Tag: corn
Can biocontrol nematodes combat corn rootworm?
Northern New York farmers and a research team led by Cornell University entomologist Elson Shields are now evaluating their use to combat corn rootworm.
Healthy crops and sick prices
Crops are looking good, for the most part, but the market price definitely is not.
AGCO introduces new Fendt IDEAL combine
AGCO Corporation introduced its new Fendt IDEAL combine June 19. The combine, which has gone through seven years of testing, is the first “clean-sheet” design of an axial combine in the industry in 30 years.
Grain markets weathering the good and bad
The weather continues to be the biggest grain story of 2018 so far, for better or worse.
Long, hot weekend fuels strong grain markets
December corn futures and July Chicago wheat futures have made new contract highs.
Corteva Agriscience, Monsanto finalize corn rootworm trait license
Corteva Agriscience will receive a license to stack Monsanto’s Corn Rootworm III and MON89034 traits with Corteva Agrisciences’ insect control traits.
High-yield corn hybrids come with more variability
A hybrid with high adaptability will yield like gangbusters when planted in optimal conditions but may let farmers down in a bad year.
Wet, cold spring could lead to seedling blights in corn
Seedling blights are caused by fungi and fungal-like organisms that are prevalent when cool, wet soil conditions occur during or after planting.
Soybeans edge out corn in 2018 planting intentions
U.S. farmers expect to plant more soybeans than corn this spring, according to the USDA's Prospective Plantings report.
Are BMR corn hybrids more digestible?
The 2017 corn harvest in Northern New York is providing data to researchers to compare forage quality and yield between two distinct types of corn.
