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Uneven ripening and plentiful green weeds makes the need for harvest aid herbicide applications highly likely this year for pulse crops, says Washington State University Extension.

The USDA is looking to create a set of pilot projects that provides incentives to implement climate smart conservation practices on working lands and to quantify and monitor the carbon and greenhouse gases associated with those practices. The pilot projects could even expand or develop new and additional markets.

USDA reported 18% of corn crops harvested, above the 14% reported harvested by this time in 2020.

Landowners could receive payments of $25 per acre on up to 1,000 acres if cover crops are established in their fields for the purposes of soil health, according to a preliminary Senate draft of the Build Back Better bill and corresponding budget. Non-operating landowners could receive payments of $5 per acre for encouraging tenants to seed covers on rented fields.

According to the Soil Health Institute, data collected and analyzed across 100 farms in 9 states shows that soil health management systems increased net income for 85% of those growing corn and 88% of those growing soybeans.

A previous article on an impending shortage of glyphosate offered several burndown options for no-till wheat, but this shortage affects fall herbicide decisions also, says Ohio State University.