Todd Gleason discusses the USDA March 31 reports with Darrel Good.

Apple trees get old and the orchards must be replaced. The problem, up until this point, has been that it wasn't really possible to put new trees where the old ones lived. Todd Gleason has more on research from the University of Illinois that could help orchard operators turn more profit on same land in less time.

Apple trees have always been…

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Farmers have made their crop insurance decisions for the year, and now it's time to consider marketing opportunities. Todd Gleason has more with Extension Ag Economist Darrel Good on how he views the risk management tools in place, and when producers should pull the trigger on new crop corn sales.

Spring is nearly upon us, and soon farmers will be in the field. Todd Gleason reports University of Illinois extension specialists are reminding no-tillers to control weeds.

The sun is higher in the sky…

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African nations are turning to the agricultural sector to drive economic growth. Todd Gleason files this report on how strategies on this third world continent mirror those of those the western hemisphere.

The International Food Policy Research Institute…

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A University of Illinois researcher has found a way to double the biomass of a corn plant. Todd Gleason has more on its potential.

University of Illinois plant geneticist Stephen Moose…

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The falling price of fertilizer might just make it more profitable grow corn this year rather than soybean. Todd Gleason has more from the University of Illinois.

The falling price of fertilizer…

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The University of Illinois will host a biofuels law and regulation conference in April. Todd Gleason has the details.

The First Annual Biofuels Law…

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Interview with Farm Management Specialist Gary Schnitkey about Crop Insurance Decisions that must be made by Monday March 16, 2009.

www.FarmDOC.uiuc.edu

Between now and the 16th day of March corn and soybean farmers around the nation will make federal crop insurance decisions. Todd Gleason has more on the FarmDOC (farm doc) tools available to aid the process.

Between now and the 16th day of March corn and soybean farmers around the nation will make federal crop insurance decisions. Todd Gleason has more on the differing insurance options might work for farmers in the cornbelt.

This month farmers are making federal crop insurance decisions. Later, if they haven't already, they'll decide whether or not to participate in the new federal farm program. The two decisions, as Todd Gleason reports, don't have much to do with each other.

The final specs for the new federal farm program called ACRE (pronounced acre) are still being worked out. Yet, as Todd Gleason reports, University of Illinois ag economists say enough is known about how this farm safety net program works to give landowners and farmers a good feel for whether or not it will be worth joining.

The final specs for the new federal farm program called ACRE (pronounced acre) are still being worked out. Yet, as Todd Gleason reports, University of Illinois ag economists say enough is known about how this farm safety net program works to evaluate it against the traditional farm program.

The final specs for the new federal farm program called ACRE (pronounced acre) are still being worked out. Yet, as Todd Gleason reports, University of Illinois ag economists say enough is known about how this farm safety net program works to evaluate it against the traditional farm program. Today they'll explore the triggers that cause the countercyclical portion of ACRE to payout.

The ag economists at the University of Illinois have gone back and put the ACRE program into play over past years to see how it would have paid out historically. The numbers suggests, as Todd Gleason reports, because soybean yields are more consistent than corn yields, ACRE makes more payments on corn.

Farmers in the eastern corn belt have seen cash prices rise above futures in Chicago. It has prompted some of them to make basis only contracts with the local elevator. Todd Gleason files this report on the consequences of the deal.