What challenges do soybean farmers face planting cover crops before and after soybeans? The benefits of cover crops in rotations is widely documented and include reducing erosion; improving soil structure; nutrient cycling; increasing ...
New U.S. seedings of alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures increased by 5% last year over the 2.39 million acres planted in 2012. It was the second year in a row to see an increase, even though it’s the third-lowest total of newly seeded acres ...
It is indeed becoming curiouser and curiouser (to quote Alice in Wonderland) that this discussion should focus so one-sidedly on our lowly alfalfa crop. Even the National Geographic article implies that the quantity of 'water' exported with ...
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Soybeans were higher on commercial and technical buying. Weekly export sales were lower than expected, but still more than what's needed to meet USDA projections and it was a good week for shipments. Around ten to fifteen percent of ...
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This past fall 2013, many growers found it difficult to plant wheat as early as they would like. In most cases, it was due to a prolonged dry-down period for the preceding crop. It resurrects the question of adjusting cropping strategies ...
Soybeans were higher on commercial and fund buying. Weekly export numbers were strong, USDA will probably increase their estimate next week, and there are concerns about weather in key growing areas of South America. There’s been more ...
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OILSEEDS: U.S. soybean supplies are increased 5 million bushels to 3.46 billion on higher projected imports, mainly from Canada. Soybean exports for 2013/14 are projected at 1.51 billion bushels, up 15 million from last month reflecting the ...
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U.S. wheat ending stocks for 2013/14 are projected 50 million bushels lower as higher expected food use and exports more than offset an increase in projected imports. Imports are raised 10 million bushels as railroad backlogs and other ...
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Four pesticides commonly used on crops to kill insects and fungi also kill honeybee larvae within their hives,according to Penn State and University of Florida researchers.The team also found that N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone(NMP)—an ...
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Cotton ginneries in Pakistan received 13.1 million bales as on February 1, 2014, showing a rise of 5.83 percent compared to arrival of 12.378 million bales during the corresponding period of last season, according to the fortnightly report ...
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Farmers and farm advisers can participate in a free national forum on cover crops and soil health. On Feb.18,almost 200 sites across the country,including eight locations in Missouri,will host a free,live broadcast from the National ...
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Recently at the Joint Commodities Conference,Erick Erickson,Director of Global Strategies for the US Grains Council used the opportunity to speak to producers on what the US Grains Council does for them,as well as some future plans: "We ...
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Georgia farmers produced 46 percent more corn and 12 percent more soybeans in 2013 than in 2012 according to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service annual crop production report,released on Jan.13. The state's corn ...
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The Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association (PCGA) would cooperate with several multinational companies (MNCs) for importing good quality seeds, in order to increase the production of cotton in the country, said PCGA chairman Mukhtar Ahmed Khan ...
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Cotton is no longer a strategic crop for Tajikistan, Minister of Agriculture Qosim Qosimov said at a press conference in Dushanbe, avesta news agency reported. However, the Minister clarified that it would not mean abandoning cotton ...
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