Indiana Farmers Consider Cover Crops
Associated Press - at AGWEB - Tue Sep 16, 10:47AM CDT
After harvesting a wheat field six weeks ago, Indiana farmer Paul Russell planted sunflowers, sunnhemp, pearl millet, oilseed radishes, Austrian winter peas, oats, cowpeas, sorghum-sudangrass and Ethiopian cabbage in the field.
Rain, Cold Hampering Illinois Corn Harvest
Associated Press - at AGWEB - Tue Sep 16, 10:33AM CDT
Wet, cool conditions across much of Illinois have put farmers behind schedule in bringing their corn in from the fields, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said.
Louisiana Expects Healthy Soybean Harvest
Associated Press - at AGWEB - Tue Sep 16, 10:24AM CDT
LSU AgCenter scientists say good moisture and light pest pressure could make this year's soybean crop a record-breaker.
Are We "Brainwashing" Kids?
Greg Henderson and Friends - at AGWEB - Tue Sep 16, 9:13AM CDT
Cargill to Close Underutilized Corn-Milling Plant
Bloomberg - at AGWEB - Tue Sep 16, 8:07AM CDT
The corn-milling plant, which employs about 440 people, is due to close in January.
Chevron Struggles in Search For Plant Based Fuels
Bloomberg - at AGWEB - Tue Sep 16, 7:47AM CDT
The second-largest U.S. oil company by market value spent “significant sums” and assigned some of its best scientists to evaluate more than 100 kinds of feedstock and 50 techniques for converting them into fuels without success.
Chevron’s Search for Plant-Based Alternative Fuels Flounders
Bloomberg - at AGWEB - Tue Sep 16, 7:47AM CDT
The second-largest U.S. oil company by market value spent “significant sums” and assigned some of its best scientists to evaluate more than 100 kinds of feedstock and 50 techniques for converting them into fuels without success.
Profit Tracker: Feeding Margins Above $230 Per Head
Greg Henderson - at AGWEB - Tue Sep 16, 7:28AM CDT
The increase in margins was the third consecutive weekly gain, leaving average profits above $230 per head.