Moisture levels surprise in Michigan corn seed trials
Five seed companies took the top six places in early- and full-season corn tests at Bill Bierman’s Lenawee County farm, conducted by Farmer’s Independent Research of Seed Technologies during this year’s growing season.
Long-range balance sheets and price projections have been released, and not much improvement is expected in the corn complex. Through the year 2020 the stocks-to-use on corn is not forecast to drop below 10 percent.
President Barack Obama’s announcement of an executive order on immigration policy may not go far enough to mean much in agriculture, say many farm groups.
Overseas tobacco pressuring U.S. producers even further
Burley tobacco growers in Kentucky have long been regarded as the best producers of the crop in the world, having the right climate, the right soil and the most knowledge of how to grow stellar plants year after year.
Developing GMO seed corn big business for Aloha State
What comes to mind as Hawaii’s most valuable crop – something tropical, maybe pineapple or macadamia nuts? Or something horticultural, like flowers flown to the West Coast for leis and exquisite arrangements?
