Tag: corn
We’re entering the hope-and-change grain market
For some soggy Ohio farmers, the rain means no corn harvest progress may be made now until the ground freezes.
USDA lowers crop insurance premiums for corn and soybean growers
New crop insurance premiums for 2012 should reduce corn farmers' rates by 7 percent and soybean farmers' by 9 percent.
DuPont, Plant Sensory Systems team to increase corn’s nitrogen use efficiency
DES MOINES, Iowa, and BALTIMORE, Md. -- DuPont and Plant Sensory Systems have entered into a collaboration to evaluate proprietary genes for increasing nitrogen use efficiency in corn.
Crop prices treading water
URBANA - Following wide swings in September and early October, the prices of corn, soybeans and wheat have traded in relatively narrow ranges in the last half of October.
Picking your transgenic corn hybrids
An issue facing corn growers this fall and winter when purchasing corn for next summer centers around the recent announcement of western corn rootworms developing resistance to Cry3Bb1.
The crop harvest that just never ends
Remember when you expected to harvest up to Thanksgiving? Part of the problem with crop progress is perspective. We have gotten used to early planting, fast dry-down, and big planting and harvesting equipment.
Murray Grey breed is bringing more to the table than just...
On the Clark Farm in New Harrisburg, the Murray Grey breed is the way to go for them.
Wet spring weather could cost Ohio farmers close to $1 billion
COLUMBUS -- Ohio farmers stand to lose close to $1 billion in income from late planting of corn and soybeans this spring. The estimates are based on the acres of each crop that farmers said in March they expected to plant, and on the lower yields expected because of the late planting.
Family dynamics can change when a woman decides to return to...
LONDON, Ohio — Women of all ages are returning to the family farm. That can be a good thing, but it can also cause...
The sun will come up tomorrow
Channeling Little Orphan Annie and Gone With the Wind to stay positive in this grain market.
