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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Wheat, Corn/Maize, Soybeans, Agriculture US, Crop Consultant, Water, Sustainability,

How the future of US corn, soybean and wheat production depends on sustainable groundwater use - Verve times

Spatial distribution of production loss by agricultural district from sustainable groundwater scenarios with varying recharge rates for corn (top map), soybean (middle map), and winter wheat (bottom map). Red, orange, yellow, and chartreuse dots show production lost by agricultural district for sustainable groundwater use scenarios based on 100% recharge, 75%—100% recharge, 50%—75% recharge, and 25%—50% […]

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TOPIC(S): Corn/Maize, Soybeans, Cotton, Herbicides, Weeds, Agriculture US, Pesticides,

01/27/2022 SOURCE: theconversation.com

The herbicide dicamba was supposed to solve farmers' weed problems – instead, it's making farming harder for many of them

Farmers are stuck in a chemical war against weeds, which have developed resistance to many widely used herbicides. Seed companies’ answer – using more varied herbicides – is causing new problems.

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Corn/Maize, Commodities, Markets/Pricing, Crop Consultant, Agriculture Global, Trade (Commodities),

Weekly Corn Market Update 01/21/22 — Quartzite Risk Management LLC

Looking ahead to next week's trading in Dec22 corn futures, we would consider movement within the $5.5350-$5.7750 per bushel range to be unremarkable. Notable moves would extend to the $5.4000-$5.9125 per bushel range. Price action beyond that would be extreme.

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Corn/Maize, Crop Consultant, Agriculture Global, Fungicides, Research,

Video: Dramatic visual evidence of the insect-resistant power of Bt maize, without chemical treatment

In clearing out my office recently I came across a DVD of the video Life in a standard and in Bt maize field that I had been given by Czech scientists in

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Corn/Maize, Commodities, Economics, GMO's, Ag Asia / Pacific, Genes /Genetics, Government / Policies,

China shifting GM policy to grow more corn, soybean - Asia & Pacific

In a bid to become self-sufficient in corn and soybean, China gears up to sow GM seeds.

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Nancy Kavazanjian
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Topics: Corn/Maize, Soybeans, Agriculture US, USDA,

2021 Saw Higher Yields - Mid-West Farm Report

Corn for grain production was up 8 percent from 2020, according to the latest crop production summary from USDA’s National... Read More

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Nancy Kavazanjian
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Topics: Corn/Maize, Precision AG , Fertilizer, Ag Innovation,

Powerful sensors on planes detect crop nitrogen with high accuracy

URBANA, Ill. – Synthetic nitrogen fertilizers transformed agriculture as we know it during the Green Revolution, catapulting crop yields and food security to new heights. Yet, despite improvements in crop nitrogen use efficiency, fears of underperformance spur fertilizer overapplication to this day. Excess nitrogen then ends up in waterways, including groundwater, and in the atmosphere in the form of potent greenhouse gases.

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Nancy Kavazanjian
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USDA says 2021 US soybean crop was the biggest on record | Agweek

The higher U.S. production view comes as global demand for the oilseed soars and forecasts for South American harvests are cut due to hot and dry weather in key growing areas.

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Corn/Maize, Soil Health, Irrigation, Jobs, Water, Ag Africa, Ag Australia/NZ,

Irrigation helps women farmers in Mozambique weather climate extremes - Alliance for Science

In January 2021, a devastating cyclone hit Mozambique and flooded Berta Inácio Ngove’s field, burying a promising crop of maize and beans in a watery tomb. “It was bad,” recalls Ngove, a 52-year-old widow and mother of four children. “We did not harvest anything.” But cyclones aren’t the only extreme weather events that smallholder farmers […]

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TOPIC(S): Corn/Maize, Soybeans, Economics, Ag Africa,

01/03/2022 SOURCE: tribuneonlineng.com

Poultry farmers decry high cost of maize, soybean, seek govt intervention

The Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN) have lamented over the high cost of feed production raw materials like maize, soybean

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