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No-Till, Summer Fallow Stores Water in Central Great Plains

January 19, 2011 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101, Water Management

Source: By Don Comis, USDA Agricultural Research Service

Storing just one inch of water in an acre of soil is worth $25 to $30 per acre, and that fact gets the attention of Central Great Plains farmers served by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) researchers.

Turn Stover Into Bio-Oil, Scientists Say

November 27, 2009 | Posted in Crop Protection

Scientists have found that it might be more cost-effective, energy-efficient and environmentally sustainable to use corn stover for generating an energy-rich oil called bio-oil and for making biochar to enrich soils and sequester carbon.

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If You're Running A Fluffing Harrow, NRCS Maintains You're Not Really No-Tilling

By Frank Lessiter posted on November 1, 2009 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Residue Management

If you ran a fluffing harrow over some of your ground last spring just before planting, you may be surprised to learn that the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) no longer considers those fields to be no-tilled.

Yeast May Protect Cereals From Fungus

May 30, 2009 | Posted in Crop Protection

Technology developed by researchers at The Ohio State University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) that will help manage the spread of one of the worst diseases affecting crops such as wheat and barley, has been licensed to Sci Protek, Inc., based in Vista, Calif.

New Soybean Pulls Nitrogen From The Soil, Not The Air

January 1, 2007 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Nutrient Management

No-tillers who keep livestock might soon be able to plant a non-transgenically modified soybean variety that removes large amounts of soil-applied nitrogen. If the germplasm is further developed into a new cultivar, it could be used by animal producers to manage waste generated by their operations.

Nitrogen 101

Switching to no-till is the best thing you can do for your soils. But soil management can be tricky. The key is understanding nitrogen.

September 1, 2004 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101, Nutrient Management

If ever there was an article to pass on to neighbors who have talked about switching to no-tilling but haven’t because of the horror stories they’ve heard about the transition period, this is the one.

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Touchdown, Roundup Battles Heat Up Over Advertising Claims

May 1, 2002 | Posted in Crop Protection

In mid-March, Syngenta Crop Production filed a civil suit in Federal District Court against Monsanto in response to what they believe are false and misleading claims dealing with a comparison of Roundup and Touchdown herbicides.

Eliminate Plugging With New Wheel

Here’s an innovative way to manage residue with hoe-type no-till drills.

By Jordanna Smida posted on April 1, 2001 | Posted in Equipment

A new attachment designed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists can improve drill performance for growers who want to no-till.

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