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No-Till Soybean Fields Give Birds Foothold In Illinois

February 3, 2014 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101
Source: By Diana Yates, Life Sciences Editor, University of Illinois
Researchers report in a new study that several bird species some of them relatively rare are making extensive use of soybean fields in Illinois. The team found significantly more birds and a greater diversity of bird species nesting, roosting and feeding in no-till soybean fields than in tilled fields.
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Tips For Attracting Pest-Eating Bats

October 28, 2013 | Posted in Crop Protection
Bats are voracious feeders. Beyond eating mosquitoes, there is a definite advantage in having them on your property during the row crop season. Their food of choice is a wide variety of night-flying insects, many of which are the adult stages of crop pests.
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Unraveling The Mystery Of Cover-Crop Seed Quality

No-tillers must sort through the sales hype and learn more about their seed sources to find economical, effective species and varieties that will accomplish their cover-crop goals.
By Mark Parker posted on February 1, 2013 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops
As more and more no-tillers embrace cover crops, the production of the seed itself has become a rapidly growing industry in which marketing can sometimes outpace performance.
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No-Till Weed Shifts Alarming

Resistance is increasing as weeds adapt to different tillage practices, rotations and herbicides.
By Joe Shinners posted on October 1, 1998 | Posted in Crop Protection
Doug Buhler is as concerned about weeds as any no-tiller. The weed specialist from Ames, Iowa, is apprehensive about the increased resistance to herbicides that weeds are showing in an ever-increasing frequency.
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