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Apply Quality Control to Corn Fields for More Consistent Yields
2013-03-28 17:09:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Quality Control Applies to Farms, Too | Investigate Causes of Yield Variation for More Consistent Yields Farmer and engineer Clay Mitchell troubleshoots his crop yields the same way an engineer fine-tunes any process: He identifies yield variations and then fixes the cause. read more
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CME: Corn, Wheat & Soybean Acres Expected to Rise
2013-03-27 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - USDA will release a number of market moving reports on Thursday. In recent years, the March "Grain Stocks" report has been particularly interesting as trade has had trouble accounting for the pace of feed use during the December-February period, write Steve Meyer and Len Steiner.
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Scout for Weeds, Pests in Corn, Soybeans Early, Often, Walking the Field
2013-03-26 17:02:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Drive-By Scouts Cut Profits | Scout Crops Early, Often, Correctly or Hire a Pro "Theres nothing about scouting a farmer can't learn," says Bruce Potter, Minnesota Extension integrated pest management specialist. He, along with Ryan Wolf and Harold Watters scout extensively and train growers, crop consultants and agronomists how to scout. Scouting isn't just identifying a disease or insect pest, says Watters, an Ohio State University Extension field agronomist. read more
2013 Corn and Soybean Acreage and Yield Prospects
2013-03-26 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - Corn and soybean production prospects in the US in 2013 will hinge mostly on the nature of the growing season and yield prospects. The magnitude of planted acreage, however, will provide the basis for anticipating total production. Likely acreage has been the topic of discussion all winter, with projections in a fairly wide range, writes Darrel Good.
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Increased Variability of Corn DDGS Prompts Need to Measure Nutritional Profiles
2013-03-26 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
GLOBAL - The added nutritional variability caused by the extraction of oil from corn dried distillers grains with solubles has raised the need for tools that will provide accurate estimates of the energy values of these ingredients, according to an animal science professor with the University of Minnesota.
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