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...
By Carroll Smith
Editor
Although ag journalism wears many hats these days – magazines, television, radio, Web sites, Twitter, Facebook and blogs – the ink and the chatter predominately target topics that pertain to producing, processing and marketing the crop.
But, often,...
Corn grain yields in a twin-row system were significantly
raised by increasing seeding rates.
By Carroll Smith
The concept of planting twin-row corn isn’t a new one. Determining what it takes to make it more profitable than planting single-row corn is the...
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...
