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US EPA Approved Valent's Fierce Herbicide Registration

March 27, 2013 | Posted in Crop Protection

Fierce Herbicide, the newest residual from Valent U.S.A. Corporation, has received US EPA registration in soybeans.

DuPont and Monsanto Reach Technology Licensing Agreements on Next-Generation Soybean Technologies

March 26, 2013 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Crop Protection

DuPont and Monsanto announced today a series of technology licensing agreements that will expand the range of seed products they can offer farmers.

Valent, Monsanto Broaden Roundup Ready PLUS Platform

March 15, 2013 | Posted in Crop Protection

Valent U.S.A. Corporation and Monsanto Company will expand their long-standing collaboration in Roundup Ready PLUS Weed Management Solutions with new cash-back incentives to help growers protect their herbicide investment in the 2013 season for soybeans.

Tillage Radish Honored As Top No-Till Product Of 2012

From no-till attachments to spraying equipment to crop protection, no-tillers voted for the best-performing products, across 13 categories, for their farm operations.

By John Dobberstein posted on February 1, 2013 | Posted in Cover Crops, Equipment

A product that serves as a foundation for innovative no-tillers looking to reduce compaction and enhance soil tilth has taken the top prize as No-Till Product Of The Year for 2012.

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Will The Drought Boost No-Till Adoption?

December 1, 2012 | Posted in Water Management

As this year's drought remains on the minds of agriculture, two articles weighed in on no-till adoption and the potential of the practice to buffer farms from dry conditions.

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Wal-Mart Joins Agriculture Sustainability Group

October 1, 2012

Wal-Mart has joined an alliance of other Fortune 500 companies seeking to make agriculture more sustainable, Reuters reports.

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Monsanto's Acquisition Of Precision Planting Making Growers Nervous About Sharing Data

By Frank Lessiter posted on August 1, 2012 | Posted in Precision Agriculture

When Monsanto announced in late May that it was acquiring Precision Planting, an Illinois-based developer and marketer of seed meters, monitoring and precision farming technology, the news created a ripple effect in the farm world.

New Specialty Crops Offer Bonus No-Till Income

Whether it’s soybeans, corn, sunflowers or canola, no-tillers can grow solutions to meet market demand for healthy and renewable oils, as well as more efficient ethanol production.

By Martha Mintz posted on August 1, 2012 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Generating more income on no-till acres is a powerful reason for no-tillers to raise specialty crops currently available.

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With The Very Latest Monsanto Acquisition, Growers Appear More Nervous About Sharing Yield And Other Electronic Crop Data With All Of Agriculture’s Major Players

By Frank Lessiter posted on August 1, 2012

What I've Learned from No-Tilling

No-Till Isn’t The Goal – It’s Sustainability

Improving the soil resource — even within long-term no-till — is one way Hans Kok believes farmers will hit higher, sustainable yields.

By Hans Kok and Martha Mintz posted on July 1, 2012 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Soil Health

I've spent a good portion of my career helping producers adopt no-till practices through extension, as a Monsanto no-till specialist and, most recently, as a crop consultant.

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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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