Some species of insects and weeds may have benefitted from the warmer-than-normal temperatures and lack of snowfall in the state, two Purdue Extension specialists say.
Farmers in the U.S., the world’s biggest corn producer, will plant the most acres since 1944, while the sown area for eight major crops is poised to be the second-biggest in the past 10 years, the government said.
Source: Manitoba-North Dakota Zero Tillage Farmers Association
The Manitoba-North Dakota Zero Tillage Farmers' Association recently honored Kevin Larson of Willow City, N.D., with the U.S. Zero Till Farmer of the Year award.
Source: By Keri Collins Lewis, MSU Ag Communications, Mississippi State University
Time, experience and research findings show no-till farming can boost production, prevent soil erosion and transform hayfields and pastures into viable cropland.
A specific gene in corn seems to confer resistance to three important leaf diseases, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists and their university colleagues.
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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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