Insect Issues

CropVillage 0138 Show Notes:

• Another year of research data continues to show significant yield improvements with SmartStax technology.  Dow and Monsanto joint effort to pay dividends in the field according to Brent Stauffacher, Smart Stax Product Mgr for Mycogen Seeds

CropVillage 0096 Show Notes:

• North Dakota marketing specialist Al Nelson joins us with comments moving ahead with market planning
• Soybean growing season issues... little hope for best yields and pray for late frost
• CropScience Connection looks at insect pressures during late season

CropVillage 0071 Show Notes:

• USDA recontacting farmers in flooded areas to update next crop report
• Serious soil issue... wet weather and disease concerns coincide
• Grains trading on weather and a bit of good news as China sharply curtails its petroleum subsidies
• Bean Leaf Beetle agile, mobile and reproducing infantiles
• Link to the Pro Farmer Leading Edge Conference brochure, July 13-15 in Des Moines.

CropVillage 0059 Show Notes:

• Wrapping up a Farm Bill
• Time-short due to cool wet spring, side-dress your nitrogen to find a few days
• Black Cutworm moths on the move... and a concern for Armyworm pops in the midwest
• Food price forecast means more questions for grain growers
• Looking at the pricing complex... a complex issue