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GENUITY TECHNOLOGY TOOLS HELP FARMERS MANAGE PEST PRESSURE THROUGHOUT THE 2015 GROWING SEASON
2015-06-08 06:00:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
ST. LOUIS – Pest pressure in corn and soybean plants is an ongoing concern for farmers throughout every growing season. Genuity® has launched important updates to two key technology tools, the Genuity Rootworm Manager application and Genuity sponsored InsectForecast.com. These both proved to be valuable resources to farmers last season. read more
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U.S. farmers fear Monsanto-Syngenta deal
2015-06-08 03:01:17| Chemicals - Topix.net
Agribusiness giant Monsanto Co.' s pursuit of Syngenta AG is sowing fears in the U.S. Farm Belt that another round of industry consolidation will eliminate a top competitor for farmers' business and boost prices for seeds and pesticides.
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Farmers Union publishes reports on climate change effects on agriculture
2015-06-07 15:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Billings Gazette: Its been seven bruising political years since farm organizations dared utter the c word when discussing extreme weather and drought, but farmer Alan Merrill says climate change cant go unmentioned any longer. Were just trying to educate people that it is here, and maybe if there is something we can do about it, as people living on farms or people living in cities, we should take a look at it, Merrill told The Gazette. Merrill is president of the Montanas Farmers Union. The group began publishing...
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Other Voices: Why corn farmers can't ignore Epa's latest ethanol edict
2015-06-05 17:51:25| Agriculture - Topix.net
The ethanol combine suffered another setback last month when U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials unveiled proposed rules that cut the amount of the alternative fuel refiners must use. The EPA proposal would reduce the minimum required volume of corn-based ethanol in gasoline to 13.4 billion gallons in 2015 and 14 billion gallons in 2016 across the country - below a congressional target of 15 billion gallons for each year.
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Clarksburg Farmers Market opens Sunday
2015-06-03 13:11:54| Grocery - Topix.net
The Market will celebrate opening day from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the parking lot behind Bennigan's Restaurant, 23315 Frederick Road. Sunday's opening will be the first of the market's Super Sundays, Taty Franklin, co-president of the market's steering committee, said.
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