Articles Tagged with ''water-use efficiency''

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Soil Health: It’s All About the Carbon

By Mark Watson posted on March 9, 2016 | Posted in Soil Health

Building carbon is key for stabilizing soils, improving water-use efficiency and reducing irrigation pumping to safeguard natural resources.

From the Desk of John Dobberstein

Writing Is On the Wall

By John Dobberstein posted on November 25, 2015 | Posted in Cover Crops, Water Management

The latest round of taxpayer funds aimed at the declining Ogallala Aquifer shows why no-tilling, cover crops, precision irrigation and prescription grazing will be extremely important tools for farmers in the years ahead.

USDA: Plant Water Demands Shift With Water Availability

January 27, 2013 | Posted in Water Management

Source: By Ann Perry, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plants can adapt to extreme shifts in water availability, such as drought and flooding, but their ability to withstand these extreme patterns will be tested by future climate change, according to a study by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists and their cooperators.

Frankly Speaking

We're Not There Yet, But 300-Bushel Corn Yields May Be Typical Just 20 Years From Now

By Frank Lessiter posted on February 1, 2010 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

David Hula captured top no-till yield honors in last fall’s National Corn Growers Association contest with a yield of 319.3 bushels per acre. While this Charles City, Va., no-tiller’s result was about double the current national average, 300 bushels is a yield some industry leaders are anticipating as being typical just 20 years from now.

Frank Comments

We’re Not There Yet, But 300-Bushel Corn Yields May Be Typical Just 20 Years From Now

By Frank Lessiter posted on February 1, 2010

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