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DuPont Pioneer Expanding Encirca Yield Input Management Offering

New Grower Pilot Program will Focus on Phosphorous and Potassium Applications

August 25, 2014 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Precision Agriculture

Source: DuPont News Release

DuPont Pioneer announced plans for a new grower pilot program that will expand on the input management offerings in its recently launched Encirca^SM Yield services platform to include phosphorous and potassium management.

DuPont Pioneer Launches Encirca Yield to Enhance Input Management

July 17, 2014 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Nutrient Management

DuPont Pioneer is launching its new Encirca Yield services platform and enrolling growers today to help them improve timing, placement and management of critical inputs to enhance the overall productivity and profitability of every acre.

Identifying And Responding To Poor Soybean Nodulation

July 2, 2014 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Source: Michigan State University

Most of the required nitrogen is provided by biological nitrogen fixation occurring in bacterial colonies (nodules) attached to soybean roots, but in some cases, the nodules will not form or function properly and the plants will show visible nitrogen deficiency symptoms.

Adjusting Future Nitrogen Management Using Annual 'Nitrogen Checkup'

June 5, 2014 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Source: Iowa Soybean Association On-Farm Network

Have you ever wondered why school students are routinely given a series of year-end tests when it may already be too late to help them master the material?

3 Considerations For Switching Corn Acres To Soybeans

May 29, 2014 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Water Management

Source: University of Wisconsin

Northern growers continue to get hammered for the second year with awful planting weather.

Get More From Your Nitrogen With Late-Season Stalk Tests

Lessons learned from measuring nitrates as corn reaches physiological maturity can help no-tillers improve nitrogen management and the farm’s bottom line.

By John Dobberstein posted on October 1, 2013 | Posted in Nutrient Management

No-tillers wanting to get a better handle on how efficiently they’re using nitrogen on corn acres should consider late-season corn-stalk nitrate sampling programs, including one offered by the Iowa Soybean Association On-Farm Network.

Crop Sensors Making Their Case

These high-tech precision units can spoon-feed nitrogen where it’s needed to maximize yields — but do they pay their way?

By Clair Urbain posted on February 1, 2012 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Precision Agriculture

It’s a two-sided coin that every farmer wants to achieve: maximum yields with minimum inputs. Crop-sensor technology can, according to ongoing farmer and university research, help accomplish that.

Costly Cover Crop Mistakes To Avoid

No-tillers must make careful decisions on what to seed, and when to seed, to succeed with cover crops, experts say.

By Frank Lessiter posted on February 1, 2011 | Posted in Cover Crops

One of the most neglected aspects of no-tillage seems to be the proper use of cover crops. Unfortunately, many farmers simply take this part of the total program for granted and unnecessary mistakes are often made.

Wait To Apply Fall Nitrogen

September 23, 2010 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Farmers should wait until soil temperatures drop to the appropriate temperature before applying fall nitrogen, a University of Illinois agronomist says.

Keep Yields From Cooling Off

Cover crops can offset the major causes of yield drag in fields making the transition to no-till and improve the soil biology of fields lacking crop and residue diversity

By Martha Ostendorf posted on May 1, 2010 | Posted in Cover Crops, Nutrient Management, Soil Health

If you had to scavenge for food from Thanksgiving to Easter, chances are you wouldn’t be very productive and may not survive. The same is true of soil microbes.

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