Conservation agriculture techniques enable smallholders to adopt more efficient practices, which can reduce crop losses and offer higher returns. FAO is working with the Indonesian government to expand the use of this technique nationwide. The No-Till Passport series is brought to you by Martin Industries.

Corn seedlings with less than six leaves can withstand 4 days under water if air temperatures are lower than the high 70s, says University of Nebraska Extension.

Producers should make field repairs as needed and seed a cover crop to help protect the soil and start rebuilding soil life before the 2012 cropping season.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced this week they will rebuild the Bird’s Point Levee, but only to a height of 51 feet, 11 feet below its original height.