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Soil-Applied Herbicides Becoming A Must

March 4, 2010 | Posted in Crop Protection
Source: This article was originally published by AgriNews
Crop producers should consider using soil-applied herbicides even during times of cheap glyphosate. While there can be risks, such as no timely rainfall, a pre-emergence herbicide can get control of early season weeds so glyphosate can work on pesky plants at more equal stages of growth.
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Proposed Standard For Phosphorus Sees Setback

March 4, 2010 | Posted in Crop Protection
Source: This article was published by the Chesapeake Bay Journal.
Last summer, U.S. Department of Agriculture officials floated a nationwide standard to limit the amount of phosphorus farmers could apply to fields. But by December, they had pulled it back in the face of stiff opposition from a group of agriculture scientists.
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Soil Needs 'Glue' For Good Structure

February 26, 2010 | Posted in Crop Protection
Ray Archuleta, who works for the USDA’s Natural Resource Conservation Service, is passionate about no-till and he reminded producers that what makes a successful no-till system is in the things you don’t necessarily see on the ground.
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Plant's Ability To Mine Nutrients Found

February 24, 2010 | Posted in Crop Protection
Source: This report published by Science Daily
Scientists from the John Innes Centre and the University of Oxford have discovered which genes control the specialized nutrient mining machine that develops on the surface of plant roots.
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Jensen Succeeds With Spring Strip-Till

February 23, 2010 | Posted in Crop Protection
Source: Jason Johnson wrote this article on behalf of the NRCS
Simultaneous strip-till, fertilizer application and planting is the right springtime combination for Fayette County corn and soybean producer Collin Jensen, who saves fuel, reduces soil erosion, improves soil quality and lessens compaction by farming this way.
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Sunflower Growers Find Strip-Till Works

February 23, 2010 | Posted in Crop Protection
Source: Article published originally by Don Lilliboe for January 2009 issue of Sunflower Magazine.
John Riley and Chris Holovach live hundreds of miles apart and farm under quite different environments. But both agree that producing sunflower under a strip-till system appears to have a definite place in their farming operation.
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