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	<title>Monsanto Blog - Beyond the Rows</title>
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	<description>Beyond the Rows is a Monsanto Company blog focused on agriculture. Monsanto employees write about Monsanto’s business, agriculture, biotechnology, and the farmer.</description>
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		<title>Sudden Death Syndrome Making its Mark in Soybeans</title>
		<link>http://www.monsantoblog.com/2010/08/26/soybeans-sudden-death-syndrome/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=soybeans-sudden-death-syndrome</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:23:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mica</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[From the Farm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brown Stem Rot]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Midwest]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I couldn’t cut it as a farmer—for a multitude of reasons—but primarily, I couldn’t stomach the business risks involved. There are risks such as weather and disease that are completely out of your hands no matter how much forethought and planning you do. It appears that U.S. soybean farmers are facing one such risk this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Picture of a Reduced Refuge Concept is Worth…</title>
		<link>http://www.monsantoblog.com/2010/08/19/reduced-refuge-differences/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=reduced-refuge-differences</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:37:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mica</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Corn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Genuity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Monsanto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Optimum Acremax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pioneer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reduced refuge]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks back, I wrote a post attempting to explain simply in words the difference between current and future corn products offering a reduced refuge. (“Refuge in the Bag: Will that be one bag or two?”) I reviewed Monsanto’s current Genuity® VT Triple PROTM and Genuity® SmartStax TM products versus Pioneer’s Optimum® AcreMaxTM 1 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Roundup Ready Sugarbeet Court Case Update</title>
		<link>http://www.monsantoblog.com/2010/08/16/roundup-ready-sugarbeets-2/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=roundup-ready-sugarbeets-2</link>
		<comments>http://www.monsantoblog.com/2010/08/16/roundup-ready-sugarbeets-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:08:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monsantoco</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[News and Views]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Roundup Ready Sugarbeets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s the latest information on the Roundup Ready sugarbeet case. There was a hearing on Friday, Aug. 13. At the hearing, Judge Jeffrey White of the U.S. District Court issued an order which states that harvest and processing of Roundup Ready® sugar beets and sugar beet seed crops planted before August 13, 2010 are not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Representing Monsanto, Representing the Farmer</title>
		<link>http://www.monsantoblog.com/2010/08/10/meet-katie-monsanto-sales-representative/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=meet-katie-monsanto-sales-representative</link>
		<comments>http://www.monsantoblog.com/2010/08/10/meet-katie-monsanto-sales-representative/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 16:02:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monsantoco</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[At Monsanto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asgrow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DeKalb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Monsanto careers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oklahoma]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Katie I was driving back to my hotel one night a few weeks ago after a meeting I had with some growers in the northern part of my territory.  I got back to my hotel about 10:15 p.m. and opened up my computer to catch up on some emails and get ready for my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GM Canola on the Loose? Some Points to Consider</title>
		<link>http://www.monsantoblog.com/2010/08/06/roadside-canola-survey/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=roadside-canola-survey</link>
		<comments>http://www.monsantoblog.com/2010/08/06/roadside-canola-survey/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 12:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mica</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[At Monsanto]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bayer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canola]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ecological Society of America]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Liberty Link]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever seen a canola plant? It’s a very pretty crop produced for its oil and distinguished by its bright yellow blooms. From a purely aesthetic point of view, it’s not a bad plant to find growing as a weed along the roadside, which often happens. Some probably even mistake it for a wildflower. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video: What is Center Pivot Irrigation?</title>
		<link>http://www.monsantoblog.com/2010/08/05/video-what-is-center-pivot-irrigation/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=video-what-is-center-pivot-irrigation</link>
		<comments>http://www.monsantoblog.com/2010/08/05/video-what-is-center-pivot-irrigation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:07:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janice</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Americas Farmers Feed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[From the Farm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Center Pivot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cotton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Irrigation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.monsantoblog.com/?p=3436</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Not sure how many times I&#8217;ve had people ask me about these “big spoke things” going across fields, otherwise known as a center pivot and and used in center pivot irrigation. They are definitely easier to understand if a center pivot is running. They are intriguing I admit, and with a span that covers hundreds [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Corn Technologies Are Taking Down Some Major Pests</title>
		<link>http://www.monsantoblog.com/2010/08/02/corn-earworm/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=corn-earworm</link>
		<comments>http://www.monsantoblog.com/2010/08/02/corn-earworm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 14:40:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathleen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Americas Farmers Feed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[From the Farm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corn Earworm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Genuity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Insect Pressure]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.monsantoblog.com/?p=3209</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you ask many corn farmers, aside from weather, pests are at the top of the list of factors that hurt their yields. Corn Earworm, Fall Armyworm, and Western Bean Cutworm can all impact yields due to destruction of corn kernels. Lucky for these corn farmers, scientists like the ones at Monsanto are working hard [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Young Alabama Farmer&#8217;s Lifelong Balancing Act</title>
		<link>http://www.monsantoblog.com/2010/07/30/young-alabama-cotton-farmer/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=young-alabama-cotton-farmer</link>
		<comments>http://www.monsantoblog.com/2010/07/30/young-alabama-cotton-farmer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:59:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monsantoco</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[From the Farm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alabama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Auburn University]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cotton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Young Farmer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Youth]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.monsantoblog.com/?p=3087</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Jillian Very few college students look forward to waking up early on the weekends. Even fewer look forward to waking up to a day of manual labor in the humidity and in nearly 100 degree weather. My fiancé, Jared Etress,doesn’t mind waking up early—or working. Born and raised in Southeast Alabama, farming has always [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Research Is More Than Spending Time in a Lab</title>
		<link>http://www.monsantoblog.com/2010/07/21/researchers-in-the-field/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=researchers-in-the-field</link>
		<comments>http://www.monsantoblog.com/2010/07/21/researchers-in-the-field/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:10:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2010 Crop Season]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[At Monsanto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Illinois]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jerseyville]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pipeline]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the road, the Jerseyville research farm looks like any other Southwest Illinois farm: corn and soybeans dominate the landscape and a couple sheds rise above the green. Once I entered the center of the 240-acre site, I discovered how special the farm is—where nearly every row of plants receives special care. Jerseyville is one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hybrids vs. Heirlooms</title>
		<link>http://www.monsantoblog.com/2010/07/19/hybrids-vs-heirlooms/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=hybrids-vs-heirlooms</link>
		<comments>http://www.monsantoblog.com/2010/07/19/hybrids-vs-heirlooms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:41:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mica</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News and Views]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heirlooms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hybrids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seminis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vegetables]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If there is something good to come out of the Internet chatter on Monsanto’s donation of hybrid seed to Haiti, then perhaps it is this: More discussion and explanation of the difference between heirloom and hybrid seeds. George Ball wrote a guest column for the Des Moines Register called “A Juicy Debate: Hybrids vs. Heirlooms.” [...]]]></description>
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