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May 22, 2013
ISA launches Herbicide Resistance Management initiative

Weed experts and agronomists confirm that Iowa has a growing problem with evolved resistance to herbicides in several important weed species.  These experts are urging farmers to manage for herbicide-resistant …

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May 20, 2013
71% of U.S. corn, 24% of soybeans planted

USDA reports producers made record corn planting progress over the past week.
As of Sunday, 71% of the U.S. corn crop is planted, compared to 28% a week ago, a week …

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May 13, 2013
Good progress planting corn, but still well behind average

USDA reports the respective planting paces for corn, soybeans, and spring wheat all remain considerably slower than average after a slow start to the season.
As of Sunday, 28% of the …

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May 10, 2013
USDA still sees big U.S. corn, soybean crops

Even with the widespread planting delays, USDA is expecting large U.S. corn and soybean crops this year.
In the latest supply and demand update, corn is projected at 14.140 billion bushels …

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May 9, 2013
Protect the Harvest counters HSUS

It’s important that farmers tell their own story. That’s according to former Iowa lawmaker Erik Helland, a board member for Protect the Harvest, which he said was founded as a …

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May 6, 2013
U.S. corn planting remains well behind average

Producers did make some progress last week, but nationally, the U.S. corn planting pace remains considerably slower than average.
As of Sunday, 12% of the crop is planted, compared to 5% …

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May 3, 2013
2013 looking like 1947

It’s been a wet, cold spring in many areas of the Cornbelt and as one climatologist tells Brownfield, there are some similarities to an historic spring from more than 60 …

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May 3, 2013
Speakers challenge stakeholders to continually improve

Paul Pressley just began the first of two years that he’ll serve as Animal Agriculture Alliance Chairman. At the conclusion of the alliance’s Stakeholder’s Summit, Pressley told Brownfield Ag News …

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May 3, 2013
Johnson Smith: videos misrepresent animal agriculture

The president and CEO of the Animal Agriculture Alliance concludes that undercover videos should not be the last word about livestock farmers.
The Alliance’s Stakeholder’s Summit ended Thursday with a string …

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May 3, 2013
Food choice criteria have changed

Interest in food and information technology have changed what’s important to people in making food choices. Dallas Hockman, with the National Pork Producers Council says that a quarter century ago, …

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