August 13, 2007
Darrel Good Discusses the Carry in the Corn Market
Darrel Good, Extension Ag Economist – University of Illinois
Carry in the corn market is telling farmers to store their crop. Todd Gleason recently sat down with University of Illinois Extension Ag Economist Darrel Good to take up the carry, the record setting crop in the ground now, and what it all means for prices in the future.
August 13, 2007
Who Has Been Harmed by the Weak Soybean Basis
Darrel Good, Extension Ag Economist – University of Illinois
The difference between the cash price for soybeans and the price at the Chicago Board of Trade has been much wider than usual this summer. It may represent a problem in the price discovery system. Todd Gleason has more with University of Illinois Extension Ag Economist Darrel Good.
August 13, 2007
A History of the Soybean: Domestication
Ted Hymowitz, Plant Geneticist (retired) - University of Illinois
Today we begin a three part series on the History of the Soybean. In part one Todd Gleason, through the courtesy of retired University of Illinois Plant Geneticist Ted Hymowitz (hi-moe-witz), takes us back more than three-thousand years to when Chinese farmers first adapted a wild relative of the bean to cultivation
August 13, 2007
A History of the Soybean: US Introduction
Ted Hymowitz, Plant Geneticist (retired) - University of Illinois
Today, in our second in a series of three reports on the History of the Soybean. Todd Gleason, through the courtesy of retired University of Illinois Plant Geneticist Ted Hymowitz (hi-moe-witz), takes us back to the first introduction of the soybean to the United States. The story begins prior to the revolutionary war with a single individual who sailed the seven seas and brought the soybean to North America from China
August 13, 2007
A History of the Soybean: The First US Expedition
Ted Hymowitz, Plant Geneticist (retired) - University of Illinois
Today, in our final report from the “A History of the Soybean” series, Todd Gleason, through the courtesy of (retired) University of Illinois Plant Geneticist Ted Hymowitz (hi-moe-witz), travels with two soybean pioneers. Just as the Great Depression was taking hold in the United States, the U-S government sent plant scientists to Japan, Korea, and northeast China on a mission to collect soybeans. Todd Gleason picks up the story of this two-year odyssey.
August 13, 2007
Protecting Grain in Storage: A Savvy Investment
Ted Funk, University of Illinois Extension Agricultural Engineer
A clean grain bin is mandatory. University of Illinois
Extension reminds farmers to make sure they’ve checked, cleaned, and updated
their grain storage facilities before the harvest season begins. Todd Gleason
has more from the U of I Urbana Champaign campus.
August 13, 2007
The Story of Corn: What Today’s Breeders Should Know
Forrest Troyer - Retired Corn Breeder - Cargill, Dekalb Genetics
Corn as we know it today is a relatively young crop in
comparison to the age of the world. All this week Todd Gleason is reporting on
the history of corn with retired corn breeder Forrest Troyer. Troyer spent
seven years researching and writing about his favorite crop.
Today the two explore how the new generation of corn
breeder’s can use history to continue development of the domestic corn plant.
August 13, 2007
The Story of Corn: Hybrids are Developed
Forrest Troyer - Retired Corn Breeder - Cargill, Dekalb Genetics
Corn as we know it today is a relatively young crop in
comparison to the age of the world. All this week Todd Gleason is reporting on
the history of corn with retired corn breeder Forrest Troyer. Troyer spent
seven years researching and writing about his favorite crop.
Today the two explore how hybrid corn developed.
August 13, 2007
The Story of Corn: Open Pollinated Corn is Adapted to the Midwest
Forrest Troyer - Retired Corn Breeder - Cargill, Dekalb Genetics
Corn as we know it today is a
relatively young crop in comparison to the age of the world. All this week Todd
Gleason is reporting on the history of corn with retired corn breeder Forrest
Troyer. Troyer spent seven years researching and writing about his favorite
crop.
Today the two explore how corn
was adapted to growing conditions in the Midwest.
August 13, 2007
The Story of Corn: The Evolution of Open Pollinated Corn
Forrest Troyer - Retired Corn Breeder - Cargill, Dekalb Genetics
Corn as we know it today is a
relatively young crop in comparison to the age of the world. All this week Todd
Gleason will report on the history of corn with retired corn breeder Forrest
Troyer. Troyer spent seven years researching and writing about his favorite
crop.
Today the two explore where corn
was domesticated, and how it came to the United States.
