Precision Pays » Monsanto http://precisionpays.com News and information about how precision farming helps a grower's bottom line. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:00:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Insect Migration Forecast Adds New Features http://precisionpays.com/2011/04/insect-migration-forecast-adds-new-features/ http://precisionpays.com/2011/04/insect-migration-forecast-adds-new-features/#comments Fri, 29 Apr 2011 16:56:33 +0000 Cindy http://precisionpays.com/?p=6610 Knowing where the bugs are going can help farmers beat them.

The Insect Forecast website is ready to start pest tracking in May with new enhancements for the 2011 growing season to increase farmer awareness about above-ground pests that can threaten their fields. The new features include the tracking of western bean cutworm pressure in the Midwest, in addition to the annual migration of corn earworms from the South to Midwestern corn fields.

Also new this year, starting May 6, farmers can sign-up online at www.insectforecast.com to receive e-mail alerts when these insects pose a risk in their areas.

Developed by climatologist and meteorologist Mike Sandstrom, the Insect Migration Risk Forecast (IMRF) monitors the daily migration of damaging pests, such as corn earworm, from May through September. It analyzes moth trapping data and weather patterns to issue one, two and three-to-five day forecasts.

The IMRF is being sponsored again this season by Monsanto Company and offered to farmers as a tool of its Genuity® trait brand.

]]> http://precisionpays.com/2011/04/insect-migration-forecast-adds-new-features/feed/ 0 Monsanto Helping Grow Communities http://precisionpays.com/2010/02/monsanto-helping-grow-communities/ http://precisionpays.com/2010/02/monsanto-helping-grow-communities/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:45:32 +0000 Chuck http://precisionpays.com/?p=3293 MonsantoThere are booths on the floor of three different buildings at the Iowa Power Farming Show. They’re also in the hallways. I stopped at this one to learn about the Monsanto sponsored America’s Farmers Grow Communities Project. Lots of farmers were stopping by to sign up their favorite local charity. To tell us all about it I interviewed Gayla Daugherty, Monsanto Communications Manager.

She says it’s a new project for farmers to sign up a local non-profit of their choice to win via a random drawing. There are 179 counties involved in Iowa/Missouri/Arkansas and you can see them listed on the official rules page.

Plant $2,500 in your community and watch it grow.

As a farmer, you care for our land and grow our economy. You make everyone’s lives better – locally, nationally and globally. To thank you, Monsanto wants to make a contribution in your name to your local community with the America’s Farmers Grow Communities™ Project.

One nonprofit community organization in each eligible county will receive a $2,500 award. It’s up to farmers like you to help decide where it goes.

Together we can grow rural America…one community at a time. Apply now.

You can listen to my interview with Gayla below.

Iowa Power Farming Show Photo Album

Thanks to Ag Leader Technology for sponsoring our coverage of the Iowa Power Farming Show.

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