Farm Journal back issues from October 2007:
Editor''s Notebook.
Oct 05, 2007 ... Byline: Charlene Finck Who Yo Know Can Matter Meet our staff of editors and you'll find that they all are down-to-earth and interested in who's who in agriculture. At Farm Journal, we take pride in our editors who have the knowledge and connections that make it ...
Production Journal.(Mike Johanns resigned from United States Department of Agriculture and Chuck Conner has been appointed as an acting secretary)
Oct 05, 2007; ... Byline: Roger Bernard and Wayne Wenzel Leadership Shifts At USDA Just as we went to press, USDA Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns resigned from his post to return to Nebraska and hit the campaign trail for the GOP nomination for the U.S. Senate. In his spot, President George ...
Route 3: Fertilize for Keeps.(cation exchange capacity)
Oct 05, 2007; ... Byline: Darrell Smith High corn prices could make this the most profitable era of your farming career. But growing more corn takes more fertilizer, and fertilizer prices are booming right along with corn acreage. It's no time to short your crop on nutrients or apply ...
More Gallons From Corn.(Renewable Fuels Association)(National Corn Growers Association)
Oct 05, 2007; ... Byline: Jeanne Bernick During the past year, corn growers have watched with anticipation as ethanol demand continued to accelerate and at least 73 new plants began construction. Ethanol production could easily reach 11 billion gallons in 2011, requiring 4 billion bushels of ...
Who''s Who.
Oct 05, 2007 ... No matter how many back roads we travel this year, we won't be able to visit all of our readers. That's why we decided to "drop by" and introduce ourselves via your mailbox. You already know Farm Journal magazine as a trusted information source, but we'd like you to know the folks behind ...
Make Sense Of Sensors.
Oct 05, 2007; ... Byline: Dan Anderson Modern combines are self-monitoring marvels. Slow-shaft speed sensors detect slipping belts. Mass flow sensors and moisture sensors gather data to calculate yields on the go. Other sensors monitor the height of headers and raise, lower or tilt them to shave ...
Back to Beans?(Illinois Soybean Association)(corn demand and production)
Oct 05, 2007; ... Byline: Pam Henderson Undulating waves of cornstalks surrounded Ken Dalenberg's Illinois farmstead all summer. His soybean fields appeared on the horizon like an exception to the golden rule-an oilseed oasis amid a sea of corn. Even this long-time soybean advocate ...
Refuge Angst.(trait technology usage)
Oct 05, 2007; ... Byline: Wayne Wenzel The spike in corn acres, strong commodity prices, bold insect pressures and the pure success of trait technology is upping the ante on non-Bt refuges for producers smitten with Bt corn. With Bt hybrids boosting yields anywhere from 25 bu. to 40 bu. per acre ...
Machinery Journal.(self-propelled forage harvesters)(Deere & Co.)
Oct 05, 2007; ... Byline: Margy Fischer Big Launch from Big Green There hasn't been this much new green iron at one time in 25 years. At their dealer meetings this summer, John Deere introduced new harvesting machines, mid-range horsepower tractors, high-horsepower four-wheel drives, tillage ...
What Lies Beneath.(Precision Planting)(20/20 SeedSense monitor )
Oct 05, 2007; ... Byline: Margy Fischer What if you could see your stand before it emerges? Precision Planting is making it more possible with the 20/20 SeedSense monitor that gives a new view of planter performance. The monitor, which is new this fall, provides a snapshot of planter ...
Bound for China.(soybeans trade)
Oct 05, 2007; ... Byline: Katie Humphreys China is cheering on U.S. soybean farmers as they tackle harvest because the country has a stake in the end result. To satisfy the country's hearty appetite for soybeans, China is on track to buy almost 40%-or 420 million bushels-of U.S. global ...
Tighter Strings For RR Alfalfa.(Roundup Ready)(Monsanto Co.)
Oct 05, 2007; ... Byline: Jeanne Bernick The drama surrounding Roundup Ready (RR) alfalfa just doesn't seem to dissipate. A California district court is now ordering USDA to allow any alfalfa farmer to find out if RR alfalfa is planted in his or her county or in an adjacent county and on whose ...
Cut Down to Size.(tillage systems is used in preparing a proper seedbed)
Oct 05, 2007; ... Byline: Margy Fischer Let's trash talk-crop residue. The way you manage residue right now at harvest will affect your crop next year. In all tillage systems the key is decomposing the remainder of this year's crop and preparing a proper seedbed. Chopping corn heads ...
Post-Frame Possibilities.(National Frame Building Association)
Oct 05, 2007; ... Byline: Darrell Smith A new building is a major investment, and you want it to last. A well-constructed post-frame building should serve you and a couple more generations, says Kevin Wiggam of Wiggam Lumber in New Washington, Ind. "We've been in the ...
$100 Ideas.
Oct 05, 2007 ... Quick ID for Couplers To avoid confusion when hooking up and adjusting implements, I mark all the hydraulic couplers on the implements with a center punch. It's the best way I've found to keep them all straight in my head. On the back of the coupler, one punch corresponds with ...
BiofuelsUpdate.(Ethanol usage for airplanes flown)
Oct 05, 2007; ... Byline: Jeanne Bernick and Sara Brown Ethanol Soars to the Sky If you think fueling your car with ethanol is progress, keep your eye on the sky to see the tricks from the pilots with the Vanguard Squadron. Vanguard is the world's only 100% ethanol-powered aerobatic ...
Policy Journal.(Conservation Reserve Program)
Oct 05, 2007; ... Byline: Roger Bernard CRP Early-Out Still in Question For 2008 Cropping decisions have been made by U.S. winter wheat producers for 2008 and will be set soon for spring-planted crops. However, the question of whether or not Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) participants can ...
Outlook.(corn supply and demand)(Viewpoint essay)
Oct 05, 2007; ... Byline: Bob Utterback, Economist I always enjoy fall because this is when the year's efforts of farming are confirmed with grain going into the hopper. I was at a farm sale the other day, and everyone was buzzing about $9 wheat and $10 beans and wondering when corn would take ...
Tailgate Talk.
Oct 05, 2007; ... Byline: Charlene Finck, Chip Flory and Katie Humphreys Corn and Soybean Fields on Tour Armed with maps marked with scouting routes, 18 teams of crop scouts canvassed fields across seven key Corn Belt states in August. They were in search of harvest data as part of the annual ...