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By Charles Hurburgh, Department of Ag and Biosystems Engineering

Most of us have been following developments in biotechnology approval for many years. The most recent issue is the non-approval of certain corn events by China. Viptera (MIR162) corn has not been approved there since its introduction in 2010; Duracade, new this year, is in the same situation. The greatest impact of the Chinese situation is on distillers grains from ethanol production. China is a major importer of dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS); much less so for whole corn.

By Micheal Owen, Department of Agronomy

Believe it or not, now is the time to begin thinking about weed management for the 2009 growing season.  And as always, the watchword is “stewardship”.