AgProfessional News

EPA stops sale and distribution of tainted Warthog 2 EC herbicide that damaged soybeans in Kansas

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:23:54 GMT

EPA Region 7 directed the company to immediately halt the sale or distribution of its supplies of Warthog 2 EC, following reports that a tainted batch of the herbicide distributed by the company damaged 8,000 acres of soybeans near Beattie, Kan.

EU approves maize with Herculex(R) I/Herculex(R) RW, and Herculex(R) RW/Herculex(R) I/Roundup Ready(R) Corn 2 trait stacks for import, food, feed & processing

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:58:19 GMT

The European Commission announced that it has granted import, food, feed and processing approvals for biotechnology maize products jointly developed by DuPont business Pioneer Hi-Bred and Dow AgroSciences LLC.

Crop Markets Strongly Higher on Friday

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:08:23 GMT

Wheat prices surged higher, pulling other crop markets again.

AFT statement: U.S. agriculture needs the Renewable Energy Standard

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:03:20 GMT

"With the Senate considering energy legislation this week, Congress must seize this chance to pass a strong national Renewable Energy Standard (RES)," says Jon Scholl, President, American Farmland Trust.

Monsanto to introduce aphid-tolerant Genuity(R) Roundup Ready 2 Yield(R) soybean varieties for 2011 season

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:00:00 GMT

Monsanto Company will introduce new Genuity(R) Roundup Ready 2 Yield(R) soybean varieties with aphid tolerance in 2011 designed to help protect soybean yields from these damaging pests.

Crop Markets Trading Higher at Midsession

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:55:07 GMT

Wheat is again leading the other crop markets higher.

Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP files class action suit against Monsanto Company

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:30:03 GMT

Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd has filed a class action on behalf of an institutional investor on behalf of purchasers of the common stock of Monsanto Company between Jan. 7, 2009 and May 27, 2010, inclusive, seeking to pursue remedies under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

FAO/IFAD review anti-poverty potential of jatropha development

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:18:16 GMT

Using the energy crop jatropha for biodiesel production could benefit poor farmers, says a report published by FAO and the International Fund for Agricultural Development. But the report stresses that jatropha is still essentially a wild plant sorely in need of crop improvement.

ARS: Do soy isoflavones boost bone health?

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:05:24 GMT

Mysteries remain regarding the exact role that many natural compounds in foods might play in strengthening our skeletons. Those compounds include estrogen-like substances known as soybean isoflavones.

ASA statement on OIG review of soybean checkoff

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:00:05 GMT

The American Soybean Association is pleased that the Office of Inspector General (OIG) has completed its review and found that the soybean checkoff is operating as it should.

Foliar diseases favor humid, damp growing conditions of 2010

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:20:43 GMT

The risk of foliar disease pressure in some fields may be higher this year due to the current wet, humid weather on top of extra disease inoculums from the cool, wet years of 2008 and 2009.

ASA suggests steps to double exports in five years

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:30:00 GMT

The American Soybean Association this week suggested key steps to meeting President Barack Obama's National Export Initiative goal of doubling exports in the next five years.