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Crop Protection Product Roundup 2013

The latest crop protection offerings from some of the industry's leading suppliers.

March 3, 2013 | Posted in Crop Protection

The latest crop protection offerings from some of the industry's leading suppliers.

No-Tillers Gain Flexibility With New Crop Protection Products

Manufacturers are rolling out new insecticides, herbicides and fungicides with improved formulas and tankmix compatibility to help no-tillers reduce trips across the field and boost yields.

By John Dobberstein posted on February 1, 2013 | Posted in Crop Protection

Another wave of new crop-protection products is expected to hit the U.S. market in time for the 2013 growing season, as no-tillers and strip-tillers look for ways to fend off resistant weeds and yield-robbing diseases and insects.

Encouraging Good Insects And Limiting The Bad Ones

No-till and biodiversity can preserve beneficial insect populations that naturally control crop pests, and possibly reduce insecticide usage, says a USDA expert.

By Mark Parker posted on June 1, 2012 | Posted in Crop Protection

The prevalent attitude that the only good bug is a dead bug is leading agriculture down a perilous road, says Jonathan Lundgren, an entomologist at the USDA-ARS laboratory in Brookings, S.D.

Pumping Up Pull-Type Sprayers

No-tillers are swapping nozzles, adding precision technology and trying other tricks to get better performance from their pull-type sprayers.

By Martha Mintz posted on May 1, 2012 | Posted in Equipment, Crop Protection, Precision Agriculture

Pull-type sprayers are still one the most important tools on the farm for no-tillers as they push for higher yields on acres being covered multiple times to apply herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, nutrients, plant hormones, growth regulators and more.

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USDA’s Coshocton Lab Is Officially Closing

By No-Till Farmer Editors posted on March 1, 2012 | Posted in Crop Protection, Precision Agriculture

The USDA is closing its Agricultural Research Service North Appalachian Experimental Watershed Lab in Coshocton County, Ohio, as part of the agency’s shuttering of 259 domestic offices, facilities and labs across the country.

Mild Winter May Increase Insect, Weed Pressures

February 21, 2012 | Posted in Crop Protection

Source: Purdue University, Ohio State University

Some species of insects and weeds may have benefitted from the warmer-than-normal temperatures and lack of snowfall in the state, two Purdue Extension specialists say.

Getting After Goss’s Wilt — The Corn Yield Consumer

Be prepared to get your corn crop out of the field immediately after black layer to protect yield… or keep it alive as long as possible.

By Darrell Bruggink posted on February 1, 2012 | Posted in Crop Protection

Western Corn Belt no-tillers have undoubtedly heard about Goss’s Wilt. After a near 3-decade absence, the bacteria reared its ugly head in Nebraska several years ago.

What I've Learned from No-Tilling

Efficient Fertility, Cover Crops Set The Table For A Life Of No-Till

Cover crops, specialty products and strategic fertilizer placement provide a yield boost for veteran Pennsylvania no-tiller H. Grant Troop.

By Martha Mintz posted on January 1, 2012 | Posted in Cover Crops, Nutrient Management

I now know that what I was calling no-till in the early 1970s wasn’t what many would classify as no-till, but my farming operation now certainly fits the definition. Only the coulters on my no-till planter and drill crack the surface of my fields today.

What I've Learned from No-Tilling

Stewarding The Birthplace Of No-Till

Sharing and learning are still cornerstones for the Young family, who planted the first commercial no-till field in southern Kentucky 50 years ago.

By John Young and Martha Mintz posted on November 1, 2011 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Crop Protection, Water Management

My father, Harry Young, wasn’t a shy fellow. If he was going to do something, he’d do it out in the open and let the chips fall where they may. The No-Till History series is made possible by Calmer Corn Heads.

No-Till Notes

Scout For These No-Till Soybean Pests

A little research, some timely exploration of your fields and an eye for detail will help you keep insects and diseases in check.

By Jim Leverich posted on July 1, 2011 | Posted in Crop Protection

Tom ensure the continued success of your soybean crop, pest and disease scouting are important throughout the vegetative growing stages, and until soybeans reach the reproductive growth stages

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