The Agricultural Retailers Association has been made aware of two issues involving the new regulations for transportation under the agricultural hours of service exemption. As previously reported, the provisions contained in the highway (MAP-21) went into effect on Oct. 1.
Maas Companies of Rochester, Minn., will liquidate the former Northwood Mills Oilseed Plant, a state-of-the-art oilseed processing facility outside of Grand Forks, at a Sheriff’s Foreclosure Auction on-site at 530 35th Street NE, Northwood, N.D.
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Sorghum was originally a tropical plant, but USDA scientists in Lubbock, Texas, are looking to Asia to increase sorghum's cold tolerance and expand its production range.
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DropSpan allows irrigating around obstructions
Valley Irrigation has introduced the new Valley DropSpan for center pivots. The DropSpan allows growers to irrigate additional acres with a center pivot by “dropping” spans upon arriving at a large obstruction in a field, allowing the center pivot to continue irrigating no-obstructed sections of a field.
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Scientists map the barley genome
In a major advance that will unlock the benefits of the mapping of the barley genome--one of the world's most important cereal crops--work conducted and supported by the USDA in collaboration with researchers around the world has resulted in the most advanced sequencing of the barley genome to date.
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CHS acquires Tomen Grain facility in Illinois
CHS Inc., an energy, grains and foods company and the nation's leading farmer-owned cooperative, announced it has acquired the Tomen Grain facility at Pekin, Ill., from Tomen Grain Company, a majority-owned subsidiary of Toyota Tsusho America Inc.
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Expanded pre-emerge label for Warrant herbicide
The new, expanded label for Warrant herbicide will now help to provide farmers the flexibility to manage small seeded grasses and broadleaf weeds, as well as tough-to-control weeds like Palmer amaranth and tall waterhemp in either a pre- or post-emergence application.
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New weed management tool for Illinois
The Illinois Soybean Association has launched an interactive Weed Management Map to help the state's soybean farmers more effectively combat glyphosate resistance.
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Ohio State releases app to report invasive species
Ohio State University Extension has released a new smartphone app for spotting and tracking invasive species to try to keep them from setting up beachheads and hurting the economy and environment.
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BIG PICTURE
By Doane EconomistThe new NOPA crush data argued that USDA is too high at 1.720 billion bushels in its estimate of the 2011/12 soybean products crop year crush. With the release of the October supply/demand report from USDA, Doane adopted the USDA forecasts for the just concluded marketing year. Based on the latest monthly data from NOPA, it is apparent that USDA was too aggressive in its implied September crush forecast. Doane has revised its 2011/12 seasonal crush forecast to 1.713 billion bushels, down 7 million from USDA. Doane expects that USDA will make an adjustment in the November supply and demand report that lowers its forecast to the range of 1.710 billion to 1.715 billion bushels. The NOPA report on soyoil stocks was fundamentally bullish. Because of the smaller crush, there was less soybean oil produced. Soyoil stocks at member plants totaled 2.043 billion pounds, down from 2.168 billion last month. The average soyoil stocks forecast was about 2.1 billion. The end of September soyoil stocks report marks the end of the marketing year.
