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Cover Crops Key to Reducing, Managing Extreme Weather

By Laura Barrera posted on December 1, 2015 | Posted in Cover Crops

Drought, heat, hot wind, heavy rainfall, flooding and other extreme weather cost the top 10 U.S. agriculture states more than $25 billion the last 5 years, says the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).

North Dakota No-Tiller Gabe Brown Wins Environmental Award

May 21, 2012 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: Natural Resources Defenser Council, Huffington Post

Gabe Brown, owner of Brown's Ranch in Bismarck, North Dakota, is NRDC's 2012 Growing Green Awards winner in the Food Producer category.

Battle Over Atrazine Continues To Brew

May 17, 2010 | Posted in Crop Protection

Source: Hutchinson, Kan., News.

A battle is brewing in the corn and sorghum fields of Kansas and across the U.S, where farmers have applied the herbicide atrazine to kill broadleaf and grassy weeds for decades.

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Will Lawyers Rule Pesticides?

By Frank Lessiter posted on June 1, 2009

Several recent developments in the pesticide area represent disturbing examples of how the environmentalists pay little attention to scientific facts. As a result, several pesticides and genetically modified organism (GMO) corn hybrids are under increased fire from lawyers and governmental agencies that could impact no-tillers.

Without No-Till, Carbon Sequestration Won’t Work

While there’s plenty of talk about solving global warming concerns by stockpiling carbon in the soil, there are plenty of unanswered questions.

By Frank Lessiter posted on November 1, 2000

Let's get one thing straight. Sequestering carbon in our soils is not likely to happen unless farmers no-till.

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