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Corn, Soybeans

Grain analyzer gets attention

Soybean Guide: With more soybeans and corn stored on farm, this new analyzer is paying off

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Reading Time: 5 minutes It’s easy to see why grain analyzers and testers are garnering more attention in ag circles, from the farm all the way up through elevators and even at large-scale processors. With tighter margins and a greater focus on finding efficiencies, but also with more focus on traceability, more interest in new traits, and more markets […] Read more
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Corn, Crops, Soybeans

Neonic rules ‘unworkable’ for Ont. corn, soy growers

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Ontario’s planned regulation to limit the use of neonicotinoid seed treatments might as well be a ban from where the organization sits representing the province’s corn and soy producers. After reviewing the draft regulation, which provincial officials posted March 23 for public comment until May 7, Grain Farmers of Ontario said Thursday it “strongly opposes […] Read more
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Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy watching weather for direction

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada –– Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybean markets moved lower during the week ended Wednesday, but stayed within their recent trading ranges. “We haven’t broken down out of a range yet, or broke to the upside,” said Scott Capinegro, president of Barrington Commodity Brokers in Barrington, Ill. “We are just flat and […] Read more
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Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly: Corn, soy look to test post-report floors, ceilings

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybean futures saw choppy activity over the past week as traders had spent much of the period positioning themselves ahead of the release of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s prospective plantings report. That choppiness is expected to continue as the market digests the report’s data and […] Read more
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Corn, Crops

Two ‘Leading Edge’ innovations for corn growers

Designed by a farmer, one innovation fills your truck more efficiently. The second cuts losses at harvest

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Reading Time: 5 minutes In times of tighter margins, most farmers step up their search for some advantage to improve their farming operation. Whether it’s new or old, they’re hoping to find something that boosts production, trims costs or, even better, does both. Even sweeter is if that innovation was developed through the vision of another farmer. That helps […] Read more
corn seedling
Corn, Crops

New research shows how your crop gets a sneak peek at weeds

It turns out your crop sees and reacts to weeds before the crop even emerges

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Reading Time: 6 minutes Weed science is constantly evolving and adapting as it learns more about the basic interactions of crops and weeds in the field. Now, get ready for another evolutionary rethink. Early in 2014, Dr. Clarence Swanton, a professor and researcher with the department of plant agriculture at the University of Guelph, brought to light new research […] Read more
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Corn, Crops, Soybeans

Ont. ag minister to review GFO proposal on bee health, neonics

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Ontario corn and soybean growers have secured a meeting with the provincial ag minister on the farmers’ proposed Plan B to balance crop pest control against bee health. Grain Farmers of Ontario said Thursday its representatives will meet March 26 with Agriculture Minister Jeff Leal to discuss the proposals laid out in GFO’s Ontario Pollinator […] Read more
Electric seed meter
Corn, Crops

Electric seed metering for your planter

Among the hottest new innovations for corn, these electric seed meters are catching on. The secret’s out!

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Reading Time: 5 minutes Precision agriculture just keeps getting more and more precise. The industry has seen the advent and refinement of yield monitors and variable-rate application, and now it has moved on to improved singulation in planters, automated down-pressure, and higher planting speeds. Most of those innovations have come in response to a growing time crunch. The windows […] Read more

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