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May 7, 2012: Everything’s coming up soybeans



 




Monday, May 7, 2012
 
In this issue:

Industry News
Everything’s coming up soybeans
Multiple factors are converging to entice many farmers to plant soybeans this spring. Full story.

Corn replant considerations
Farmers definitely don’t want to replant a corn field unless absolutely necessary to assure an economical crop to harvest, and, therefore, retailer agronomists and crop consultants are often expected to help farmers make the nay or yea decision. Full story.

Biocontrol agent tested against kudzu bug
USDA ARS entomologist Walker Jones is evaluating a top natural enemy of the bug, the parasitic wasp Paratelenomus saccharalis. Full story.
First year for FMC triple-mode insecticide
Growers across the nation have a new insecticide with three-way protection against aphids, stinkbugs and other key pests with FMC’s Triple Crown insecticide that received federal EPA registration at the end of 2011 and has been approved by states for use this growing season. Full story.
Bayer to open Nebraska breeding station
Bayer CropScience is moving forward with plans to develop a new North American wheat breeding station and has entered into an agreement to lease and option to purchase 400 acres of land near Goehner, Neb., located 30 miles west of Lincoln in Seward County. Full story.
New liquid fertilizers from J. R. Simplot
The J. R. Simplot Company has begun producing a new line of NPK liquid crop nutrient products. Full story.

Warm spring may spell bees’ doom in fall
Although many farmers have taken advantage of the warm spring by planting crops earlier than usual, apiarists are concerned that the unusually warm weather will hurt bees by fall. Full story.

La Niña is finished, National Weather Service says
The National Weather Service announced Thursday that the two-year La Niña weather phenomenon is over. Climatologists believe that could be good news for drought areas of the South and hurricane areas along the coasts. Full story.

Farmland rental rates show continued strength in 2012
Anyone who is involved with the rental market for Iowa farmland knows that rental rates have been pushed significantly higher by the favorable corn and soybean prices that farmers have enjoyed since 2010. This trend continued in 2012. Full story.

BIG PICTURE
By Doane Economist
Statistics Canada released its March 31 Trimester Stocks Analysis report on May 7. Of particular interest to Doane’s clients are Wheat and Canola stocks. Wheat stocks totaled 14.48 million tonnes on March 31. The estimate was at the low end of the forecast range of between 14.40 million and 15.30 million tonnes. These are the fewest March 31 stocks since 2008 at 11.56 million tonnes. Stocks are low due to strong domestic disappearance. Canola stocks totaled 4.273 million tonnes. The estimate was at the low end of the forecast range of between 4.2 million and 4.8 million tonnes.
Crop Fertility Resource Center
When manure, fertilizer are applied together
There is a preconceived notion that a farmer will only use one fertilizer source to supplement nutrients supplied by soils. However these sources can be used in combinations very successfully. Full story.

For more, visit the Crop Fertility Resource Center.
Soybean Resource Center
19 species of Pythium in damped-off soybeans
During the 2011 growing season, Extension soybean pathologists from the north central states conducted a seedling disease survey to identify oomycete pathogens that cause damping-off in soybean. Full story.

For more, visit the Soybean Resource Center.
 
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Focus on Business
Asset-based lending: The post-crisis landscape
Many lenders today may feel a little bit like Max, Mel Gibson’s iconic character in the 1980s futuristic sci-fi movie trilogy Mad Max. In the same way that the post-apocalyptic landscape faced by Max was a far different world than existed before, the post-financial crisis lending landscape is far different from what existed before 2008. Full story.

For more Focus on Business articles, click here.
Wheat Resource Center
Aster leafhoppers in winter and spring wheat
North Dakota State University Extension recommends scouting for aster leafhoppers in wheat after the pests have been spotted on young spring wheat. Full story.

For more, visit the Wheat Resource Center.

Corn Resource Center
Progress of corn planting and corn emergence
With many corn fields planted early this year, some farmers may need to consider replanting if the crop was damaged or didn't emerge properly. Full story.

For more, visit the Corn Resource Center.

 
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