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January 2001

(31 Jan)
Crop Seminar A Feast For Farmers, And Those Who Aren't: AgAnswers (Purdue Univ. and Ohio State Univ.)

(31 Jan)
Studies Show Inoculants Improve Yields, Profits: AgAnswers (Purdue Univ. and Ohio State Univ.)

(31 Jan)
Ohio C.O.R.N. Newsletter, including ...

(29 Jan)
Role of AMS with glyphosate products: Bob Hartzler, Iowa State Univ.

(29 Jan)
Iowa Integrated Crop Management Newsletter, including ...

(27 Jan)
2001 Regional Forage Meetings: Four regional meetings on forage related issues will be held around Indiana, beginning February 22 in Daviess County. Details and agendas for each meeting are listed in the linked brochure, a PDF formatted document that requires Adobe™ Acrobat Reader™ for viewing.

(27 Jan)
Which glyphosate product is best?: Bob Hartzler, Iowa State Univ.

(23 Jan)
Terra Nitrogen Company, L.P. to restart plants: Terra Industries, Inc. news release

(23 Jan)
CF Industries to Meet All Fertilizer Supply Commitments for Spring Season: CF Industries, Inc. news release

(19 Jan)
Missouri Integrated Pest & Crop Management Newsletter, including ...

(17 Jan)
FDA Announces Proposal and Draft Guidance for Food Developed Through Biotechnology: US Food and Drug Administration news release; A copy of the draft guidance on labeling bioengineered foods is available at http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/biolabgu.html

(17 Jan)
Ohio C.O.R.N. Newsletter, including ...

(12 Jan)
Purdue Soil Management Workshops: The Purdue Soil Management Workshops, to be held 29 Jan and 1 Feb 2001, are designed to provide current information in soil fertility, plant nutrition, water quality, and soil management for Certified Crop Advisers.

(12 Jan)
Herbicide Company "Genealogy" Chart: Arnold P. Appleby, Prof. Emeritus, Oregon State Univ.; An interesting look at the evolution of today's agrochemical companies.

(10 Jan)
Ohio Herbicide Selector for 2001: Ohio State Univ.; Clicking on the above link will directly download a compressed file (195kb) to a folder location of your choosing on your computer. After downloading, double-click on the file and it will automatically uncompress and extract all of the necessary program files. Once extracted, double-clicking on HERB.EXE will open the DOS program.

(10 Jan)
2001 Herbicide Manual for Ag Professionals (Ext. pub. WC-92): Bob Hartzler, Mike Owen, and Brent Pringnitz. Iowa State Univ.; This manual includes the 2001 Herbicide Effectiveness Ratings for Corn and Soybeans

(10 Jan)
Think Spring Planting At Crop Management Workshops: AgAnswers (Purdue Univ. and Ohio State Univ.)

(10 Jan)
Agricultural Biotechnology: Updated Benefit Estimates: Janet E. Carpenter & Leonard P. Gianessi, National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy

(10 Jan)
Comparing Roundup Ready and Conventional Soybean Yields 1999: Janet E. Carpenter, National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy; Editorial comment: The variety trial results reported in this document compare ALL conventional with ALL Roundup-Ready® soybean varieties. It is more appropriate to compare the BEST conventional with the BEST Roundup-Ready® soybean varieties. See my previously published article on transgenic crop issues for examples of these comparisons.

(9 Jan) USDA Calls for Testing Seed Corn for Presence of StarLinkTM (Cry9C Protein): American Seed Trade Association news release

(9 Jan)
Corn Fungus A Deadly Threat To Crop And Man: AgAnswers (Purdue Univ. and Ohio State Univ.)

(9 Jan)
New Corn Viruses Raise Their Ugly Heads: AgAnswers (Purdue Univ. and Ohio State Univ.)

Purdue Agronomy On-Line!: The WWW home of Purdue's Agronomy Department
Purdue University Agronomy Extension
The Corn Growers Guidebook: A WWW resource for corn management systems throughout North America.
Agronomic Links Across the Globe: A list of agronomic Internet offerings collected from across the U.S. and throughout the world.