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Retiring High Plains Ag Lab Farm Manager Reflects on 40 Years

February 16, 2015

University of Nebraska High Plains Ag Lab farm manager Tom Nightingale says one of the biggest changes he's faced in his four decades of dryland agricultural research was moving from the plow to no-till systems.

Scientists Confirm Worms Are Eating Slug Bait

May 19, 2014 | Posted in Crop Protection

Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture

Nocturnal monitoring by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists has confirmed that voracious worms in the Pacific Northwest are behind the disappearance of field pesticides used to control equally voracious slugs.

McGill Discovery Should Save Wheat Farmers Millions

October 18, 2013

The global wheat industry sometimes loses as much as $1 billion a year because prolonged rainfall and high humidity contribute to grains germinating before they are fully mature. The result is both a lower yield of wheat and grains of inferior quality.

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No-Tilling Earns High Marks For Overcoming Warmer Temperatures Due To Global Warming

By Frank Lessiter posted on February 1, 2013

Nearly 80% of Americans believe temperatures are definitely on the rise. Yet, very few members of the general public understand the key role that no-tillage will play in battling global warming over the next 90 years.

No-Till Will Play Role in Battling Climate Change

February 1, 2013

Syngenta: New Studies Show Atrazine Safe

September 15, 2010 | Posted in Crop Protection

In a scientific meeting convened by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today, scientists for Syngenta presented data that more closely replicate real-world exposure, supporting the safety of the trusted herbicide atrazine.

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Finding Cyanazine Options

By Frank Lessiter posted on April 1, 1998 | Posted in Crop Protection

For the first time, the maximum labeled rate of cyanazine will fall to 3 pounds of active ingredient per acre in 1998. As a result of an agreement between the Environmental Protection Agency and DuPont, products like Bladex, Extrazine II, Cy-Pro and Cy-Pro AT that contain this ingredient are being phased out.

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