This finding in South Texas is probably a new introduction. And what it suggests is that soybean rust could take the so-called 'rust corridor' to points possibly as far north as Canada.
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Similar to corn, USDA soybean production forecasts had the largest impact on soybean futures prices in August with recent price reactions appearing somewhat larger than in the past.
Despite its prolific reproduction ability, the good news is that soybean aphids are still easy to manage because they are very sensitive to insecticides. There are enough available products labeled for the soybean aphid to do the job.
Surveying these fields will provide information to get the big picture of how this fungus behaves in this part of the world. We know it's caused major losses in Asia and other parts of the world, but we don't really know how it will affect crops here. The weather and prevailing winds this spring will play a big role in what happens, but if South Texas bean crops have a rough year with soybean rust, there will be the potential for a bad year further north.
There's going to be plenty of market demand for all the corn and soybean meal that efficient producers in North and South America can produce. I predict that by 2050 there will be real questions raised about the morality of burning food for fuel.
You could say I was taking an opposite approach. I am usually trying to buy those commodities at the lowest price possible through the soybean meal and corn contracts.
Using these protocols, our results were remarkably consistent throughout each of our trials. Time and again we found the same soybean varieties had the same levels of resistance or susceptibility to soybean aphid.
If yields return to normal trend in 2006, soybean production is likely to decline. However large beginning stocks could lead to record total supplies.
I am using soybean based ink, which is recyclable.
Fortunately, the products we use for common rust in beans are quite effective against soybean rust and in addition we've applied for some products under Section 18, so if the rust had come in we would have been able to give you products that would have been even more effective and would have been newer chemistry,
The soybean complex was the first commodity to feel the index funds presence, but wheat and corn are attracting the index funds' attention as well.
Based on current conditions, however, it appears that the soybean prices need to be at a level to discourage a large increase in U.S. acreage in 2006.
By combining the Optimum GAT trait with our industry leading soybean products, farmers will enjoy even more significant yield advantages, along with improved weed control options.
Now is the time of year to do the best job you can on variety selection, particularly when it comes to soybean cyst nematode-resistant varieties.
Between 2000 and 2004, corn returns exceeded soybean returns in many areas of Illinois. Budgets suggest that recent cost increases have narrowed the gap between corn and soybean returns. Higher corn yields will be required in 2006 as compared to recent years for projected corn returns to exceed soybean returns. From a returns perspective, farmers may wish to plant soybeans on farmland that could be corn-after-corn in 2006.
Tim (who farmed in Iowa and managed a grain elevator at the time) and Joan had four kids and they are avid readers and watched the (1980s) TV show. They went up there twice on vacation. It was just an irrigated soybean field when Tim bought it. We always worked with Tim and his family and we wanted to do what it took to make it go.