DuPont Pioneer and Cargill announced that they will work with farmers near Cargill’s facility in Sidney, Ohio, to grow Pioneer® brand soybeans with the Plenish® high oleic trait in 2015. Cargill will contract with soybean farmers in the Sidney, Ohio, area to grow Plenish® high oleic soybeans that will be delivered to a participating elevator or directly to Cargill for … Read More
Hick Chick Chat: Unilever, ADM, and Sustainability
Last month at the 2014 Farm Progress Show in Boone, Iowa I attended the ADM press conference regarding their involvement with Unilever’s movement to become more sustainable by the year 2020. The common theme was working together to showcase and highlight agriculture and tell the story of the farmer who works the ground to make the best product. ADM sources … Read More
FS HiSOY® Celebrates 50 Years of Legacy
For 50 years now, FS HiSOY has stood for cutting edge innovation, superior quality and consistent performance. These key components are the foundation in which the HiSOY Legacy was built. “We’ve been innovators since the early days,” said John Earley, a retired FS Crop Specialist. HiSOY began its journey in 1965 by being the first proprietary soybean made available. Since … Read More
FAPRI: Corn, Soybean and Cotton Prices to Drop Even More
A crop that’s expected to be even bigger than just previously estimated is expected to push prices down even more than previously expected. Earlier this month, we told you how the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri expected corn, soybean and cotton prices to drop from what had been some pretty impressive highs of … Read More
Dow ENLIST Deregulated by USDA
USDA has issued a decision to deregulate Dow AgroSciences’ Enlist™ 2,4-D and glyphosate-resistant corn and soybean traits in the United States. The company is now awaiting EPA registration of Enlist Duo™ herbicide, the companion herbicide to the Enlist traits. “Enlist will help farmers increase their productivity to meet the growing demand for a safe and affordable food supply,” said Tim … Read More
USDA Increases Crop Estimate
USDA has increased its estimate of both the corn and soybean crops this month, building on already forecast record highs. Corn production is forecast at 14.4 billion bushels, up 3 percent from both the August forecast and from 2013. Based on conditions as of September 1, yields are expected to average 171.7 bushels per acre, up 4.3 bushels from the … Read More
Bayer ILeVO Fights Soybean SDS
A growing threat to soybean yield is Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS). In fact, it is one of the top-four yield-robbing diseases in soybeans and has now spread throughout the Midwest, threatening to severely impact the gains in productivity soybean growers have come to expect. But Bayer CropScience has a new weapon to fight SDS that will hopefully be available next … Read More
FAPRI: Crop Prices Dropping
Crop producers are seeing a complete reversal of fortunes from not very long ago, as commodity prices drop and are expected to continue to stay down through next year. The latest report from the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute at the University of Missouri shows a sharp decline in prices for grains, oilseeds and cotton compared to recent peaks. … Read More
DuPont Pioneer to Build $35 million Soybean Research Facility
DuPont Pioneer announced plans to build a $35 million soybean research facility at its Stine Haskell Research Center in Newark, Del. The nearly 134,000 square foot facility will include two state-of-the-art automated greenhouses and is expected to be completed in 2016, with room for future expansion. “The new DuPont Pioneer Delaware Soybean Research Facility will advance our research and development … Read More
Soybean Groups Hold Biotech Roundtable
The American and Illinois Soybean Associations teamed up last week to gather more than 100 farmers, researchers, leaders of agricultural organizations and federal officials for a discussion on the worldwide benefits of agricultural biotechnology. “It is critical that agriculture let policymakers and regulators in Washington know how much farmers need biotechnology to sustainably produce food for the world’s population. Scientists … Read More