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USDA Seeks Comments on New Rules for Conservation Stewardship Program

November 5, 2014

Source: USDA

As the USDA's rapid implementation of the 2014 Farm Bill continues, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced proposed changes to the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), one of USDA’s largest conservation programs for working agricultural lands.

USDA Finds Fungi Can Serve as Weed Biocontrol

November 1, 2014 | Posted in Crop Protection

Source: USDA's Agricultural Research

Russian thistle, Salsola tragus (tumbleweed), has become an icon of the American West since arriving in the 1870s as a flax seed contaminant.

How To Expedite Soybean Harvest Operations

October 24, 2014 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Source: Michigan State University Extension

USDA Announces Measures To Help Diversify Weed Control Efforts

October 16, 2014 | Posted in Crop Protection

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced several steps that the Department of Agriculture (USDA) is taking to address the increase of herbicide-resistant weeds in U.S. agricultural systems.

USDA Allows Commercialization Of Dow's Enlist Corn, Soybean Traits

September 17, 2014 | Posted in Crop Protection

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today issued its decision deregulating Dow AgroSciences’ Enlist corn and soybean traits in the United States, concluding one of the most thorough reviews of a biotech trait in history.

So What Will Dryland Farming Look Like?

By John Dobberstein posted on August 7, 2014 | Posted in Water Management

Earlier this summer, an article in The Hutchinson News in Kansas raised a very important question for farmers to consider.

South Dakota: One State, Two Trends

An NRCS survey finds no-till acreage increased in the state by 29% overall between 2004 and 2013, but decreased where crop rotations shifted from small grains to corn and soybean plantings.

By John Dobberstein posted on August 1, 2014

Last year, the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service conducted a county-level inventory of crop systems in South Dakota to capture a “snapshot in time” of the types of tillage systems being used.

Scientists Confirm Worms Are Eating Slug Bait

May 19, 2014 | Posted in Crop Protection

Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture

Nocturnal monitoring by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists has confirmed that voracious worms in the Pacific Northwest are behind the disappearance of field pesticides used to control equally voracious slugs.

U.S. No-Tilled Acres Reach 96 Million

By John Dobberstein posted on May 9, 2014

Nearly 25% of all cropland in the U.S. is no-tilled and 44% of acres see some type of conservation tillage, says the USDA's 2012 Census of Agriculture.

USDA Updates Rules On Cover Crop Termination

By John Dobberstein posted on April 22, 2014 | Posted in Cover Crops

The USDA's Risk Management Agency recently updated its "Frequently Asked Questions" section regarding crop insurance rules as they pertain to cover crops.

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