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Building Soil Phosphorus Levels

March 3, 2014 | Posted in Soil Health
Source: By Ron Gelderman, South Dakota State University
Lower phosphate fertilizer prices have generated some interest in building soil phosphorus (P) levels and questions concerning this practice. Why would someone want to build soil phosphorus levels?
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New Tool Offers For Measuring Soil Organic Matter Content

February 28, 2014 | Posted in Soil Health
Source: Ohio State University

Researchers with Ohio State University's College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences have developed a new tool that allows farmers to easily predict soil organic matter content and can help them make decisions about whether or not to sell crop residue.


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It's All About No-Till Learning

By John Dobberstein posted on January 22, 2014 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101
I must admit to playing a little catch-up after spending all of last week in Springfield, Ill., working with my colleagues at No-Till Farmer to host the 22nd annual National No-Tillage Conference. Our second-largest crowd ever with 1,024 attendees took in 4 days of no-till learning at the Springfield Hilton. While there were plenty of familiar faces, we still saw 408 first-time attendees. More than 500 first-timers were on hand last year at the NNTC in Indianapolis.
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Study Challenges Soil Testing For K, Value Of KCl

November 1, 2013 | Posted in Nutrient Management
In the chemical age of agriculture that began in the 1960s, potassium chloride (KCl), the common salt often referred to as potash, is widely used as a major fertilizer in the Corn Belt without regard to the huge soil reserves that were once recognized for their fundamental importance to soil fertility.
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