In addition, new Pioneer seed and trait developments on the horizon include drought tolerance, nitrogen use efficiency, a line of high-yielding soybeans and soybean varieties with higher levels of healthy oils. Following this in the pipeline are a new fungicide for cereals, a second-generation anthranilic diamide insecticide and two promising candidates for herbicides and fungicides. Some of the exciting products in discovery and development include new DuPont herbicides, fungicides and...

I thought their stadium design was incredibly strange with their team having to pass right by the opposing fans every game and that the seats were the most crowded, most uncomfortable I'd ever seen. Nelson 6'3" and fast as lighting makes a great target for Freeman 60 yards down the field, and BAYLOR has no chance. The futures market forecasts that the price of wheat will stay strong, but not at the level being seen now. At several Manhattan-area grain elevators today, the cash price for...

The change in soybeans was due mostly to a reduction in planted acres. Kansas Agricultural Statistics also released the final figures for this year's dismal wheat harvest, adjusting it down 1 percent from the August forecast and 3 percent below 2006. Kansas sunflowers, which are still blooming in many parts of the state, are expected to be far more plentiful than last year, with 278. The Wichita area is one region of the state not experiencing a good fall harvest, due to heavy rains...

It also is easier for farmers to integrate into their current operations than some other dedicated energy crops because it can be easily rotated with corn or soybeans, and can be planted, cultivated and harvested with the same equipment U. Early research results show that tropical maize, when grown in the Midwest, requires few crop inputs such as nitrogen fertilizer, chiefly because it does not produce any ears. This differs from conventional corn and other crops being grown for biofuels...

In other agriculture trading, corn added $3. November soybeans added 4 cents to move at $9. Soybean Prices Move Higher. said that Iran is supporting terrorism and urged foreign companies to cut off talks with the oil-producing nation. In other commodities, crude oil prices remained higher in U. On the economic front, consumer sentiment deteriorated in the month of October, according to a report released by Reuters and the University of Michigan on Friday, with the final reading of the...