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Bayer Said to Explore Bid for $43 Billion Seed Company Monsanto
Bayer AG is exploring a potential bid for U.S. competitor Monsanto Co. in a deal that would create the world’s largest supplier of seeds and farm chemicals…
10 Keys to Containing the Cost of Your Cotton Crop
With markets stuck in quicksand, keeping input costs as low as possible is crucial for many farming operations in 2016…
Cotton Planting Conditions, May 9, 2016
Hopefully the very good to excellent conditions predicted for the next 10 day period will hold up…
States Seeking Transform Exemption for Plant Bugs
EPA has set May 20 as the deadline for submitting comments on the request…
Evaluating Progress Towards Emergence and Plant Stands
Given the recent weather fluctuations, it would not hurt to evaluate plant stands or at least the progress from germination to emergence…
Cotton Planting Conditions May 3, 2016
The DD60s predicted for the 5 days following planting at Rocky Mount are included in the table below.
Sure, big data is cool; but can it make you money?
Value in collecting data to make decisions that increase productivity and decrease input costs may be worth $45 an acre.
N.C. State wants to open $160 million plant science complex by 2020
The North Carolina plant sciences initiative received a big boost on March 15 when North Carolina voters approved a $2 billion bond package….
Cotton Planting Conditions April 26, 2016
Conditions continue to look pretty good for cotton planting.
Can 30,000 Cotton Plants Per-Acre Be Enough to Reach Top Yield?
The optimal seeding rate and plant population for cotton varies from field to field and is dependent on many factors.