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Corn, Crops, Soybeans

Ontario proposes deep cuts to farmers’ neonic use by 2017

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Ontario’s new goal to ban most use of neonicotinoid pesticides in corn and soybean crops by 2017 has yielded bouquets from the province’s beekeepers — but left crop growers feeling stung. Following up on Premier Kathleen Wynne’s orders to her agriculture and environment ministers in their mandate letters in September, the province on Tuesday announced it will consult on […] Read more
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Corn, Crops, Features

Higher corn yields through fertility

Fertility recommendations vary from farm to farm, but may be lower for zero-till fields

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Prairie farmers are used to being flexible, always on the lookout for new recommendations for fertility applications — and when it comes to growing corn, they have to be. Corn is an expensive crop with high nutritional requirements. And every farmer’s land requires something slightly different. Morgan Cott, field agronomist for Manitoba Corn Growers Association, […] Read more
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Corn, Crops, Markets, Reuters

ADM suing Syngenta over rejections of GMO corn

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Reuters — Archer Daniels Midland sued seed company Syngenta on Wednesday over sales of a genetically modified corn variety not approved for import by China, joining more than 100 farmers and exporters in pursuing damages from the Swiss company. The lawsuit alleges Syngenta commercialized the MIR162 corn variety, also known as Agrisure Viptera, without creating […] Read more
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Corn, Crops, Features

New corn varieties for 2015

Early maturing varieties are pushing corn into new growing regions

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UPDATED, NOV. 20, 2014 – Soybeans aren’t the only crops pushing into new areas. Seed companies are releasing more early-maturing corn varieties again this year, in a bid to expand the growing region. Some of the thriftiest new varieties, in terms of corn heat units, include DuPont Pioneer’s P7332R (2050 corn heat units) and P7410HR […] Read more
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Corn, Crops, Features

Corn could be your 2015 cash crop

If you thought you lived on the fringe of the corn-growing area, 
it may be time to take a look at today’s varieties

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Farmers in Alberta are planting more and more corn. From 5,000 acres in 1990 the area under cultivation has expanded to over 40,000 in 2014. Alberta agriculture professionals expect this trend to continue, driven by increased demand from domestic livestock producers. Though corn requires high inputs, it can produce very high per acre yields, and […] Read more
Corn, Soybeans

Grain ‘trade’ at risk of low-balling U.S. soybean yields: Maguire

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Chicago / Reuters – At 47.1 bushels an acre, last month’s soybean yield estimate from the U.S. Department of Agriculture was a new all-time high. And the average trader estimate for the USDA’s November projection is higher still, at 47.608 bushels. Even so, the long-term relationship between corn and soybeans suggests current soybean yields remain relatively […] Read more
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Corn, Crops, Soybeans

New nitrogen stabilizer and herbicide system for crops

Dow AgroSciences is bringing products to market this fall that are more than just “new and improved”

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Dow AgroSciences does have improved chemistry for weed control in wheat and barley, but along with that it is also introducing a whole new weed control system that includes ramped up genetics in corn and soybeans to improve weed control options in those crops. Along with that, DAS is introducing new-to-Canada nitrogen stabilizers that will […] Read more
Corn, Crops, Reuters, Soybeans

Critics of Dow’s Enlist line suing U.S. EPA over approval

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Reuters — A coalition of U.S. farmer and environmental groups filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to overturn regulatory approval granted last week for an herbicide developed by Dow AgroSciences. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in California, argues that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) did not adequately analyze […] Read more

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