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Monday, Aug. 15, 2011
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Viptera corn being rejected by grain buyers
At least two grain companies, Bunge and Consolidated, that have the expectation of shipping corn to China have announced they will not accept delivery of Viptera corn with the MIR162 insecticidal trait because China has not approved import of the grain. Full story.
Mosaic Company introduces Mosaic Place
At a special reception on Aug. 11, the city of Moose Jaw and The Mosaic Company welcomed southern Saskatchewan residents to Mosaic Place, a state-of-the-art, multi-use facility and new gathering place for the people of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. Full story. Beck’s Hybrids to buy former Pfister Hybrids
Beck’s Hybrids purchased the former Pfister Hybrids facility in El Paso, Ill. The El Paso facility will provide Beck’s additional seed processing capabilities, expanded warehouse space, and additional research and testing facilities. Full story.
Study demands farmers lower N in environment
A news release issued by the Union of Concerned Scientists announced that scientists associated with this activist environmentalist group and serving on a five-year Environmental Protection Agency Science Advisory Board are reasonably happy with the board’s report, which details “the environmental threat posed by nitrogen pollution in the United States." Full story.
EPA grants for NH3 and chemical storage
Two $30,000 grants were awarded, one each to Missouri and Iowa state agencies, by the Environmental Protection Agency Seventh District, which serves Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and nine tribal nations. Full story.
Third largest corn crop forecasted
U.S. corn farmers are still on track to produce the third largest crop on record despite difficult growing conditions that have plagued much of the Corn Belt since planting, according to USDA reports released this week. Full story. DuPont opens New Holland corn research center
DuPont business Pioneer Hi-Bred celebrated the completion of a million-dollar expansion project at its corn research center in New Holland, Pa. Full story. Fifty percent chance of La Niña's return
Recent predictions by the National Weather Service of a 50 percent chance there will be another a Niña in the southern Pacific Ocean this fall can be taken two ways — with optimism or pessimism, said Dr. John Nielsen-Gammon, Texas A&M University professor and Texas state climatologist. Full story. Ag research important to U.S. growth
The chief scientist for the USDA said Thursday that agricultural research being conducted in Kansas will have a “payoff for everybody.” Full story. Ban sought on GM crops on federal land
Three environmental groups filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking to stop the planting of genetically-modified crops on 44,000 acres of federal land in the South, but the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says the corn, milo and rice provide food for migrating birds along critical flyways. Full story.  BIG PICTURE
By Doane Economist
On Aug 8, USDA announced two changes to allow for emergency forage from Conservation Reserve Program acres in drought-stricken states. USDA's Farm Service Agency will allow farmers and ranchers who have been approved for emergency grazing, including those in Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas, to extend the emergency grazing period to Oct. 31, without an additional payment reduction. The normal period for emergency grazing was set to expire on Sept. 30. Producers wishing to participate in emergency grazing must first request permission from the FSA county office by indicating the acreage to be grazed, according to the USDA statement. As a second condition designed to help livestock producers, FSA will allow producers nationwide to utilize harvested hay from expiring CRP acres when those acres are being prepared for fall seeded crops.
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Crop Fertility Resource Center
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Numeric nutrient criteria in your watershed
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has stated that nitrogen and phosphorus pollution is a “widespread, significant and growing problem."
Full story.
For more, visit the Crop Fertility Resource Center.
Yellow soybeans and delayed pod set
A number of producers and crop advisers have reported several cases of “yellow” soybeans this year. There are a number of reasons why soybeans might not have the deep green color we normally expect.
Full story.
For more, visit the Soybean Resource Center.
2011 Wisconsin winter wheat performance
Wisconsin saw a 37 percent increase in winter wheat acres harvested (315,000) in the 2010 -2011 growing season compared to the previous year.
Full story.
For more, visit the Wheat Resource Center.
Physoderma brown spot of corn
Physoderma brown spot, caused by the pathogen Physoderma maydis, is making an appearance in Illinois cornfields.
Full story.
For more, visit the Corn Resource Center.
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