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BT breakdowns
By John Pocock
Corn growers may never find a method to control corn rootworms with 100% effectiveness. Even Bt rootworm hybrids sometimes stumble in their attempts...
TECHNOLOGY
Ready for rust
By David Hest
A new fungicide, plus label changes on existing fungicides, will give growers and crop advisors more choices for controlling Asian soybean rust (ASR)...
PRODUCTS
Grain gobbler
By John G. White
More and more country elevators, ethanol plants and dealerships are finding a need to store corn in gigantic piles. This makeshift storage plan solves...
Nourishing the bottom line
By Lynn Grooms
Offering nutrient management services requires a fair amount of investment whether it be in additional staff, training, specific software or simply more...
KNOW-HOW
Reinventing the radial
By Jodie Wehrspann
Michelin Ag says it has taken radial technology to the next level. Last month the company rolled out its new IF800/70R38 Axiobib radial tire with Ultraflex...
Assessment tool
The Illinois Fertilizer and Chemical Association (IFCA) has a good tool to help ag retailers ensure that they are complying with regulatory requirements...
More ethanol plants
New Cargill subsidiary Emerald Renewable Energy LLC has announced plans to develop four ethanol plants in the Midwest and is considering several potential...
License plate enforcement
The state of Illinois recently announced that it will more uniformly enforce the requirement for fertilizer wagons to have license plates...
By the numbers
By David Hest
Doug McDevitt manages by the numbers as he guides a 150-employee, $80 million agronomy operation that custom-applied fertilizer and...
4 issues affecting rail shipments
Lynn Grooms
The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) has been working with the federal government, individual railroads, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) and others...