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By Ty Vaughn Corn Product Management Lead  As winter quickly passes, we recognize that many growers are gearing up for spring planting and may have questions about our recommendations for corn rootworm (CRW) traited hybrids due to recent discussions and headlines about corn rootworm populations.  Whether you are one of the few who experienced unexpected [...]

The deadline for applications for the Monsanto Beachell-Borlaug International Scholars Program (MBBISP) is Feb. 1. Monsanto established this program in 2009 in honor of two of the world’s most pre-eminent rice and wheat breeders, Drs. Henry Beachell and Norman Borlaug. Their lifelong work laid the foundation for the tremendous increases in rice and wheat production that [...]

Exporters and end users are finding it hard to pry corn loose from storage.

The unusually strong corn basis may be a sign that US officials are underestimating livestock feeding - and mean supplies are thinner than thought

Farm consultancy AgRural cuts 1.5 million metric tons from its Brazil summer corn forecast on dry weather in the south.

CFTC has been busy with its reforms under the Dodd-Frank financial regulatory reforms. Meanwhile the House Ag Committee was busy changing the rules.

Argentina-based Los Grobo sold 20% of its Brazilian operations to Mitsubishi in order to boost its export trade business in a further example of mega farms vertically integrating down here.

Europeand#39;s top broiler meat industry has an overblown idea of its own competitiveness, and is "not well-known" for efficiency, Rabobank warns

India is expected to "kick start" an investment drive which could return the country to self-sufficiency in urea - gas supplies allowing

The world's top wheat marketing group adds Ukraine to the countries which could restrict grain exports, but remains cautious on prices nonetheless

Crops find further headway tricky, as a weekend approaches, and the end of the month, often a time of reversal. Still, firm cash markets help out corn

In this podcast, editors and reporters look at the limited supply of veterinarians trained in organic practices and the industry response, a legal battle over the use of herbicides to control weeds on public lands, and Deere and Co.'s court victory over dealers trying to import the manufacturer's own machines.Subscribe to this podcast in iTunes or your favorite RSS reader.To listen, click here.

Bill Gates has a terse response to criticism that the high-tech solutions he advocates for world hunger are too expensive or bad for the environment: Countries can embrace modern seed technology and genetic modification or their citizens will starve.Subscribe to this podcast in iTunes or your favorite RSS reader. To listen, click here.

DTN'snational average cash price was unchanged; other crops up 9 cents to 15 cents.

Russia is beset by extreme cold as Ukraine's grains crop is estimated tumbling 30%, and quality questions appear over Kazakh wheat

OK, bumper world wheat inventories might suggest that wheat prices are set for a tumble. But the market has two important props

The farm retail-to-grain trading group unveils record profits, but says it faces the challenge of lower feed prices ahead

Monsanto keeps, for a fifth season, a stop on sales in France, despite a court ruling in its favour - and support from farmers itching for payback

Both drought-hit Argentina and Russia, whose grain exports are on track to reach a government ceiling, may curb exports, market rumour says

Wheat prices in London and Paris are showing unusual dynamics, thanks to weakened grip on export markets of Russia and its neighbours