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Guided Stalk Sampling Helps Gauge Corn Nitrogen Status
2013-02-14 19:31:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: On-Farm Network Weather conditions play a major role when it comes to managing nitrogen fertilizer application in corn. The Iowa Soybean Associations On-Farm Network has been gathering research via a corn stalk testing method known as guided stalk sampling (GSS) in order to more closely match corn nutrient needs. read more
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Drought Effects on 2013 Corn Planting: Plant Population and Maturity Group
2013-02-13 22:17:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Source: Farmgate blog You are paying $4 for 1,000 kernels of seed corn, and with great precision, bury them, kernel by kernel, bag after bag after bag. The late Paul Harvey would define that as optimism. But if you are burying that seed in dry soil, should you plant at a higher or lower population than usual? And what about maturity; should it be earlier or later than normal? Your seed corn bill will have at least five digits, and six digits for many larger farms, and by spending that much money, your decision has to reflect more science than optimism. read more
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Corn Supply Increased Slightly in Feb. 8 WASDE
2013-02-12 20:51:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
On Feb. 8, USDA released the latest World Agriculture Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) Report, which showed slight increase in the expected U.S. corn ending stocks for 2012-2013, compared to the January estimates. The projected 2012-2013 corn ending stocks are now estimated at 632 million bushels, as compared to 602 million bushels in the January report. By comparison, corn ending stocks at the end of 2011-2012 marketing year were 932 million bushels, and were just over 1.1 billion bushels at the end of the 2010-2011 crop year. Focus on Ag read more
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Evaluating Corn and Soybean Consumption Projections
2013-02-12 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - On 8 February, the USDA released new projections for marketing year consumption of US corn and soybeans. Prices will now be at least partially influenced by how closely the rate of consumption tracks these projections, writes Darrel Good.
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Feb. 8 WASDE Corn and Soybean Consumption Projections
2013-02-11 22:52:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Source: University of Illinois On Feb. 8, the USDA released new projections for marketing year consumption of U.S. corn and soybeans. Prices will now be at least partially influenced by how closely the rate of consumption tracks these projections. read more
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