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The Dangers Of Applying Fertilizers And Manure To Frozen Ground

February 13, 2014 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: By Edwin Ritchey, University of Kentucky

Some producers are taking advantage of frozen ground conditions to apply nitrogen to wheat fields or manure to corn fields. While this practice reduces the risk of compaction or rutting of fields, there are other factors to consider. Applications to frozen ground are at higher risk for runoff and loss of those nutrients.

Reducing Winter Manure Application Risks

January 24, 2014 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Source: By Gerald May and Shelby Bollwhan, Michigan State University Extension

Consider these risk factors and management practices when selecting fields for winter manure application.

Rain, Thawing Snow On Frozen Soil Can Cause Rill Erosion

January 20, 2014 | Posted in Water Management

Source: By Sjoerd Duiker, Penn State Extension

Rill and gully erosion is the detachment and transport of soil by concentrated flow of water. Rills are small enough to be removed by normal tillage operations.

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Three Super No-Till Projects

By Frank Lessiter posted on July 1, 2013 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101, Soil Health, Water Management

Forty years ago this month, I made my first visit to USDA’s North Appalachian Experimental Watershed in Coshocton, Ohio. Established in 1935, this 1,047-acre facility had been built with depression-era labor from several government assistance programs.

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Three Super No-Till Projects

By Frank Lessiter posted on July 1, 2013

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No-Till Blamed For Algae

By Frank Lessiter posted on June 1, 2013

For a number of years, there’s been a “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico that is caused by nitrogen runoff flowing from farms down the Mississippi River into the Gulf.

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No-Till Blamed For Algae

By Frank Lessiter posted on June 1, 2013 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Water Management

For a number of years, there’s been a “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico that is caused by nitrogen runoff flowing from farms down the Mississippi River into the Gulf.

Tracking Phosphorus Fresh From The Farm

May 30, 2013 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Source: By: Spencer Hunt, The Columbus Dispatch

An early May storm that soaked Paulding County cleared up nearly a day ago, and the drains buried beneath Terry McClures farm fields are doing their job. The white plastic pipe that funnels water into a ditch along County Road 48 helps keep the 4,000 acres of soft, red winter wheat from becoming a swamp.

Cover Crops Helping Indiana Farmers Recover From Drought

January 31, 2013 | Posted in Cover Crops

Source: By Howard Greninger, Tribune-Star (Terre Haute, Ind.)

Following last year’s record-setting drought, some Vigo County, Ind., farmers have turned to cover crops to help trap nitrogen in the ground to benefit this year’s crops.

Iowa Releases Environmental Plan To Reduce Runoff In State Waters, Gulf of Mexico

November 21, 2012 | Posted in Water Management

Source: Associated Press

Wastewater treatment and industrial plants would be asked to make costly upgrades to cut pollution while farmers would do so voluntarily under a long-awaited strategy released Monday to reduce harmful nutrients in Iowa waterways and the Gulf of Mexico.

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