Corn seedlings with less than six leaves can withstand 4 days under water if air temperatures are lower than the high 70s, says University of Nebraska Extension.
A winter crop in eastern New Mexico and west Texas that is increasing in economic value, canola, will be the focus of a field day this month at New Mexico State University’s Agricultural Science Center at Clovis.
Combining grazing, full-season cover crops and diverse rotations is putting more wealth in the soil, and in the bank, for South Dakota no-tiller Levi Neuharth.
It’s no accident that Levi Neuharth is keeping diversity in his cropping strategy, microbial activity in his soil biology and more money in his pocket.
The challenge of keeping nutrients in the root zone year-around highlights the importance of multiple barriers with stacked/bundled best management practices to stabilize cropland and prevent runoff, says Michigan State University Extension.
A Montana State University researcher says no-till practices and a trend toward removal of fallowed acres may be contributing to cooling in the northern Plains that contradicts the so-called global warming trend.
Recently I spent some time driving east from Oklahoma to southeastern Missouri to visit some farmers in the Delta region for our magazine. I’ve heard of some soil erosion problems occurring in the Delta, which includes the Bootheel region of southeastern Missouri where corn, popcorn, cotton, soybeans and wheat are popular.
Kansas State University Extension experts discuss their research has found on the possible yield advantages of drought-tolerant corn hybrids vs. regular hybrids in a variety of situations.
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On this edition of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by CultivAce, Gregg Sanford, Wisconsin Integrated Cropping Systems Trial manager, reveals how no-till is stacking up to other major systems in year 34 of the trial.
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