…maize (corn), soybean, and cotton, which account for almost all commercial GE crops to date. “We dug deeply into the literature to take a fresh look at the data on…
Tight Times May Be in Store for Corn Growers
Corn growers may have to tighten their financial belts another notch if USDA’s projections for the next marketing year actually come true. Gary Crawford has the story. Tight Times May…
The California Kitchen: Southwestern Crab and Roasted Corn Wedge
In today’s California Kitchen, learn to cook an amazing Southwestern crab with a roasted corn wedge with The Untamed Chef, Albert J. Hernandez. Here is what you will need: 4…
Two Sides of TPP
…bushels, overall demand and use for corn is forecast to increase by 54.2 million bushels. Corn revenues are expected to rise by $680 million per year and prices are projected…
Adapting to a Changing Climate
…Hatfield explain the equipment to gather information on climate changes and impacts on corn and soybean plants in Iowa. On the day he was inaugurated in 2009, President Obama called…
Whiskey Study
…you a bigger universe to play with.” The only legal difference between bourbon and rye products is their mashbill: Bourbon must be fermented from a mash that is majority corn,…
Loans for Farm Storage-Handling Equipment
…of commodities eligible for Farm Storage Facility Loan. Eligible commodities now include aquaculture; floriculture; fruits (including nuts) and vegetables; corn, grain sorghum, rice, oilseeds, oats, wheat, triticale, spelt, buckwheat, lentils,…
Almond Tree Increase Brings Questions and Benefits
…growth over the last 10 to 15 years has replaced both perennial and annual crops. This includes cotton, vineyards, non-irrigated grasslands, alfalfa, grain and hay crops, tomatoes, corn, mixed field…
Biofuels and Bioproducts
…husks of corn plants following harvest) pictured above can be converted to biofuels as well as high-value products such as plastics, chemicals, and fertilizers. Image courtesy of Energy.gov. Biomass is…
Agri View: Farming Times
…will fall to $87.4 billion by year’s end, down more than a third from 2012’s $137.1 billion. Corn, once $7.63, is just over $3 a bushel now. Wheat, $9.50 a…
U.S. Agriculture in Vietnam
…locked in at zero percent and its 15-percent tariff on milled barley will be eliminated in four years. Corn: The United States exported $190 million of corn and corn products…
Agri View: Cotton Producers Troubles
…the survey period, the cotton December futures contract averaged just under 65 cents per pound, which is very similar to a year ago. However, corn and soybean prices are 8%…
Agri View: Foreign Vegetables
…the grain companies succeed in using NAFTA to open the Mexican corn market, the price paid to Mexican peasants for corn will fall dramatically, forcing one million or more families…
Treatments to Begin for the Japanese Beetle
…trees. Feeding studies show a host range in excess of 300 plants in 79 plant families. Among the preferred plants are grape, apple, cherry, peach, plum, rose, and corn. Corn…