Expect potash prices near $505 per ton in 2012
“For 2012, we expect an average price of $505 per ton and then moving to $520 per ton average price in 2013."
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And how did your waterhemp crop do this year?
The question is being posed to corn and soybean growers about what weeds they saw while combining their fields this fall.
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ARA asks for survey help by retail/distribution
The Agricultural Retailers Association has initiated a survey of the ag retail and distribution industry in order to help shape the future of the retail industry.
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Mosaic issues 2011 sustainability report
The Mosaic Company has completed its second company-wide sustainability assessment and published a sustainability report summarizing progress on key initiatives in the areas of food, water, land, energy, air and people
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Time running short to register for ARA Conference
It's not too late to still register and attend the 2011 ARA Conference & Expo, which is Nov. 29-Dec. 1 in Boca Raton. Fla.
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Shipping hazardous materials by rail is safer
One study in Pennsylvania confirms the contention that shipping hazardous materials such as anhydrous ammonia is safer by rail.
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DuPont, BioLeap enter research collaboration
DuPont Crop Protection and BioLeap Inc. have entered into a research collaboration that will use novel molecular design technology developed at BioLeap to discover proprietary compounds for crop protection.
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EDITORIAL: Environmental Working Group proposes major changes in farm programm |
| By Daryll E. Ray and Harwood D. Schaffer |
Most of the major players in the farm bill debate this time assume that revenue insurance will be a major component of the final package. Thus a number of the specific proposals by various commodity organizations offer a wrap-around program that covers shallow losses, leaving it to revenue insurance to serve as a kind of disaster program that covers deep losses.
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Partnership to build new fertilizer hub plant
CHS Inc. and Watertown Cooperative Elevator Association, Watertown, S.D., have formed a partnership for the construction and operation of a fertilizer hub plant.
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BASF issues new call to action in weed management
BASF offers four tips to unlock the benefits of herbicides' sites of action in order to better manage resistance.
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Console is compatible with Norac UC5 system
Topcon Precision Agriculture announced its new X30 control console is now compatible with the Norac UC5 spray height control system.
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Where does phosphate come from?
Many soils need an additional source of phosphate to supplement the native supply in order to sustain global food supplies.
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(Visit the Crop Fertility Resource Center for more fertilizer news and information.)
End of season yields: What did Hybrid-Maize predict?
University of Nebraska researchers shared in-season yield predictions from UNL's Hybrid-Maize model.
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(Visit the Corn Resource Center for more fertilizer news and information.)
Soybean prices continue to struggle
Soybean prices have trended lower for the past month with January futures now back near the early October lows, noted a University of Illinois agricultural economist.
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(Visit the Soybean Resource Center for more fertilizer news and information.)
Planting wheat in November in Ohio
It is well beyond the recommended time for planting wheat in the state of Ohio, but some producers are still interested in getting wheat planted and would like to know what are their chances of having a successful crop, even after planting this late.
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(Visit the Wheat Resource Center for more cereals news and information.)
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