Almost 75% of the Iowa fields which the University of Illinois tested for weed resistance in 2016 showed resistance to glyphosate and PPO inhibitors among the waterhemp or palmer amaranth weeds tested. January 19, 2016 By Jerry Carlson — Almost half the fields in Illinois and over 80% of the fields in Missouri checked by the weed

Reactions have been mostly positive to Sonny Perdue’s nomination as new Secretary of Agriculture — except for mainstream media critics noting that the new U.S. cabinet contains no ethnic Hispanics.  Perdue’s selection means USDA will again be administered by a former governor, as it was under outgoing ag secretary Vilsack. Purdue focused on simplifying and

Russia’s strategy of barring transgenic crops is bearing fruit: Soaring export growth in food sales to China. Today’s Wall Street Journal features a report indicating that Russia’s goal is to crowd out much of America’s $26 billion of annual food sales to China. China’s top government officials are pushing hard to make China a biotech leader.

January 14, 2017 –Excerpts from consultant Bob Streit’s weekly crop update:  I have previously mentioned that in working with a friend and ag professional on his farm just west of Guthrie Center, and other individuals across the state, we were seeking high corn yields in 2016. When we combined different products on a 31-45 CSR

Wall Street Journal writer Jesse Newman captures the mood of today’s creative, optimistic farmers who are growing products for higher-value markets. They’re using their management and marketing skills, both of which are highly valuable and not easily found on the farm. January 9, 2017 — You can see the original article at this link. What

“The weedkiller Roundup causes non-alcoholic fatty liver disease at very low doses permitted by regulators worldwide, a new peer-reviewed study shows. The study is the first ever to show a causative link between consumption of Roundup at a real-world environmentally relevant dose and a serious disease.” Jan. 9, 2016 — That’s the lead in a GMWatch news

  After stalk N testing was performed this fall there were growers who found out their stalks’ N levels were in the high to very high range — but their yields didn’t seem to correlate to those findings. In other words they sometimes found that sidedressing N did not produce any yield increase. Jan. 3,