Seven new cotton varieties designed to help cotton farmers meet some of their most challenging conditions are being released for the 2014 season. Developed by Bayer CropScience, the new varieties can better handle tough-to-control weeds, ...
Wheat futures closed lower this week on continued pressure from record global supplies and poor export demand for U.S. wheat. Futures dropped sharply after USDA revised up its record-high world production forecast on Friday. CBOT wheat ...
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Temperatures across the country this morning are in the teens and 20s from Nebraska northward, with 30s, 40s, and even a few 50 degree readings across the Midwest. A weak cold front is currently crossing the Midwest, with the associated ...
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Scientists led by experts at Durham University have discovered a natural mechanism in plants that could stimulate their growth even under stress and potentially lead to better crop yields. Plants naturally slow their growth or even stop ...
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Innovative work by two Florida State University scientists that shows the structural and DNA breakdown of a bacteria-invading virus is being featured on the cover of the February issue of the journal Virology. Kathryn Jones and Elizabeth ...
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How do severe temperatures impact winter wheat? According to Bob Fanning, SDSU Extension Plant Pathology Field Specialist, the current winter wheat crop in South Dakota is doing well because it either received enough moisture early on in ...
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The sale of seed treatments has tripled in the last decade. Why? It makes economic sense for the farmers who use them, says Jay Vroom, CropLife Foundation president and CEO. Vroom and CropLife Foundation had a press conference at the ...
Marine cyanobacteria—tiny ocean plants that produce oxygen and make organic carbon using sunlight and CO2—are primary engines of Earth's biogeochemical and nutrient cycles. They nourish other organisms through the provision of ...
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The 20th Cotton and Grain Pre-Plant Conference will be held Jan. 16 at the Sam Sparks Auditorium at Rio Farms in Monte Alto. Rio Farms is located at 25601 Farm-to-Market 88, some 10 miles north of Expressway 83 in Weslaco. Registration ...
Eurasian Minerals Inc. (the "Company" or "EMX") (TSX VENTURE:EMX) (NYSE MKT:EMXX) is pleased to announce the signing of an Exploration and Option Agreement (the "Agreement") with Ferrite Resources Ltd. ("Ferrite"), a privately-held ...
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DuPont Pioneer researchers are working to help growers understand the risks of planting in cold, wet seedbeds and mitigate those challenges with corn hybrids that tolerate less-than-ideal soil conditions. Many Pioneer? brand hybrids feature ...
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The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, in cooperation with the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board, will conduct a Feral Hog Management Workshop from 8 a.m.-3:15 p.m. Feb. 4 at the Luling Foundation, 523 S. Mulberry St., in ...
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Global CO2 emissions continue to rise—in 2012 alone, 35.7 billion tons of this greenhouse gas entered the atmosphere. Some of it is absorbed by the oceans, plants and soil. They provide a significant reservoir of carbon. Scientists ...
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A team of researchers from the U.S. and Brazil has created a virtual map of possible ancient human population centers in the Amazonian jungle by using statistical methods that connect modern terra preta areas. In their paper published in ...
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URBANA, Ill. - University of Illinois Extension is hosting the 10th annual Illinois Crop Management Conferences at four different locations in January and February. Each one is a two-day, in-depth program providing university research-based ...