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Results Mixed When Fungicides Applied To Healthy Corn

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Spraying healthy corn plants with the fungicide Headline to boost yields most often didn’t pay in trials conducted in North Dakota and Manitoba last year. Moreover, excessive use of the fungicide (a strobulrin), which controls disease through just one site of action, could speed up disease resistance to the chemical, Joel Ransom, an extension agronomist
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Brazil To Displace Argentina As No. 2 Corn Exporter

Brazil is set to become the world’s No. 2 corn exporter, displacing Argentina where a drought is expected to slash the harvest, data from the U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) showed Feb. 10. Brazil already produces more than twice as much corn as its southern neighbour but uses most of it domestically, as livestock
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U. S., Argentina set for corn export battle

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“Our export estimations will probably have to be adjusted down, considering the effect that the drought is likely to have on production.” – Patricia Bergero, Rosario Grain Exchange The recent surge in U. S. corn sales could end soon as Argentina, the world’s second-largest exporter behind the United States, emerges with a new crop and
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Pests to thrive as global climate warms

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Populations of insects that feed on corn and other crops in the United States may flourish and expand to new territory as global climate change brings warmer summers and milder winters in the decades ahead, according to a new study. More frequent or more severe pest infestations may cut crop yields and drive up the
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USDA chief predicts lower inputs by spring

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U. S. farmers have not seen their input costs decline significantly despite the recent drop in energy prices, Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer said Nov. 18, but he remained confident conditions would improve before growers plant their 2009 crops. Prices for corn, soybeans, wheat and other crops have dropped after setting record highs earlier this year.
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Farmers want heavy frost to help dry bumper corn crop

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“We’ve harvested lots of corn late in the past. We just haven’t done it in a while. It’ll be a good experience for some of these young guys.” – Shawn McCutcheon Until a few weeks ago Manitoba corn farmers were praying it wouldn’t freeze; now a hard, killing frost is exactly what they want to
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U. S. farmers consider wet corn

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Farmers around the U. S. Midwest were trying to decide if they should begin harvesting corn that will need to be dried manually after it is cut, agronomists and grain dealers say. Most growers had hoped to let their corn dry naturally but leaving crops in the field late into the fall is risky. Farmers
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High-moisture corn has advantages, disadvantages

“If you were planning to use the corn as livestock feed, highmoisture storage may be an option worth checking out.” High-moisture corn offers many advantages for producers who feed beef or dairy cattle, according to a North Dakota State University livestock expert. “However, successfully using high-moisture corn requires attention to storage conditions, feeding management and

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