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Upcoming Events:
(FD: field
day; SS: scout schools)
Texas Big Country Wheat
Conference, 8/19, 7 am, Big Country Hall at Taylor County Expo Center,
Abeline.
Texas
Dawson County Farm Tour, 8/20, 7:30 am, Dawson Co. Community Building,
Lamesa.
Arkansas: Cache River Valley Seed FD, 8/20, Cash.
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FD Research Center Opening Ceremony, 8/20, 9 am, University of Georgia
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FD, 8/21, 8 am, North Florida REC, Marianna.
Louisiana Dean
Lee Research and Extension FD, 8/21,
1:30 pm, Sandy Stewart for info,
Alexandria.
Missouri Rice FD, 8/27, Missouri Rice Research Farm.
Kansas
2008 FD, 8/28, 8:30, K-State Southwest REC, Garden City.
Missouri Delta Center FD, 9/2,
9 am, Lee Farm, Portageville.
Tennessee Cotton Research Tour and Wheat Production Conference, 9/3,
8:30 am, West Tennessee Research and Education Center, Jackson.
South Carolina Fall FD, 9/4, 9 am, Edisto REC,
Blackville.
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Allen Hogan for info, Fenton.
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Louisiana Wheat Production Meeting, 9/11, 8 am, Dewitt Livestock
Facility, LSUA Campus, Alexandria.
Virginia
Late-Season and Pre-Harvest Field Tour, 9/11, 2 pm, Tidewater REC Farm,
Suffolk.
Louisiana
Jeff Davis
Rice Growers Association Annual Meeting, 9/18, 7 pm,
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Firemen’s Association Hut,Welsh.
Mississippi
Cotton Crop Management Seminar and Workshops, 11/11-13, Grand
Casino and Resort, Tunica.
Beltwide Cotton Conference,
1/5-8, 2009. Marriott Rivercenter/Riverwalk Hotel, San Antonio, Texas.
National Conservation Systems Cotton & Rice Conference, 1/26-27, 2009,
Marksville, La.
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DuPont gains U.S. regulatory approval for new
herbicide-resistance trait in soybeans
From a company release
DES MOINES, Iowa, July 17, 2008) - DuPont today announced that
it has received U.S. regulatory approval of its proprietary
herbicide-tolerant Optimum GAT trait in soybeans.
 "This milestone brings an innovative technology closer to farmers'
fields," said James C. Borel, DuPont group vice president. "The Optimum GAT trait combined with our industry-leading genetics and other
complementary technologies, will help soybean farmers maximize yields and
give them a new level of weed control flexibility. The U.S. regulatory
approval of the Optimum GAT trait in soybeans is key to DuPont
efforts to increase soybean yields by 40 percent over the next 10 years."
This is the first ag trait developed through proprietary DuPont
gene shuffling technology. The Optimum GAT trait will allow farmers to incorporate complementary ALS herbicides into a glyphosate
program, including the new DuPont Freestyle, Traverse, Instigate and Diligent
herbicides that DuPont Crop Protection has developed and is demonstrating in
test plots this year.
DuPont is
planning demonstration plots in 2009 and 2010 and will introduce commercial
soybean varieties with the Optimum GAT trait in 2011, according to a company
release.
DuPont continues to pursue regulatory approvals in key export markets
for both Optimum GAT soybeans and corn. Pending
regulatory approvals, the company is planning to introduce its proprietary Optimum GAT trait in corn in 2010.
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