Missouri market analyst Melvin Brees on market
signals and outlook.
What are the markets going to do? The better questions to ask are: What are the markets telling us? And how do I use that along with market outlook information? The...
Seed treatments help establish a stress-free crop during
the critical early season period.
By Carroll Smith
Seed treatments are often the first line of defense between young corn seedlings and diseases and insects lurking out in the field hoping to...
By Carroll Smith
Editor
In an address at Bradley Univer-sity in September 1956, former U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower told the crowd, “Now tonight, my friends, I want to talk some facts to farm people,” although he made it clear that...
For fertilizer efficiency, the new products and the old standbys complement one another.
By Glen Harris
When fertilizer prices reached an all-time record high, the market seemed to be flooded with new products designed to increase fertilizer efficiency. At the same...
Fall/winter residual herbicide application affords
many benefits.
Wet conditions this spring caused many farmers delays during plant-ing. But muddy and flooded fields did not catch everyone off guard. Farmers who applied a residual herbicide in the fall had a head start...
Many factors make grain marketing complicated and
risky at this time.
By Melvin Brees
Will uptrending corn and soybean futures prices continue moving to new highs? Or are the markets heading toward a collapse, eventually setting new lows? There are market analysts...
University and farmer in-field trials test a soil-applied fertilizer
and nutrient additive in a starter fertilizer program.
In the hilly area of West Tennessee, growers mainly plant no-till corn to reduce erosion problems. Starter fertilizer generally works well with no-till corn...
New technology broadens the insect spectrum to
include corn earworms.
By Carroll Smith
The gently rolling hills and fertile creek and river bottoms of Henderson County, Tenn., form the backdrop for several successful grain farms. Stephens Farm is one of them. Gerald...
By Carroll Smith
Editor
Even if you are not a Rolling Stones’ fan, you’ll probably recognize “You can’t always get what you want” as the first line of the chorus in the group’s famous song from 1969. Since its inception, many...
Southern universities offer tips for choosing the
corn hybrids that best fit your farm.
As noted by the University of Florida (UF) Extension Service, “Growers have only one chance to make the right decision on the right corn hybrid to use...
This section reflects a partial listing of corn hybrids suited for the Southern growing region. For additional offerings, contact your local seed representative.
AgVenture Midsouth
RL9858HB (119 RM) – NEW
• Roundup Ready and Herculex insect protection
• Excellent root and stalk strength
•...
By Carroll Smith
We don’t have a lot of options in cotton and soybeans for managing glyphosate-resistant weeds, but we do have several good pre-emerge and post-emerge herbicide options in corn,” says Bill Williams, LSU AgCenter state weed specialist.
Williams adds...
Carryover Adjustments
The March 11, 2009, USDA World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report projects increasing U.S. wheat carryover and somewhat lower ending stocks expected for corn and soybeans. World grain supplies continue to increase.
Expected corn use for ethanol...
Attention to details can help reduce the incidence of aflatoxin and fumonisins
By Stephen R. Koenning, Bruce A. Fortnum and Pawel Wiatrak
Toxic metabolic by-products of fungi, known as mycotoxins, have received considerable attention during the past several years. Aflatoxin, produced...
Irrigation timing and frequency impact yields
and operating costs.
By Kerry Harrison and Dewey Lee
Irrigation requires a relatively high investment in equipment, fuel, maintenance and labor, but offers a significant potential for increasing net farm income. Frequency and timing of water...
