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Fertilizer & Soil Amendments Product Roundup 2019

Check out the latest fertilizer and soil amendments from some of the industry’s leading suppliers.

March 8, 2019 | Posted in Crop Protection

Check out the latest fertilizer and soil amendments from some of the industry’s leading suppliers.

Using High-Carbon Char as a Soil Amendment to Improve Soil Properties

March 7, 2018 | Posted in Soil Health, Water Management

Nebraska Extension shares the results of a study of high-carbon char as a soil amendment to increase soil carbon concentration in farm ground.

UNL Studying Whether Sugarbeet Char Can Improve Soil

June 17, 2016 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: University of Nebraska Extension

Scientists from the University of Nebraska have begun a multi-year study into whether high-carbon char, a fine, powdery coal dust left over from sugarbeet processing, can improve crop fields.

Managing Soils to Benefit Crops

April 28, 2016 | Posted in Cover Crops, Soil Health, No-Till 101

Source: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Although soil types are the primary determinant of physical quality and resilience, good management practices can improve and maintain the capacities of virtually any soil, says a research scientist from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.

Fertilizer & Soil Amendments Product Roundup 2016

Check out the latest fertilizer and soil amendments from some of the industry's leading suppliers.

February 2, 2016 | Posted in Crop Protection

Check out the latest fertilizer and soil amendments from some of the industry's leading suppliers.

FMC Launches Capture LFR with VGR Soil Amendment

January 28, 2016 | Posted in Crop Protection, Soil Health

Source: FMC Corp.

The in-furrow combination of the LFR insecticide and VGR soil amendment will deliver insect control, increased water efficiency and better nutrient availability, the company says.

Gypsoil Building Plant to Produce Pelleted Gypsum

July 30, 2015 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Soil Health, Water Management

Gypsoil Pelletized Products Division will open a $5 million plant in Winona, Minn., this fall to manufacture Gypsoil Blendable, a pelletized gypsum product.

Podcast

Audio: Soil Amendments for Row Crop Fields

March 25, 2015 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Kansas State University Extension soil nutrient specialist Dorivar Ruiz-Diaz looks at the merits of applying soil amendment products to row crop fields ahead of planting, and what producers can reasonably expect from those treatments.

Gypsum Offers Economic Source of Sulfur for Deficient Soybean Acres

December 19, 2014 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Source: Michigan State University Extension

Coarse-textured soils with low potential for sulfur mineralization from organic matter may be at risk for sulfur deficiency that can limit soybean yields.

[Webinar] Rock Solid Strategies For Using Gypsum To Amend Tight Soils

August 20, 2013 | Posted in Soil Health, No-Till 101

Get your questions about agricultural gypsum answered through this No-Till Farmer webinar sponsored by GYPSOIL brand gypsum. [To view any of our webinar replays, you must be logged in with a free user account.]

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Allan Brooks on Why He Uses a Harvest International Planter

Allan Brooks no-tills 2,200 acres of vegetables in Markesan, Wis. We caught up with him at the 2020 National No-Tillage Conference, where he explained how he came to use Harvest International planters and reveals the new one he had built for the 2020 planting season.

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Milan No-Till Field Day

Date: 07/23/20

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The historic Milan No-Till Crop Production Field Day, presented by University of Tennessee AgResearch and UT Extension, is going virtual for 2020.

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