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Study Says Upping Inputs Could Drive Down Profits

By Gord Gilmour February 17, 2011

From their perch at the University of Minnesota, graduate students Wade Kent and Landon Reis have seen a clear trend emerge over the past few years. Higher prices have soybean growers throwing everything they could find – higher seeding rates, more fertility inputs, and more crop protection products – at their crops in order to

Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

Wheat Growing Makes Comeback In Minnesota

By Doug Holen February 10, 2011

Fields of barley, oats, rye, triticale, and winter and spring wheat could be seen from Rochester to Grand Forks until the early 1990s, when they all but disappeared from southern and central Minnesota. What once was old is new again. In the past six to seven years, the University of Minnesota has heard an increasing

News

World Teetering On Environmental Catastrophe, Conference Warned

By Ron Friesen January 27, 2011

Floods inundating parts of Australia. Blizzards shutting down the eastern United States. Mudslides killing hundreds of people in Brazil. All three events in the last few weeks have one thing in common. They’re a sign the earth is reacting after centuries of human abuse, an international flood control conference heard last week. “This is telling

Cereals, Crops

Robust Barley So Robust With Climate Change

January 13, 2011

Climate change is already affecting barley yields in southern Minnesota, and climate change may move the crop’s range farther north, says a University of Minnesota Extension small-grains specialist. Jochum Wiersma says a group of researchers from the university analyzed three decades of the variety Robust’s yield trial and weather data from the university’s Research and

Cereals, News

In Brief… – for Oct. 21, 2010

By Reuters October 21, 2010

Baltic stake:Viterra Inc. is opening a new marketing office in Kiev, Ukraine. “By establishing our company in key geographic areas such as Ukraine, we extend our ability to manage trade flows of food ingredients, freight activities and arbitrage opportunities, while managing price risk,” said Christian Joerg, vice-president and managing director, Europe.Net trade exports of wheat,

Opinion

Corporate Universities Toe The Line

By Alan Guebert October 14, 2010

ASeptember piece inThe Economist,makes the bold statement that “America’s universities lost their way badly in the era of easy money. If they do not find it again, they may go the way of GM,” the global automotive giant that became a global lemon in less than two generations. The Economistlists some incriminating facts: While “median

Crops

Are U. S. Regulators Dropping The Ball On Biocrops?

By Carey Gillam April 22, 2010

“Science is not being considered in policy setting and deregulation. This research is important. We need to be vigilant.” – ROBERT KREMER Robert Kremer, a U. S. government microbiologist who studies Midwestern farm soil, has spent two decades analyzing the rich dirt that yields billions of bushels of food each year and helps the United

News

U. S. Ethanol Policy Frustrates Environmentalists

February 25, 2010

U. S. corn growers expressed relief when the Obama administration unveiled new environmental rules that would boost use of corn-based biofuel, but green groups complained the guidelines may fill the air with nitrogen, a greenhouse gas viewed as more potent than carbon. The Environmental Protection Agency unveiled what amounted to a tweaking of the national

Country Crossroads

How’s School Going?

By Kathleen A. Olson November 12, 2009

Your children are learning the most from you – by watching you, talking to you and interacting with you. In many ways, parents are the most important teachers children will have and it’s important to support your children’s education both at school and at home. School success depends on some factors fostered in the home

Country Crossroads

Tips For Shopping For School

By Sara Croymans August 20, 2009

University of Minnesota Extension Back-to-school shopping can be an exciting time for children and a potentially stressful time for parents. Given increased costs for groceries, gas and heating, family budgets may be very strained. Back-to-school shopping can be a great opportunity to teach children money management and consumer decision-making skills. Consider the following helpful tips

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Soybeans mixed on doubts over Chinese demand

Tyson Foods to close U.S. beef plant as cattle supplies dwindle

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures dip as Brazilian beef tariffs lifted

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