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3 Tips For Handling Larger Soybean Seed Size this Spring
2013-01-23 20:19:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Source: DuPont Pioneer Soybean seed size is influenced by both genetics and the environment. Genetic effects on seed size are largely predictable but weather conditions and their effects on seed size are not. Given the atypical growing season in 2012, it is important to understand the impact on soybean seed size and shape. read more
Diversity Helps Manage Margins | A Seed Enterprise Broadens Efficiencies, Revenues
2013-01-17 01:32:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Keith and Brian Berns rarely get a day off in their corn, soybean and rye/triticale rotation. Their separate entity, a cover-crop seed operation, makes sure of it. But the diversified enterprises provide more overall profit potential in volatile marketing environments. The Berns brothers no-till about 2,500 acres outside Bladen, Neb.; about 30% of those are irrigated. Some of both irrigated and dryland acres are used for cover-crop seed production, marketed through Green Cover Seed. The brothers company, formed in 2009, markets several lines of legumes, broadleaves, grasses and radishes, turnips and other exotic Brassicas. read more
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San Antonio startup TrueAbility snares $750,000 in seed funding
2013-01-15 13:22:53| IT Services - Topix.net
TrueAbility, a San Antonio-based technology startup, has announced a $750,000 seed-stage funding round led by Rackspace co-founders Pat Condon and Graham Weston .
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Iowa FFA chapters awarded $1,500 Planting A Seed Grants
2013-01-10 06:00:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Ankeny, Iowa – Eight Iowa FFA chapters have been awarded $1,500 “Planting A Seed” grants by the Iowa Food & Family Project (Iowa FFP) to conduct activities that increase agricultural awareness in their communities and interest among youth in food production and life sciences. The program is sponsored by DuPont Pioneer in cooperation with the Iowa FFA Foundation. read more
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CASE IH HELPS MAKE EVERY SEED COUNT WITH NEW PRECISION DISK DRILLS
2013-01-03 06:00:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Redesigned from the ground up, the all-new Precision Disk single-disk air drills deliver best-in-class seed placement accuracy for an array of crops grown in diverse conditions and geographies. The new offering includes the Precision Disk 500T with an on-board bulk seed tank in 25-, 30-and 40-foot working widths and the Precision Disk 500 in 30-and 40-foot sizes, which are paired with a tow-between or tow-behind air cart. read more
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