…Deere and Precision Planting. We urge them to continue to reject any deals, both now and in the future, that hurt marketplace competition. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting…
China Plans to Dramatically Increase Soybean Acres
…announced a goal of increasing soybean production 56 percent from 2014 to 2020. The shift toward planting more soybeans comes on the heels of policies designed to shrink the number…
DOJ Seeks to Stop Deere from Purchasing Monsanto’s Precision Planting Division
…Precision Planting are the only two effective competitors in high-speed precision planting, conservatively accounting for at least 86 percent of the market. Deere and Precision Planting both introduced their respective…
Farm Futures Releases 2017 Planting Intentions
Farm Futures recently completed its first producer survey of planting intentions for 2017. Farm Futures expects producers to boost soybean plantings because of strong demand and hedging opportunities on this…
California’s Strawberry Industry Without Methyl Bromide?
…of soil-borne pests, from fungi to insects to weeds, before planting crops. 2016 marks the last year in which the highly effective soil fumigant will be available. The University of…
Application of Dicamba on Cotton and Soybeans Is Unlawful
…has not registered any dicamba herbicides for use at planting or over the top of growing plants like soybeans or cotton, including those plants that are modified to resist dicamba….
Pecan Marketing Order Increases Interest
…could boost interest in the crop. “There is interest in growing pecans and planting more pecans with the adoption of the federal marketing order by the growers across the country,”…
California Citrus Acreage
…to provide annual citrus acreage with information on new plantings and removals. It is a continuation of a long series of industry-funded citrus acreage surveys. Users are cautioned that this…
Limit and Cut Production Cost
…current input costs and market action, farmers need to avoid the mistake of planting too many acres. That’s because land is the “single largest expense” on most crop farm income…
S&W Seed Company Signs First U.S. Sorghum License Agreement
…Colorado. The company estimates the U.S. sorghum seed market at between 25 and 30 million pounds of planting seed, worth an estimated $100 million annually. In addition to this new…
Farming Game Reflects Real-life
…die, similar to Monopoly. Each trip around the board represents a year of farming, and players can increase their chances of earning more money by planting more crops or raising…
Shade Plants
…seed, leaving the edible greens bitter—once daytime temperatures settle into the upper 80s. That combination of traits makes them a perfect fit for planting beneath deciduous trees. They will have…
Drought Resistant Plants
…cherry tomato will work. If there is no rain during the first month after planting, you will need to water about every 10 days. But after that you can forget…
New Olive Growing Cost Studies
…and hand harvesting methods. The companion study estimates the costs for establishing and producing olives for oil under super-high-density planting (726 trees per acre) using mechanical pruning and harvest. The…