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Corn Condition Improves in Latest Report
2014-06-30 22:15:00| National Hog Farmer
Willie Vogt The latest USDA Crop Progress Report has good news for feed grains and fall supplies. The report issued Monday shows that the 2014 corn crop is actually getting better with a bump up to 75% good to excellent condition. read more
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Soybean Switch Shades DuPont Earnings After Corn Price Drops
2014-06-28 03:33:44| Chemicals - Topix.net
Plunging corn prices and adverse weather helped prompt DuPont Co., the maker of Pioneer genetically modified corn, to trim its full-year earnings forecast as some farmers switched to soybeans.
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Estimate nitrogen losses in wet corn fields
2014-06-27 16:42:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Source: Iowa State University John Sawyer, professor of agronomy at Iowa State University, says that wet soils in June are more conducive to nitrate loss, reminding growers that corn plants do not respond well to saturated soils, and therefore can express symptoms similar to N deficiency when they really are showing excess water stress. read more
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Flooded soil increases corn, soybean seedling diseases
2014-06-26 21:58:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Source: University of Minnesota Extension Continued and excessive rainfall mixed with fluctuating temperatures offer excellent conditions for seedling diseases to appear in corn and soybean fields. University of Minnesota Extension Plant Pathologist Dean Malvick says now is a good time to check fields for seedling disease problems and efficacy of seed treatments. Content Classification: Curated read more
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Severe storms cause damage, flooding in corn, soybean fields
2014-06-24 21:28:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Large portions of southern Minnesota, northern Iowa and eastern South Dakota have been impacted by severe storms and have received excessive rainfall. This caused some property damage from strong winds, and caused considerable crop damage due to wind, hail and standing water in fields. Focus on Ag read more
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