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Tag: Emily Unglesbee
Soybean Cyst Nematode: Changing Up SCN-resistant Varieties is Key – DTN
The next time you head to the fields to check if they are harvest-ready, consider bringing a soil probe along to test for soybean cyst nematode (SCN). The SCN Coalition, […]
Soybeans, Corn: Foliar Diseases – 5 Tips to Get Accurate Diagnosis – DTN
Have you ever thought about how hot the back of a mail delivery truck gets? Or the dashboard of your pickup truck after a day in the sun? Suzanne Bissonnette […]
Soybeans: Trans Fat Ban – Great Timing for High Oleic Varieties – DTN
Monday marks the deadline for the American food industry to rid itself of trans fats, and it couldn’t come at a better time for the high oleic soybean industry. Trans […]
Corn Growth Spurts: Check for Twisted Whorls, Yellow Leaves, Weakened Stems – DTN
Adolescence is the worst. Just ask your corn. Corn plants in the V5 to V7 growth stage may be showing some symptoms of a giant growth spurt — twisted whorls, […]
USDA Reports Trimmed Soy, Corn Stocks – DTN
USDA trimmed both 2017-18 (old-crop) and 2018-19 (new-crop) corn and soybean ending stocks in its release of June Crop Production and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) this month. […]
Old Weeds Return: Cocklebur, Velvetleaf – Beyond Roundup Ready – DTN
The early bird may get the worm, but the late-emerging weed gets the run of the field.
Rice: FDA Gives Golden Rice a Nod – DTN
The international effort to release a strain of rice known as Golden Rice is nearing completion. On May 24, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) became the third major […]
Corn – Good News: Rootworm Trait Agreement; Corteva Agriscience and Monsanto – DTN
Corteva Agriscience, the newly formed agriculture division of DowDuPont, will license two insect traits from Monsanto, an aboveground Bt protein stack and Corn Rootworm III, which contains an RNAi rootworm […]
Midwest Fields: Weed Worries Grow – Planting Delayed in Iowa, Michigan – DTN
In the race to plant the 2018 crop, the month of May has seen a lot of winners. Gerald Gauck of east-central Indiana crossed the finish line on May 12. […]
Soy, Corn Biotech: 10% Yield Jump, Sooner Than You Think – DTN
For many years, advances in crop technology have focused on specific production traits like herbicide tolerance or insecticide production. Photosynthesis — the driving force behind all plant life — was […]
