As escalating corn prices have encouraged many farmers to switch to growing corn continuously, they wonder why they have been seeing unusually high yield reductions over the past several years. The University of Illinois ...

Biology - Ecology

Mar 21, 2013 not rated yet 0

A new study documents a loss of 1.3 million acres of grassland over a five-year period in the Western Corn Belt - a rate not seen since the 1920s and 1930s.

Biology - Ecology

Feb 21, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

In 2005, President George W. Bush and American corn farmers saw corn ethanol as a promising fossil fuel substitute that would reduce both American dependence on foreign oil and greenhouse gas emissions. Accordingly, the 2005 ...

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

Jan 17, 2013 5 / 5 (12) 17 |

Grain prices for 2013 will hinge on favorable weather patterns following the devastating 2012 drought in the Midwest, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service economist.

Biology - Other

Dec 13, 2012 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org)—Price increases for corn—a direct result of the U.S. biofuels mandate—added $11.6 billion in costs for countries importing the food staple between 2006 and 2011. More than half the increase ...

Other Sciences - Economics & Business

Oct 18, 2012 3 / 5 (2) 6

The latest government crop yield predictions may give grain farmers cause for optimism as the harvest season reaches its crescendo in Iowa, corn and soybean experts at Iowa State University said this week. ...

Biology - Other

Sep 19, 2012 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org)—Americans can expect to pay more for groceries due to high commodity prices driven by this year's drought, but food prices likely won't hit their peak for a few months, said ISU grain market ...

Other Sciences - Economics & Business

Aug 30, 2012 not rated yet 0

While consumers will see increases in the prices of meat, eggs and dairy products as a result of this year's drought, they won't see its effects nearly as much as farmers, according to an agricultural economist ...

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Aug 10, 2012 not rated yet 0

If the drought forces producers to feed a larger portion of distillers dried grains with solubles, cattle can maintain gains and improve meat quality if the animals are weaned early, a Purdue University scientist has shown.

Biology - Other

Aug 01, 2012 not rated yet 0

The sweat pours down Larry Hasheider's face as he walks across his parched cornfields to show the result of one of the worst droughts to strike the United States in decades.

Space & Earth - Environment

Aug 01, 2012 5 / 5 (4) 50

(Phys.org) -- The future of corn prices and the impact on fed livestock continues to be an unfolding, tumultuous situation, but some degree of clarity should be coming to the story in the next few weeks, according ...

Biology - Other

Jul 25, 2012 not rated yet 0

One source of income for Pennsylvania dairy farmers has hit its lowest point in three years, according to a dairy market expert in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.

Other Sciences - Economics & Business

Jun 14, 2012 not rated yet 0

By the time today's elementary schoolers graduate from college, the U.S. corn belt could be forced to move to the Canadian border to escape devastating heat waves brought on by rising global temperatures. ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Apr 22, 2012 3.5 / 5 (14) 28 |

High corn prices are leading many growers to plant corn every year and to overuse pesticides and other bug-killing technology to maximize yields, researchers report. In many instances, pesticides are applied ...

Biology - Ecology

Feb 29, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0

A team of researchers from Arizona State University, Stanford University and Carnegie Institution for Science has found that converting large swaths of land to bioenergy crops could have a wide range of effects ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Feb 01, 2012 not rated yet 0