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Monsanto's Roundup Ready ® Flex Cotton Field Trials Document Greater Efficiency

ST. LOUIS (Mar. 6, 2006) - Research findings from an extensive grower trial with Roundup Ready ® Flex cotton in 2005 show that Monsanto's newest technology can save cotton growers considerable time and increase their efficiency, in addition to providing improved weed control flexibility, compared with Roundup Ready cotton. ... More ...

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New Directory Making Waves ...

American Livestock Connection has added a free classified section to help you sell your livestock. Basic listings are free for ALC members. All internet users can see your listings. Featured, highlights and gallery featured livestock listings are available.

Fort Worth , TX (PRWEB) March 14, 2006 -- American Livestock Connection is a livestock breeder's directory connecting livestock breeders and sellers with buyers. We cater to the family rancher, giving them a presence on the Internet. Our directory lists farms and ranches that have various livestock for sale such as: alpacas , cattle, goats, equine, sheep, llamas, and swine throughout the 50 states. Our "searchable" livestock database is a powerful tool to help your clients find your farm. You can search by state, zip or livestock type.

We have added a classified section to help you sell your livestock. Basic listings are free for ALC members. All internet users can see your listings. Featured, highlights and gallery featured livestock listings are available.

We also have a bulletin board area for you to communicate with other ranchers or potential buyers. Separate sections: cattle, goats, swine, camelids, and equine.

Global BioTech Soars
(PRWEB) March 6, 2006 -- Since first commercialized, global planted area of GM crops has increased by more than fifty-fold from 1.7 million hectares in six countries in 1996 to 90 million hectares in 21 countries in 2005, according to a recent report authored by Dr. Clive James, chairman and founder of ISAAA, the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications.
“If you take the first decade of commercialization, it has been incredibly successful — generating approximately $27 billion at the global level, $15 billion of that in developing countries,” James says in a new online video and podcast, both available at biotech-gmo.com

Answers for Rising Costs
With agricultural costs continuing to escalate, irrigation fertigation systems provide relief at about one-fifth the cost of aerial applications, and a fraction of ground sprayer costs. (PRWEB) March 2, 2006 -- Rising agricultural costs including fuel, labor, and capital outlays combined with the whims of the market and Mother Nature have left farmers searching for control over their financial futures. While traditional aerial or ground spraying are still relied on, many farmers are turning to irrigation fertigation systems and chemigation for significantly lower input costs and more flexibility in fertilizing crops or applying agricultural chemicals such as pesticides and herbicides

Farmers Set To Become The Energy Giants
According to CarbonFree, a Cambridge UK based research company that has recently completed a study of the farmed renewable energy market, while incumbent energy producers are starting to look beyond oil and petroleum, farmers need to look beyond ethanol and start to build comprehensive energy supply businesses. Cambridge , UK (PRWEB) February 22, 2006 -- Large-scale capture of wind and solar energy requires the management of significant areas of land, and – if the market for renewable energy continues to grow at the current rate – farmers will occupy a strategic position within the energy market within two decades. According to CarbonFree, a Cambridge UK based research company that has recently completed a study of the farmed renewable energy market, while incumbent energy producers are starting to look beyond oil and petroleum, farmers need to look beyond ethanol and start to build comprehensive energy supply businesses

Bio-Terrorism Act Mandates New Recordkeeping Rules For Grain and Feed Handlers
Just five months are left for grain handlers to put in place an approved recordkeeping process in order to comply with the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002. (PRWEB) January 8, 2006 -- Those grain elevator operations that receive, hold, and ship raw agricultural commodities, such as corn, soybeans, wheat, alfalfa meal, and other crops, are mandated by the Bioterrorism Act of 2002 to register all their facilities, wherever food grains are received, cleaned, stored, blended, and processed, and then shipped. This mandate to keep records of all grain received and shipped through the facilities is required to help prevent acts of contamination either by terrorists or by natural contamination

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New MOA Technology and Application Approach Increases Peanut Yield by up to 29% ORO AGRI announced today that PREV-AM, a new broad spectrum Fungicide-Insecticide, which increased yield on soybeans crops by 23 to 39% (infected by Asian-rust), has now also proven to increase yields on Peanuts (infected with white mold), up to 29%. (UGA) = Dallas, TX (PRWEB) December 16, 2005

NAIS Cattle ID Pilot Projects Not Needed, Since Proven Advanced Technology Already Exists While NAIS regional pilot projects merely promised some limited animal ID and tracking results after a few years of study, ScoringAg's Web-based traceup / traceback database system delivers real time results in seconds – in operation now for all livestock species, using high-speed, wireless RFID and precise premise locations. (PRWEB) 12/27/2005
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