SDSU research associate Ana Micijevic said she's found aphids on five soybean plants out of 100 in some SDSU plots, in numbers ranging from one to 11. SDSU soybean research entomologist Kelley Tilmon said scouting is the most important thing producers can do to help manage this pest and keep it from becoming a problem. Often the earliest infestations are in soybeans near buckthorn, with the aphids spreading to other locations a little later. Aphid infestations can be spotty, so it's...

I have been working on "green energy" legislation that could lead to establishing an Earth-friendly public policy, and I hope to introduce it soon. Because the price of oil is increasing faster than our paychecks, our first order of business should be to replace our power plants since they all run on fuel oil. Respicio Switching from oil will be a long process because there are no alternative energy sources today that are ready for quick or easy adoption. That is a process where small...

Welty, the lead author and an associate professor at Harvard, emphasized that the study used unsalted soy nuts eaten in three or four portions during the day, keeping the blood levels of soy protein steady. Substituting a half-cup of soy nuts - baked soybeans - for other types of protein in a healthy diet may help lower a postmenopausal woman's blood pressure, a small study has found. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that kids under age 2 have no screen time, and that kids...

Soybean yields ranging from 20 to 30 bushels per acre were common four years ago when aphids attacked plants, sucking nutrients that curtailed development and yields. Crop experts say soybean aphids are poised to make a big comeback in Iowa later this summer. Four years ago the pests, along with dry weather, cut yields in half --- especially in fields not treated or sprayed a timely fashion --- throughout most of the state. The report said crops weakened by cold temperatures in April are...

Daily Standard Stories Serving the Grand Lake area since 1848 Celina, Ohio Home Subscribe Archives Stories Pictures Obituaries Search Sports Classifieds Photo Reprints Contacts Forms Locations Web Info Community Stories Archive Entire Day Archive Monday, May 21st, 2007 By Shelley Grieshop Woman survives burial in beans A 74-year-old St. Daily Standard Stories Serving the Grand Lake area since 1848 Celina, Ohio Home Subscribe Archives Stories Pictures Obituaries Search Sports Classifieds...

red meat industry and is funded by USDA, exporting companies, and the beef, pork, lamb, corn, sorghum and soybean checkoff programs. Get the latest industry news delivered right to your computer! Dorminy says it is time to look for new emerging markets. Hugh Dorminy, from Russellville, Arkansas, serves as U. Meat Export Federation Pork Committee chair and is a former National Pork Board president. Recently he talked about how 15 years of growth in U. Dorminy says USMEF is a key to the...

Anyway after a delicious lunch (and the doggy bag of ribs I brought back for the news staff was scarfed down quicker than a dust devil moves across the farmlands), I met photojournalist Jay Melvin and we traveled route 73/104 to the Lewis family farm in West Portsmouth. Coincidentally, a question on drought and severe weather led me to talk about the report of a large dust devil that swept past the Race Track just last week. Anyway after a delicious lunch (and the doggy bag of ribs I...

In this speech to the European Biotechnology Open day in Brussels EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson strongly defends an open European approach to biotechnology and GM food; one that prioritises strict science-based health and safety testing but which recognises that safe biotechnology has a crucial role to play in agriculture and agricultural trade both in Europe and the developing world. In this speech to the European Biotechnology Open day in Brussels EU Trade Commissioner Peter...

Unlike soybeans, alfalfa and certain other crops, corn requires heavy applications of fertilizer because it is unable to take nitrogen from the atmosphere. What is washing off those fields is nitrogen and phosphorus from fertilizers applied in ever-increasing amounts to grow more corn to fuel the ethanol boom. Like newborn babes, those tiny, willowy corn plants demand plenty of feeding -- an average of 156 pounds of nitrogen and 80 pounds of phosphorus per acre on Illinois' corn crop since...