Articles Tagged with ''herbicide''

Surviving The Weed Crisis: Life Beyond Glyphosate

For no-tillers to preserve their way of farming, they’ll need more diverse weed-control programs that include the use of residual herbicides.

By John Dobberstein posted on May 1, 2012 | Posted in Crop Protection

With hundreds of no-tillers looking on, Bryan Young showed no-tillers last winter some PowerPoint slides that spelled out a troubling end game: In state after state, glyphosate-resistant weeds have been winning the battle for crop acres.

Early Planting And Weed Management

April 27, 2012 | Posted in Crop Protection

Source: By Mark Loux, Ohio State University

We have high expectations of herbicide programs anymore, and we have a lot of good herbicides to choose from.

Perfecting And Expanding A Mature No-Till System

Building on his father’s no-till success, Kevin Trunnell is improving herbicide programs and reducing tillage in vegetable production.

By Martha Mintz posted on April 1, 2012 | Posted in Crop Protection

A father-son team in Kentucky with more than four decades of no-till experience is still finding ways to put conservation tillage to good use.

Shop Talk

Price Risk For Fertilizer Shifting To Farmers?

April 1, 2012 | Posted in Nutrient Management

The recent volatility in fertilizer prices has many Midwestern farmers delaying their fertilizer purchases, which could have repercussions that beyond spring planting.

Some New Herbicides Available For 2012

March 25, 2012 | Posted in Crop Protection

Source: University of Illinois

There are only a few new commercial herbicide products available for 2012, according to University of Illinois associate professor of weed science Aaron Hager.

Monsanto Co. Unveils Roundup Ready Xtend Crop System

March 6, 2012 | Posted in Crop Protection

Source: Monsanto News Release

Monsanto Company unveiled its new Roundup Ready Xtend Crop System, which is designed to provide farmers with more consistent, flexible control of weeds, especially tough-to-manage and glyphosate-resistant weeds to maximize crop yield potential.

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.

Biosolids, Technology Boost Dryland No-Till

Nutrient-laden sludge, terraces, precision ag and equipment improvements help Nebraska no-tiller reclaim unproductive fields.

By John Dobberstein posted on February 1, 2012 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Precision Agriculture, Water Management

Had Dave Nielsen simply accepted the early tales of frustration he heard, no-till might not have become the dominant practice on his dryland farm. Instead, he decided to place more trust in early no-till innovators and university experts in his area.

Frankly Speaking

No-Till Odds And Ends

By Frank Lessiter posted on January 1, 2012 | Posted in Cover Crops, Crop Protection

Part of the opportunity for me to recently present the “S.H. Phillips Distinguished Lecture In No-Till Agriculture” at the University of Kentucky was the chance to spend the day talking with faculty members and graduate students from around the world. Phillips was a pioneer in the early 1960s in getting no-till started on a commercial scale. And he would certainly be proud to know no-till has grown to an astounding 288 million acres today around the world.

Try An ‘Attitude Adjustment’ To Boost Soybean Yields

No-tillers should plant earlier, control weeds better and capitalize on seed-treatment technology to get the most out of every plant, a soybean specialist says.

By John Dobberstein posted on January 1, 2012 | Posted in Crop Protection, Nutrient Management

When soybean prices were hovering around $5 a bushel several years ago, farmers could justify their decision to plant, fertilize and spray their corn crop first.

Videos

Award-Winning No-Tillers Talk Cover Crops, Fertilizer Bars & Grazing

On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Sound Agriculture, 4 Leopold Conservation Award recipients — Russell Hedrick, Richard Lyons, Colleen Kershaw and Wendy Mariko Johnson highlight some of the unique conservation practices on their farms.

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