Soybean disease presents challenge this season
April 23, 2013 in The Daily Republic
This year, rust and soybean cyst nematode are the crop diseases that pose the greatest danger to area bean growers. Continue Reading
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Minnesota soybeans sprouting up in Korean kitchens
April 12, 2013 in The Daily Republic
Six years ago, Alexandria resident and former farmer Craig Damstrom fostered an idea to develop a cash crop in the area not the legume itself, but its seed.
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King wheat? Wheat on the Northern Plains continues to decline as interest in corn and soybeans is strong again this spring
April 1, 2013 in The Dickinson Press
GRAND FORKS Wheat is a big part of Brian O’Toole’s life. The Crystal, N.D., farmer grows it, handles it in his family seed business and promotes it as a member of U.S. Wheat Associates, which develops export markets for the crop. Continue Reading
High-stakes fight over soybeans at high court
February 18, 2013 in The Daily Republic
The court case poses the question of whether an Indiana farmer’s actions violated the patent rights held by Monsanto, which developed soybean and other seeds that survive when farmers spray their fields with the company’s Roundup brand weed-killer. Continue Reading
U.S. soybean inventory estimate cut on rising global demand
February 8, 2013 in The Daily Republic
CHICAGO U.S. soybean supplies before the next harvest will be 7.4 percent smaller than forecast a month ago and the smallest since 2004 on rising demand for last year’s drought-reduced crop, the government said.
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Soybeans winning ground in South Dakota
January 18, 2013 in The Daily Republic
Longtime area producer happy with crop’s yields.
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Wheat and barley stocks up in the Dakotas
January 16, 2013 in The Daily Republic
Corn and soybean stocks also are up in North Dakota, but they’re down in South Dakota.
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SD corn and soybeans suffer in drought year
January 14, 2013 in The Daily Republic
SIOUX FALLS (AP) Production of corn and soybeans in South Dakota was down last year, during a year in which much of the state was mired in extreme drought.
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Soybeans finally winning ground in South Dakota
January 13, 2013 in The Daily Republic
PIERRE (AP) Farmers in South Dakota in 2012 planted 4.75 million acres of soybeans, of which they harvested 4.65 million.
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Corn down 26 percent, beans down 15 percent
November 10, 2012 in The Daily Republic
Post-harvest numbers rolling in; farmer says 2013 rain “absolutely essential.” Continue Reading
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