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New Record Set in 2019 NCGA Corn Yield Contest

December 16, 2019 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Source: National Corn Growers Association

Despite adverse growing conditions that impacted most farmers in 2019, improved seed varieties, advanced production techniques, and innovative growing practices allowed corn growers to achieve impressive yields across all categories.

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Yield Contests and No-Till

By Frank Lessiter posted on August 19, 2017 | Posted in Residue Management, Nutrient Management, Soil Health, Water Management

David Hula harvested the highest yield ever recorded in the national corn yield contest. The Charles City, Va., grower turned in a yield of 532 bushels per acre in the 2015 National Corn Growers Association contest.

EPA Atrazine Decision Could Cost Growers $2.5 Billion

August 31, 2016 | Posted in Crop Protection

Source: National Corn Growers Assn.

If the recommendations included in the EPA's assessment of ecological risk for atrazine are kept, the herbicide would be effectively banned, says the NCGA.

NCGA 2014 Yield Contest Winners Announced

December 23, 2014

Source: National Corn Growers Association

No-tillers and strip-tillers proved that conservation practices can compete just as well as conventionally tilled fields.

Taming Variable Soils To Hit Record-Breaking No-Till Yields

No-till, fungicide, in-furrow insecticide and precision technology helped Bob Little reach nearly 300-bushel corn on his northwest Indiana farm’s variable soils.

By Laura Barrera posted on January 1, 2014 | Posted in Crop Protection

If there's one thing Bob Little’s fields aren't short on, it’s soil types.

Making ‘Never-Till’ Corn Yields That Are Fit For A King

Cover crops, split nitrogen, fungicide applications and higher organic matter are helping Rigdon Farms make a hard run at 300-bushel corn.

By John Dobberstein posted on August 1, 2013 | Posted in Crop Protection, Nutrient Management

Three decades of no-till, or “never till” as John Rigdon calls it, is certainly long enough to establish a tradition at Rigdon Farms, but that’s only part of the story.

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U.S. Justices Hostile To Argument Against Monsanto

April 1, 2013 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, No-Till 101

U.S. SUPREME COURT justices signaled last month that Monsanto Co. was in a strong position to claim that an Indiana farmer violated its patented genetically modified soybeans.

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Wal-Mart Joins Agriculture Sustainability Group

October 1, 2012 | Posted in No-Till 101

Wal-Mart has joined an alliance of other Fortune 500 companies seeking to make agriculture more sustainable, Reuters reports.

Fixing Sulfur Shortages Can Boost No-Till Yields

Knowledge of vulnerable soil types and field conditions, and targeted sulfur applications, can increase crop outputs.

By Dan Zinkland posted on February 1, 2012 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Until 2 decades ago, farmers throughout the Corn Belt didn't need to worry about their fields having enough sulfur, a nutrient that is essential to photosynthesis in plants,

Farm Groups Weigh In On Potential Subsidy Cuts

October 20, 2011 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Source: The Hill, American Farmland Trust

Three major farm associations on Wednesday weighed in with specific recommendations on how to replace the current system of direct farm payments should Congress move to cut farm subsidies this year.

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