By Melvin Brees
The grain price outlook appears bullish, and prices remain in an uptrend. You may not want to sell yet, but you have got to sell sometime. Based on the USDA Jan. 12, 2011, reports, U.S. corn stocks-to-use...
Don’t ignore early season insects that feed on seedlings.
There are more than 20 common insect pests of field corn. The potential for at least one of them to cause problems makes it worthwhile to scout cornfields for insect damage...
By Carroll Smith
Editor
For nearly half a century, according to the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA), the NCGA’s National Corn Yield Contest has provided corn growers the opportunity to compete with their colleagues to grow the most corn per acre....
For early season weed control,
timing is the ‘biggest management concern.’
To set the stage for achieving the highest yield potential, Southern corn farmers have determined that tiny corn seedlings have got to emerge into a weed-free environment. In comparison to...
Farming businesses can benefit from increased Section 179 expense deduction and extension of bonus depreciation.
By David P. Webb
and D. Nathan Smith
President Obama signed into law the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 on Sept. 27, 2010 (the “Act”). The...
Arkansas farmers switched to a variable rate fertility
program to save money and increase yields.
By Carroll Smith
Editor
When brothers Curtis and Hunter Miller and Hunter’s son Clayton made the switch last year to a variable rate fertility program, they...
To say that commodity prices have been volatile this year is obviously the ultimate understatement. Since marketing is not my area of expertise, I would like to defer to Melvin Brees, who is the market/policy Extension associate, FAPRI, University...
A new product, along with an effort by several universities to align their research, will help remove the fear factor from growing corn.
By Carroll Smith
Editor
For all corn producers, aflatoxin is the “A” word that everyone fears, and no one...
Missouri agriculture business specialist David Reinbott discusses supply and demand, technicals and a marketing plan.
In the Sept. 10, 2010 USDA supply and demand report, old crop and new crop ending stocks were lowered from the August report. The 2009-10...
Check out herbicides, seed treatments
and a new corn head
New Corn Heads Boost Harvest Capacity
Frontier Equipment offers two wide-row corn heads, the CH2208 eight-row (pictured at right) and the CH2112 twelve-row with new design features to increase harvest capacity in...
By Carroll Smith
Editor
Usually, in the last two weeks of December, it’s inevitable that commentators will dedicate at least one segment of their television or radio shows to discuss some of the highlights of the year that’s about to draw...
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 (121 RM)
• Deep South genetics designed to withstand Southern heat stress
• Dual purpose, Southern developed genetics with...
Insects that live in the soil, including wireworms, white grubs, rootworms, seedcorn maggots, whitefringed beetle larvae, lesser cornstalk borer and others, can damage corn seeds and seedlings. These insects cannot be controlled once corn seed has been planted. Rotated,...
Will the year 2010 present the risk management challenges that 2009 did? So far, it looks like it could. In less than two weeks, March corn futures prices have ranged about $0.57.
Although currently overshadowed by the supply/demand estimates, other...
Experts target three key weeds – horseweed,
Palmer amaranth and Italian ryegrass.
By Carroll Smith
With many producers planting corn as early as March or April in the Southern states, they will soon be faced with a host of yield-robbing weeds poised...
