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Tag Archives: Midwest

Healthy soy and soy with sudden death syndrome, side by side

Sudden Death Syndrome Making its Mark in Soybeans

I couldn’t cut it as a farmer—for a multitude of reasons—but primarily, I couldn’t stomach the business risks involved. There are risks such as weather and disease that are completely out of your hands no matter how much forethought and planning you do.

It appears that U.S. soybean farmers are facing one such risk this year with Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS), based on news reports and feedback from farmers and Monsanto sales teams. Farmers are scouting, or surveying, their fields for signs of SDS. Symptoms generally show up in July/August, but can often be mistaken for other diseases such … Full Article »

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Originally published
August 26, 2010 by Mica Veihman

Plowed Peanuts

The Farming May Be Different, But the End Goal is the Same

By Jillian

My favorite thing to do on a summer morning is to take a walk down my dirt road. Most summer days I sleep in but there are a few when I get up right after sunrise. The air is always moist with the sweet smell of earth, the birds are singing and the cows are milling around the water trough. It’s perfect.

I was raised on a peanut and cattle farm in Northwest Florida, it was a great place to grow up—I was surrounded by row-crop farms and cattle, and the beach was just a short drive away.… Full Article »

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Originally published
July 6, 2010 by Monsantoco