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Think, Believe, Know: Informed Decisions are the Backbone of Walker Farms

Data gathering & long-term testing help Bob & Bill Walker narrow in on efficient no-till crop production
We continually refine our farming system. While my brother, Bill, and I know we’ll never get to specific end goals with many practices like efficient fertilizer use, we’re always chasing and narrowing the gap.
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More in the Bin: Shining a Light on Better Corn, Soybean Management

Beck’s annual Practical Farm Research Guide puts equipment, crop protection products & seed-and-planting practices to the test

Each year, Atlanta, Ind.-based Beck’s Hybrids puts out one of the most comprehensive books on ag research centered around the company’s Practical Farm Research (PFT) Program. 


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How New Technology and Cover Crops Can Beat Back Weeds

There are a plethora of new solutions — both man-made & natural — that can help no-tillers & strip-tillers get a handle on weed issues.
While chemists have done most of the heavy lifting in agriculture’s battle with weeds since World War II, electrical and mechanical engineers are increasingly supporting the fight with innovations to make herbicides more efficient, and in some cases, bypass chemistry altogether.
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Soil Health Principles

Soil Health Principle 4: Continual Living Plant

Every green plant is a carbon inlet & provides the microbial world with carbon sugar exudates. Cover crops can check several soil health principles simultaneously.

The first time we look at cover crops we usually question the seed cost, labor, equipment, time, water, nutrient, and even the social acceptance of partners, neighbors, and friends. 


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Regenerating Your Profits: No-Till, Covers & Livestock

Using diversification & data to inform his management decisions, Mac Kincaid can prove regenerative no-till is paying off on his 1,000-acre Missouri farm.

Bringing regenerative practices to degraded soil is no easy endeavor. But Mac Kincaid looks no further than his family to understand why he punches the calculator, braves freezing temperatures during the winter to move livestock, and troubleshoots ever-present weather challenges.


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New Type of Herbicide Resistance Threatens ‘Mix the Mode’ Weed Control

Exposure to a single herbicide can trigger metabolic resistance across herbicide groups
As no-tillers, researchers and chemical companies scramble to control increasingly tough herbicide-resistant weeds, University of Missouri extension weed specialist Kevin Bradley says the current science of weed control will likely soon need to be broadened.
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