert panel to discuss how growers are controlling disease, realizing Plant Health benefits and maximizing yield with preventative fungicides like Headline fungicide from BASF. Among those on the panel will be our friend Ken McCauley, a …
EPA Approves First ‘Refuge-in-the-Bag’ Seed Product
DuPont made history this week when the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) granted approval for the first “refuge in the bag” with commercial registration of Optimum® AcreMax™ 1 insect protection for Pioneer® brand corn hybrids. “This decision is not only a regulatory milestone, but also great news for corn growers,” said Paul E. Schickler, president — Pioneer Hi-Bred, a DuPont business. …
Record Crop Progress
Record planting progress continued around the country last week, despite the rain, and corn planting is breaking records. USDA reports that 68 percent of the corn crop was planted by Sunday. That’s 28 percent more than the five year average and five percent more than the previous record for this time of year in 2004. Emergence is at 19 percent, …
Lots of Food
The Population Research Institute is seeking to debunk the myth of overpopulation with a series of simple but clever YouTube videos. Our daughter Chelsea alerted us to the latest one – “Food: There’s Lots of it.” Some very good points in here about modern agricultural production and the real causes of hunger.
American Agriculture’s Environmental Success
The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has just released its latest National Resources Inventory, which shows the amazing environment success that is American agriculture. American Farm Bureau Federation president Bob Stallman did a nice little editorial about why the nation’s farmers and ranchers should be proud to show this environmental report card to Mother Nature. The latest National Resources Inventory …
Time to Take Advantage of Headline Advantage
Growers have just two weeks left to take advantage of Headline Advantage. The BASF Corporation Headline Advantage program offers eligible growers to opportunity to receive $75 per gallon back from BASF on purchases of Headline® fungicide. To qualify, growers need to purchase their Headline fungicide by May 15, 2010 and submit a receipt along with a completed application to BASF. …
President’s Speech from Ethanol Plant in Missouri
We are going to try and bring you live audio of President Obama’s speech at the POET ethanol plant in Macon, Missouri via cell phone and Ustream since there is no good internet access at the site and aircards don’t work well for live broadcasts. Speech is scheduled to begin at 12:55 central time. Post update: Way better audio available …
New Mexico Wins Student NAMA Competition
The Aggies of New Mexico State University were the winners of the student NAMA competition this year. This is the second time the Aggies have won the top honors, but it has been awhile – so they were celebrating big time! Other top winners in the student NAMA awards included Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, which took first place for Outstanding …
NAMA 2010 Marketer of the Year
With all the focus on new media and new ways of marketing, the winner of this year’s NAMA Marketer of the Year is one who uses the oldest method of marketing known to man, and the one that still works the best – word of mouth. Stephanie Liska, co-founder of Beck Ag, grew up on a farm in Iowa and …
USDA Deregulates Syngenta Seeds Corn Trait
Syngenta Seeds is proud to announce it has received deregulation from USDA for the Agrisure Viptera trait. The Agrisure Viptera trait will be combined with the Agrisure 3000GT trait stack to form the new Agrisure Viptera 3111 trait stack. The introduction of the Agrisure Viptera 3111 trait stack continues the tradition of the Agrisure Corn Traits system — providing high-performance …