Winter work continues for Iowa farmer

A southwest Iowa farmer says early winter has been a busy time on the farm. Ray Gaesser is a corn and soybean farmer in Adams County. “We’re often times delivering some of the grain we harvested in the fall that we have stored on the farm,” he said. “We’re preparing equipment, purchasing inputs for next…Continue Reading

Soybeans close weak, with corn, wheat up modestly

Soybeans were weak lower on profit taking and technical selling, ending the day closer to the session’s highs than the lows. No real changes to the near-term weather outlook for South America, with warmer, drier weather in parts of Argentina and Brazil, aside from a chance of scattered showers. Many areas could see a return…Continue Reading

NASDA CEO says more funding is needed for food safety

The CEO of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture says more needs to be done to protect the U.S. food supply. Ted McKinney says federal budget cuts are impacting the food safety industry. “We think we could easily lose 4 to 500 food safety inspectors from the state,” he says. “Of course, that…Continue Reading

NIMAXXA a new biological seed treatment for SCN control

A new tool for controlling soybean cyst nematode will be available to growers this year. Steve Sopher with crop protection company UPL says NIMAXXA will be the only triple-strain bionematicide on the market. “It colonizes roots, it kills nematodes, it inhibits egg hatch, and the third component is a growth promoter that actually increases the…Continue Reading

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