Tag: crops
Climate change and agriculture: What’s real and what matters?
Unusual weather the past couple years has renewed interest in climate talks.
Adjust the combine for drought-stricken crops
Drought-stricken soybeans and corn present a number of challenges at harvest. Grain with very low moisture content is difficult to keep clean and intact. However, a few simple combine adjustments can help to prevent grain damage and loss.
Producers: Tally crop revenue loss using harvest prices for small grains
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Producers who experienced a revenue loss on 2011 fall seeded wheat and spring and fall seeded barley can now calculate if...
Pennsylvania farmers urged to report crop damage promptly
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Pennsylvania farmers are reminded to report crop damage to their crop insurance agent and local Farm Service Agency office within 72...
Warm winter increases field crop insect and pest threat in Ohio
In Ohio, black cutworms also could be a bigger problem this year, as could slugs, bean leaf beetles and cereal leaf beetles.
Biotechnology could add to field crop yield trends
COLUMBUS -- While not entirely explaining increased yields for corn and soybeans over the past 15 years, one Ohio State University agricultural economist said statistical evidence on linear yield trends shows biotechnology could play a role.
Crops conferences set in western Pa.
(Editor's note: This article was updated Feb. 6 to note a corrected phone number.)
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Penn State Extension's Crops Management Team is...
USDA reminds producers of sign-up dates for 2012
WASHINGTON, -- Enrollment for the 2012 Direct and Counter-cyclical Program (DCP) and the Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE) began Jan. 23. The last day for producers to sign up for either program will be June 1.
2012 outlook: What can we expect in farmland values and rent...
No revelation! Cropland values in Ohio have increased in 2011. An OSU Extension survey conducted in December 2010 estimated the increase in value of Ohio cropland in 2011 would be 5.3-6.0 percent. This was prior to sharp run ups in commodity prices.
Experts seek ways to solve problems related to food demand in...
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Global food demand could double by 2050, according to a new projection by David Tilman, regents professor of ecology in the University of Minnesota's College of Biological Sciences, and colleagues, including Jason Hill, assistant professor in the College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences.
