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Tip of the week: What is up with herbicide resistance?
By Mike Owen, ISU Extension weed scientist
It has been a difficult spring and summer for weed control. The issue has been finding opportunities to make applications. Many fields have been weedy too long. As a result, growers have lost an indeterminable percent of the potential soybean yield and, consequently, profitability.
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ISA team continues China trade mission
The ISA trade team continues their travel in China. This week they have traveled north to an area that produces 33 percent of the soybeans grown in China. It is the first time an ISA-sponsored trade mission has had the opportunity to see Chinese soybean production. Follow the travel blog on the ISA website for updates.
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Edamame: a new soybean crop for Iowa
Even though edamame is growing in popularity with Iowa consumers, nearly all the edible green soybeans available in this soybean-producing state are imported. Soyfoods Council Executive Director Linda Funk is determined to change that. On Monday nearly 20 chefs, food editors and news reporters attended an edamame harvest event at Ray Gaesser's farm.
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Kentucky Soybean Board joins Soy Transportation Coalition
The Soy Transportation Coalition (STC) is pleased to announce the recent addition of the Kentucky Soybean Board as a member organization. Kentucky becomes the ninth state soybean board to join the STC.
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Iowa community college sets national biodiesel trend
Biodiesel producers and consumers alike will benefit from a state-of-the-art fuel testing laboratory at Iowa Central Community College (ICCC) in Fort Dodge, Iowa. The lab has become the first in the world to earn accreditation as a BQ-9000 laboratory.
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Visit ISA at the Iowa State Fair
When you're visiting the Iowa State Fair, be sure to stop at the ISA displays and activities, including Farmville in the Agriculture Building and the Animal Learning Center.
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You can help! ISA volunteers needed for Farm Progress Show
The Farm Progress Show is quickly approaching, and ISA is looking for farmer volunteers to help in the ISA tent. In return for volunteering to do a three-hour shift, you will receive a pass for free admission the day you are working, a meal voucher for that day and a t-shirt to wear during your shift.
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Tractor Giveaway & Farm Progress Show
At this year’s Farm Progress Show at Boone, Iowa, ISA is celebrating the Opportunity Sweepstakes with two grand prizes of 200-hour tractor leases of either a Case IH Magnum™ 335 or John Deere™ 8320R, plus free soy biodiesel.
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ASA accepting Conservation Legacy
Awards nominations
The American Soybean Association is accepting nominations for the 2011 Conservation Legacy Awards program. The Conservation Legacy Awards program is a great way for soybean producers to showcase their farm management practices that are both environmentally friendly and profitable.
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Brazil's top soy grower scales back expansion plans
Brazil’s biggest soybean grower scaled back plans to boost output next year as a strengthening currency erodes export profits and pot-holed roads increase shipping costs. “The strong real is making us less competitive,” Erai Maggi Scheffer said. “We would have much more of a stimulus with a weaker currency and better roads.”
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DTN announces plans for Ag Summit 2010
DTN and The Progressive Farmer invite ISA members to Ag Summit 2010, "Recalibrate for the New Normal," at the Downtown Chicago Marriott, Dec. 7-10. The focus will be on business shifts growers could face in 2011 — such as reversals in interest rates, new policies on estate and income tax, alterations in the farm safety net, and innovative business models allowing farmers to scale up their farm sizes.
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