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As one of the top 10 barley producers in the world, Canada faces a problem of adapting to the 'new normal' of a warmer, drier climate. The 2012 growing season was considered an average year on the Canadian Prairies, "but we still had a summer water deficit, and it is that type of condition we are trying to work with," said Scott Chang, a professor of soil science in the University of Alberta's Department of Renewable Resources in Edmonton, Canada. Chang teamed with fellow crop scientist...

BOONE, Iowa, Aug. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) introduced today yield monitoring for its CFX-750(TM) display. Trimble® Yield Monitoring provides an accurate system to collect yield and moisture data for grain crops so farmers can instantly see how well their crops performed. Yield data enables farmers to generate variable-rate prescription maps for seed, fertilizer, and chemicals to help create a high-yielding environment year-after-year and allows for critical...

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa, Aug. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Pro Farmer announces plans for undertaking the difficult task of gauging this year's corn and soybean crops. With almost all of the heartland suffering through an extensive drought, this year's Midwest Crop Tour will provide a detailed analysis of the likely outcome for 2012's corn and soybean harvest. "Clearly, 2012 is shaping up to be an enormously painful year for most Midwest growers," said Chip Flory, Pro Farmer editor. "We're...

ROBESONIA, Pa., June 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Cover Crop Solutions, LLC, announces that its flagship cover crop, Tillage Radish®, officially known as Variety CCS-779, has been awarded U.S. Plant Variety Protection #201200292. Tillage Radish® is now under the U.S. Plant Variety Protection pending statute, and unauthorized propagation is strictly prohibited. This distinction indicates that Tillage Radish® is a unique variety. (Photo:...

ST. LOUIS, May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In line with its vision of delivering yield to farmers sustainably, Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) today announced it reached an agreement to purchase planting technology developer Precision Planting, Inc., a proven leader in improving yields through on-farm planting performance. The Precision Planting team will become part of Monsanto's Integrated Farming Systems unit, which utilizes advanced agronomic practices, seed genetics and innovative...

Choosing how much nitrogen (N) to put on corn fields isn't something farmers take lightly. Many factors go into the decision, including past experiences, the timing of application, yield goals, and results from soil tests. Nevertheless, crop sensors can select N rates for corn that outperform those chosen by farmers, according to more than 50 on-farm demonstration projects conducted in Missouri from 2004 to 2008. Compared to producers' N rates, sensor-selected rates increased yield by...

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa, Aug. 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Professional Farmers of America, a division of Farm Journal Media, today reported its production estimates for the 2011 corn and soybean crops. In a highly varied and difficult crop production year, the Tour saw record attendance at its evening producer meetings--and garnered national and regional media attention, including a substantial article in the Wall Street Journal. Crop Tour field scouts gathered more than 2,300 corn and soybean...

Twin-row soybean production is the preferred growing method for growers, but is it more productive than the conventional single-row method? In the Mid-South, twin-row soybean production is becoming a popular growing technique for soybean producers. An estimated 80% of the total hectares grown in the Mississippi Delta are planted in this configuration. While growers report this method increases seed yields, especially when used with specific cultivars planted in April or early May, there is...

Ants and termites have a significant positive impact on crop yields in dryland agriculture, according to a paper published today in the journal 'Nature Communications' by scientists at CSIRO and the University of Sydney. "Ants and termites perform the same ecosystem service functions in dryland agriculture that earthworms perform in cooler and wetter areas, but the potential for ants and termites to provide these benefits has received little attention until now," said CSIRO's Dr...

480 crop scientists, biologists, chemists, geneticists, and agriculturalists have signed up for IdeaConnections first international online innovation jam in order to present ideas and discuss breakthrough ideas about increasing crop yield. Larkspur, CA (PRWEB) March 14, 2011 IdeaConnection is hosting its first ever Idea Jam with the aim of increasing crop yields and thereby helping to increase world food supplies. The best and brightest biologists, chemists, plant scientists,...