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Volunteer corn threatens efficiency of modified varieties against pests

January 31, 2008

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Bt could stand for "big trouble" in the years ahead if farmers aren't careful in their use of biotech corn, said a

To beat the slugs, get crop in the ground early

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January 31, 2008

WEST MIDDLESEX, Pa. - Ron Hammond, the "go-to guy" on gray garden slugs in Ohio and Pennsylvania, gave his annual dose of slug control therapy at the Tri-State Conservation Tillage Conference Jan.

Senate confirms next Secretary of Ag

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January 31, 2008

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate confirmed former North Dakota Gov. Ed Schafer as the country's next secretary of agriculture Jan.

Producers can expect record costs: ’08 could be worst year ever for pork

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January 31, 2008

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - This year may be the worst financial year for pork producers since the 1998, said a Purdue University Extension

Pennsylvania seeks to energize beef with new Center for Beef Excellence

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January 31, 2008

HARRISBURG, Pa. - A Center for Beef Excellence is being developed to support, promote and expand the beef industry in Pennsylvania The newly formed Pennsylvania Beef Task Force board of directors unanimously approved a motion to develop the center, which will be modeled after the successful Center for Dairy Excellence.

No end in sight for fertilizer supply shortage; get it now

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January 31, 2008

MANHATTAN, Kan. - Supplies of nitrogen fertilizers, as well as phosphorus and potassium fertilizers, are tight throughout the United States, making this the time to plan ahead, a Kansas State University

Get your field to yield by enrolling in association’s 2008 soybean field trial

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January 31, 2008

SAINT LOUIS - The American Soybean Association and BASF Corporation are inviting U.

Distiller’s grains land in Algerian port, first feeding trials to begin any day

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January 31, 2008

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Grains Council successfully shipped two containers totaling 44 metric tons of distiller's dried grains with solubles (DDGS) to Algeria.