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Survey Shows Ag Employers' Positive Reception to Military Veterans
Survey Shows Ag Employers' Positive Reception to Military Veterans

After promoting the recruitment of military veterans and professionals into the agricultural industry for many years, AgCareers.com decided to take a look at the issue from a more critical standpoint. The "Veteran

Stine Seed Pilot Program will Allow Farmers to Replant GMO Soybean Seed
Stine Seed Pilot Program will Allow Farmers to Replant GMO Soybean Seed

Next year, family-owned Stine says it will give about 200 farmers in a pilot program the chance to replant genetically modified soybean seeds. The program is expanding after launching this year with about 50 farmers.

Stalk borers moving in southern Iowa
Stalk borers moving in southern Iowa

Tracking degree days is a useful tool to estimate when common stalk borer larvae begin moving into cornfields from their overwintering hosts. Foliar applications, if needed, are only effective when larvae are migrating

Senate hopes to stop WOTUS (again)
Senate hopes to stop WOTUS (again)

The Senate Appropriations Committee approved the FY2017 Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, totaling $32.03 billion. Among its highlights is a rider to stop the Environmental Protection Agenc

Science detectives investigate a 'mitey' big bee problem
Science detectives investigate a 'mitey' big bee problem

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists are hot on the trail of a honey bee killer, and their detective work has taken them from hives in Tucson, Arizona, to those in Bismarck, North Dakota.

Register now for the ARA Management Academy
Register now for the ARA Management Academy

ARA continues to partner with Purdue University Center for Food and Agricultural Business to offer ag retailers and their staff opportunities such as the 10th Annual ARA Management Academy. The Academy, Feb. 2-4, 2016,

Nutrient management for profitable soybean production
Nutrient management for profitable soybean production

Nutrient management is an important component for maximizing net income from raising soybeans. Soybean yields and net income can be reduced when essential nutrients are not available at the time or in the quantities req

New Biopesticide Approved for Wide Range of Crops
New Biopesticide Approved for Wide Range of Crops

Repar Corporation, with headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, has developed Homobrassinolide 0.1%, a new generation plant growth promoter containing homobrassinolide, a natural substance with plant growth promoting a

Mavrx launches national imagery service using 100 aircraft pilots
Mavrx launches national imagery service using 100 aircraft pilots

A revolutionary approach on a national scale is bringing low-cost, high-quality on-demand imagery to U.S. farmers in 2016. The aerial program was developed and tested in 2015 by Mavrx, a global company in delivering on-

Louisiana Rice Crop Promising Despite Decreased Acres
Louisiana Rice Crop Promising Despite Decreased Acres

Louisiana rice farmers are ahead of the average planting schedule thanks to a relatively warm and dry spring. Rice farmers are anxious to have a good crop after three years of declining yields and low prices. "We

Kalo introduces new Legacy soybean inoculant
Kalo introduces new Legacy soybean inoculant

Kalo, Inc., announced the introduction of its new Legacy soybean inoculant, which features a low-viscosity extender that is 30 percent thinner than other extenders.

Importance of 'flag the technology' grows
Importance of 'flag the technology' grows

"Flag the Technology" helps farmers and pesticide applicators reduce errors and limit off-target herbicide drift, says University of Missouri Extension weed scientist Kevin Bradley. University of Arkansas C

Grain groups caution against ill-advised revisions to biotech regulations
Grain groups caution against ill-advised revisions to biotech regulations

Five national grain-based organizations have cautioned the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) not to make premature and ill-advised changes to its biotech regulations tha

Faust: Four Questions Focus Your Business Strategy
Faust: Four Questions Focus Your Business Strategy

As consultants who have worked intimately with hundreds of companies, we're amazed how often we've had to come back to basic questions because they were never adequately answered. There are a handful of thes

Farmers' Top 5 Regrets for 2016
Farmers' Top 5 Regrets for 2016

Hindsight is 20/20, as they say, and this is the time of year farmers tend to look back at the prior season and think about what they might have done differently - if they could have had a do-over.

Farm boom fizzles as U.S. crop surplus expands financial strain
Farm boom fizzles as U.S. crop surplus expands financial strain

The American farm boom is all but over. Farmland values are down from all-time highs. Global surpluses left corn and soybean prices below the cost of production. And the amount of agricultural debt relative to income ba

EU nations refuse to back new license for glyphosate
EU nations refuse to back new license for glyphosate

EU nations refused to back a limited extension of the herbicide glyphosate's use on Monday, threatening withdrawal of Monsanto's Roundup and other herbicides from shelves if no decision is reached by the end of the mont

EFC Systems announces integration with Adapt-N
EFC Systems announces integration with Adapt-N

EFC Systems, Inc., announces completion of integration between its FieldAlytics product and Agronomic Technology Corp's Adapt-N nitrogen recommendations and monitoring system.

Cowan named ICCA of the Year
Cowan named ICCA of the Year

Dale Cowan, of AGRIS and Wanstead Cooperatives, Ontario, Canada, was awarded International Certified Crop Adviser's (ICCA) Adviser of the Year Award.

Commentary: GMO labeling compromise legislation is best and cheapest lawyer
Commentary: GMO labeling compromise legislation is best and cheapest lawyer

For the past 25 months, Congress has been considering the role that biotechnology plays in agriculture and society and whether foods with genetically engineered ingredients should carry a mandatory special label.

Cargill at Odds with Trump, as it Warns on Immigration, Trade
Cargill at Odds with Trump, as it Warns on Immigration, Trade

The chief executive officer of Cargill Inc., the largest closely held U.S. company, has become the latest corporate leader to voice concerns about immigration and trade protectionism. In a speech and an opinion column,

Avoiding stink bug problems in corn
Avoiding stink bug problems in corn

Stink bugs are a nuisance pest that has been made worse on the East Coast this year thanks to a mild winter. Insect pressure is already being reported as heavy this year.

ARA, TFI move forward with PSM litigation
ARA, TFI move forward with PSM litigation

The Agricultural Retailers Association and The Fertilizer Institute continue to charge through the litigation process in their lawsuit against the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's reinterpretation of the

Alabama Extension Hosts Pesticide Applicator University

The<p></p>Alabama Cooperative Extension System at Auburn University along with the Alabama Green Industry Training Center, and the Alabama Pesticide Safety Education Program<p></p>are proud to host the Second Annual<p></p>‚