Near-surface soil aggregate structural properties, such as aggregate size distribution, stability, strength and wettability, determine the extent to which a soil will erode under water or wind erosive forces.
The good news is that most of the Midwest's late-planted corn crop escaped serious heat or drought stress during the critical pollination period and, to date, much of the important grain-filling period, says Bob Nielsen.
Dan Towery, an independent crop advisor, agronomist and former NRCS educator; and Hans Kok, a conservation tillage consultant and former Extension specialist, are Indiana's new Conservation Cropping Systems Initiative (CCSI) team.
The first product of an exciting new family of no-till herbicide tolerance traits has been submitted to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Dow AgroSciences announced today at a press conference at the annual Farm Progress Show.
Source: By Bill Curran and Dwight Lingefelter, Penn State
As you contemplate late-summer, no-till cover-crop establishment, remember that your spring herbicide program may limit your options, say Penn State agronomists.
Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS) is showing up in many soybean fields in Iowa and parts of the Midwest. A problem since the 1970s, it has become a bigger threat in recent years.
Soybeans may rise to a record $20 a no-till bushel, more than double today's price, amid low stockpiles in the United States, a weaker dollar and increased demand as the global economy recovers.
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During the Sustainable Agriculture Summit in Minneapolis, Minn., Carrie Vollmer-Sanders, the president of Field to Market who also farms in Northeast Indiana and Northwest Ohio, shared why it is important for no-tillers and strip-tillers to share their knowledge with other farmers.
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