Today as we packaged some samples of various WakeUP solutions for further laboratory testing, the idea hit us: Most farmers who use wetting agents don’t see what happens when those products blend with water. Water’s reaction with WakeUP Summer is far different from most surfactants. There are hundreds of agricultural surfactants and spray “adjuvants,” but not many […]

Hopefully you’re not seeing many cornfields like the one in the photo below, taken the first week of August in north central Iowa and first posted on our website Aug. 7. We’ve been asking crop observers for their diagnoses. Today, Iowa crop consultant Bob Streit offers some possibilities in his weekly field scouting report, which we include below.

Monday, August 20 offers you one of the most profit-motivated and practical field days we’ve seen assembled in more than 30 years of fielding seminars. Just head for the machine shed on the Schwartz farm, 1778 Highway 44, west of Guthrie Center, for the all-day presentations and field day starting at 9:30 a.m. August 12, 2018 —

  The farm press is widely hailing a new scientific paper by three ARS/USDA genetic scientists who developed a gene-transfer procedure which could become a “multiple re-entry vehicle” for transferring a large number of traits into a plant at once. In trials, 10 traits were introduced in one insertion. August 10, 2018 — This methodology creates more massive crop performance changes than

We’ll link you directly to a very personal first-hand report on closing statements in the weeks-long Johnson v. Monsanto lawsuit in California. Close observer Zen Honeycutt, founder of Moms Across America, says that the jury’s decision could “go either way.” Zen Honeycutt August 8, 2018 — Attorneys for the plaintiff, DeWayne Johnson, are asking for $39

A federal judge in Brasilia ruled earlier this week that existing registrations of product containing glyphosate will be suspended in the next 30 days. The same court filing indicates that no new products containing glyphosate may be registered for use. Aug 8, 2018  By Jerry Carlson — So far there’s no further word on appeals

Gil Farley, president of Biodyne USA, just sent us the nearby photo of three brilliant red tomatoes which won the tomato Grand Championship at the Indiana State Fair. The grower, Zachary Brazel, enhanced their flavor and total quality with two Biodyne products. Grand Champion tomatoes, Indiana State Fair, 2018 August 7, 2018 — By Jerry Carlson We’ve

The photo below of a cornfield in north central Iowa was taken the first week of August. We’ve shown it to several agronomists, asking each for a “windshield diagnosis.” So far we don’t have an Agdia strip trial test for goss’s wilt, or local weather data.  August 7, 2018 — Opinions so far, based only on the