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Weeds Rob Nitrogen From Crops

February 25, 2012 | Posted in Crop Protection, Nutrient Management
Source: Natalie Rector, Michigan State University Extension
An MSU timing study on post-emergent weed control in corn showed that 95 percent of weed control or better can be achieved when weeds are 9 inches tall, but yields were reduced 25 bushels per acre.
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Expert: Expansion Of Commodity Values Just Beginning

February 8, 2011
Source: National Corn Growers Association
Bruce Scherr, CEO of Informa Economics, reviewed the historical trends in corn prices and looked at how changing global demographics are shifting the agricultural commodity market paradigm.
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Farmers May Spend More To Produce 2011 Crops

December 3, 2010
Source: Ohio State University, Penn State University
Grain prices moved higher this year and the costs of growing them are likely to do the same in the year ahead, according to Purdue University estimates.
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Custom Rates Favor No-Till

By Frank Lessiter posted on October 1, 2009
Even though the conservation and environmental benefits of no-tilling are likely reason enough to consider switching tillage practices, many farmers still want to know if it will pay off economically.
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Passing The No-Till Reins

Fewer tractor hours and inputs help ease farm transition from one generation to the next.
By Martha Ostendorf posted on October 1, 2009 | Posted in Nutrient Management
Chris Rodabaugh discovered an extremely effective way to drastically cut his hours in the tractor — by passing the no-till torch to his son, Clint.
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