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Gates: Increase Food Production Worldwide

October 22, 2009 | Posted in Seeding & Planting
Source: Agri News
The next Green Revolution must be guided by small-holder no-till farmers, adapted to local circumstances and sustainable for the economy and the environment, said Microsoft founder and chairman Bill Gates to a crowded hall at last week's World Food Prize Borlaug Dialogue in Des Moines.
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The Lowdown From Dakota Lakes

Dwayne Beck shares some preliminary eye-opening results and current studies from the all-no-till research farm.
By Ron Ross posted on October 1, 2009 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Nutrient Management, Water Management
A regular favorite at the National No-Tillage Conference, Dwayne Beck’s 2 decades of work at the Dakota Lakes Research Farm near Pierre, S.D., has revealed a depth of data to support his claim that, “In nature, tillage is a catastrophic event.”
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Corn, Bean Acres Expected To Rise

September 13, 2009 | Posted in Seeding & Planting
Nationally, soybean acres are projected at 78.1 million acres, up 1 percent from last year, while corn is expected to be at 88.8 million acres, up 3 percent from 2009. This means U.S. growers could harvest a record-large 13.1 billion bushels of corn and a near-record 3.3 billion bushels of soybeans.
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