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Precision Planting To Be Acquired By Monsanto Co.

July 1, 2012 | Posted in Precision Agriculture

In late May, Monsanto Co. announced they planned to purchase the Precision Planting operation from founders Greg and Cindy Sauder.

Corn Stover Removal And No-Till: A Balancing Act

No-tillers that follow guidelines can remove some stover from continuous-corn fields and still warm up soils, improve nitrogen efficiency and retain organic matter.

By Dan Zinkland posted on June 1, 2012 | Posted in Residue Management

No-tillers growing continuous corn often face a dilemma when residue piles up in their fields after harvest, leaving a mat that can keep soils cold and wet and make planting difficult.

No-Till Tools, Innovations On Display

The annual InfoExpo, held during the 2011 Ag Media Summit in New Orleans, yielded lots of news and developments about equipment, crop protection and precision-ag products.

By Darrell Bruggink and John Dobberstein posted on September 1, 2011

Equipment manufractures and makers of crop-protection and fertilizer products shared their latest news with No-Till Farmer during the recent 2011 InfoExpo, held during the Ag Media Summit in New Orleans.

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Biotech Seeds May Complicate Pest Monitoring

July 1, 2011 | Posted in Crop Protection

Some researchers believe pest monitoring will become more difficult as full-scale commercialization of seed mixtures in transgenic insecticidal corn begins.

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EWG Sounds The Alarm On Farmland Erosion

June 1, 2011 | Posted in Crop Protection, Precision Agriculture, Water Management

The Environmental Working Group (EWG) released a report that says storm water erosion is sweeping away soil across the Corn Belt at a much higher rate than the government estimates.

USDA Report: No-Till A Growing Practice In The U.S.

January 1, 2011 | Posted in Equipment, Crop Protection

A new USDA report says no-till farming continues to grow across the U.S., although adoption rates didn’t go up in every state or for all crops.

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With Roundup Ready Patents Soon Expiring, What Will The Future Hold?

By Frank Lessiter posted on November 1, 2010 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Crop Protection

Few growers have thought about legally transferring saved Roundup Ready soybeans out of their grain bins to dump in the planter or drill when seeding no-till fields. But with the patents expiring on the older Roundup Ready soybean technology in 4 years, it might be a possibility.

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With The Original Roundup Ready Patents Soon Expiring, Is Planting Bin-Run Seed With This Trait In Your Future?

By Frank Lessiter posted on November 1, 2010

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Atrazine, Fertilizer Targeted By President’s Cancer Panel

July 1, 2010 | Posted in Crop Protection, Nutrient Management

To no-tillers, atrazine, nitrogen and phosphate are indispensable for maximizing yields of corn, soybeans, wheat and other crops.

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May 1, 2010 | Posted in Cover Crops, Crop Protection

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On this edition of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by CultivAce, longtime no-tiller Jim Leverich explains why 20-inch corn rows are paying off big time on his Sparta, Wis., farm.

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