…shelves—including pizza, chips, cookies, ice cream, salad dressing, corn syrup, and baking powder—contain ingredients from engineered soybeans, corn, or canola. In the past decade or so, the biotech plants that…
Limit and Cut Production Cost
…statements. Over the next five years, the report estimates flat to lower prices for wheat, a three to eight percent increase in corn prices and consistent export growth for soybeans….
Bayer Loses Belt SC Appeal
…to reverse the action failed, the company announced Monday. Belt is the trademark name for Bayer’s insecticide used in some areas to control caterpillar pests in soybeans. DTN reports that…
Agri View: Food Production
…increased demand for meat, eggs, and dairy, boosting pressure to grow more corn and soybeans to feed more cattle, pigs, and chickens. If these trends continue, the double whammy of…
Adapting Drone Technology for California Ag
…will see is called variable rate technology,” Hull says. “The basic idea is you fly over a big patch of corn or soybeans. You look at where the crop is…
Agri View: Bad Weather
…Great Lakes region, while showers and thunderstorms are affecting the westernmost Corn Belt. Despite pockets of drought, overall growing conditions are mostly favorable for Midwestern corn and soybeans. In the…
Agri View: Pesticide Use and Losing Ability to Produce
…would soar. With lower production and higher prices, U.S. farmers would be less competitive in global markets for major grains, cotton, and peanuts. U.S. exports of corn, wheat, and soybeans…
Agri View: Farm Trends
…Everything’s down: dairy, hogs, broiler chickens, corn, soybeans. The median income, an easier figure to understand, is down, too: $78,284 in 2015, down from $80,620 in 2014. A primary bit…
Climate Smart Israel – to Jerusalem and the Sea of Galilee
…the major crops in the world: wheat, soybeans, rice, corn, canola, tomatoes and peppers. Top Seeds is its subsidiary that specializes in vegetable seeds. The company’s plant breeding process can…
ADC Forms Farmer Advisory Board
…Advisory board members farm in seven states and raise crops ranging from corn and soybeans to cotton, sorghum, wheat and potatoes. This kind of diversity will help ensure that ADC…
Agri View: Better Times?
…agency’s latest 10-year projections show flat prices for corn and only modest gains in wheat and soybeans, overall net income should rebound about 4% annually through 2025. Most of the…
Agri View: Growing for Future Population
…grow more corn and soybeans to feed more cattle, pigs, and chickens. If these trends continue, the double whammy of population growth and richer diets will require us to roughly…
Adama Reports Strong Volume Growth, Increased Profits
…herbicides TAMAR(TM), for use in sugarcane, DEKEL(TM) for use in onions, and SHAKED(TM) for use in soybeans. Asia-Pacific: Sales in Asia-Pacific increased by 14.5% in the first quarter at constant…
Two Sides of TPP
…will take time, Duvall said “the sooner TPP is ratified, the better it will be for American agriculture.” AFBF’s analysis forecasts farm-price increases for corn (5 cents per bushel), soybeans…