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Refuge Rules Slashed By 75%

By Frank Lessiter posted on September 1, 2009 | Posted in Crop Protection
Many no-tillers have been wondering when the refuge requirement for Bt corn hybrids might be reduced. With a reduced refuge, they’ve been calculating how much corn yields could be raised across their operations.
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Weather Changes No-Till Plans

By Frank Lessiter posted on July 1, 2009 | Posted in Seeding & Planting
Plenty of no-tillers were faced with lengthy delays in getting their crops planted this spring. And the critical question was whether these unfortunate delays led to last-minute cropping changes, or whether growers were sticking with their initial cropping strategies.
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Will Lawyers Rule Pesticides?

By Frank Lessiter posted on June 1, 2009 | Posted in Crop Protection
Several recent developments in the pesticide area represent disturbing examples of how the environmentalists pay little attention to scientific facts. As a result, several pesticides and genetically modified organism (GMO) corn hybrids are under increased fire from lawyers and governmental agencies that could impact no-tillers.
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Uncertain Fertilizer Situation

By Frank Lessiter posted on April 1, 2009 | Posted in Nutrient Management
RESULTS FROM A mid-February e-mail survey of no-tillers indicate there’s still a sizeable degree of uncertainty about the late-winter and early spring fertilizer situation. The results shown here are based on responses from 135 no-tillers with an average of 1,491 acres.
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Seed Prices A Major Concern

By Frank Lessiter posted on March 1, 2009 | Posted in Seeding & Planting
Plenty of hallway concerns were voiced about skyrocketing seed prices by attendees at the recent National No-Tillage Conference in Indianapolis, Ind. With many new high-tech developments and traits creeping into corn genetics, seed corn costs have already reached $200 to $250 a bag and some no-tillers are scared that prices may move quickly toward $500 a bag.
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Managing The Underground

By Frank Lessiter posted on January 1, 2009 | Posted in Soil Health
Growers understand that no-till has a favorable impact on soil management. It’s due to the many interconnections between tillage, cropping practices, fertilizer, soil amendments and other soil treatments that end up boosting your yields.
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