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Healthy Soil Serves as Insurance During Extreme Weather

June 22, 2015 | Posted in Crop Protection, Soil Health

A new report from the National Wildlife Federation details how investing in healthy soil can protect farmers from drought and flood impacts.

Doctoral Candidate Joins U of M Team for Farming Future

June 16, 2015 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: Agweek

Just as University of Minnesota football players hit the field for summer camp, a roster of tomorrow’s researchers are also hitting historic research fields, looking for long-term ways to improve tomorrow’s farming.

Monsanto Courts Syngenta Investors to Win Deal Support

June 12, 2015 | Posted in Crop Protection, Seeding & Planting

Monsanto is hosting meetings across Europe to woo shareholders in Syngenta after the Swiss seed and crop chemical firm rejected a second takeover approach from its U.S. rival.

Strip-Till Success Rooted in Applying Nutrients where Plants Need them Most

By Jack Zemlicka posted on June 8, 2015 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Experienced agronomist Mike Petersen to share tips on nutrient uptake and targeting your fertility program at the 2015 National Strip-Tillage Conference in Iowa City, Iowa.

Agribusiness Nervous as WHO Cancer Unit Analyzes Popular Pesticide

June 8, 2015 | Posted in Crop Protection, Soil Health

The World Health Organization is set to examine scientific findings regarding links between cancer and 2,4-D this month.

A Review of Strip-Till and Nutrient Banding

June 8, 2015 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101, Nutrient Management

The application of fertilizer in a subsurface band decreases negative impacts to the environment and increases nutrient use efficiency; which both lead to increased profitability.

USDA: With the Conservation Client Gateway, Conservation is Just a Click Away

June 4, 2015 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101

During his 30 years of working with USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Ray McCormick has made many trips to his local field office. However, now that he has a Conservation Client Gateway account, Ray can replace most of those trips with a few clicks of the mouse.

Heavier Equipment, Deeper Compaction Mean Lower Yields

By Frank Lessiter posted on May 28, 2015 | Posted in Equipment, Seeding & Planting, Soil Health

Compacted soils due to 20-ton axle loads can lead to a 5-10% drop in corn yields for many years to come.

Diagnosing Early Season Underground Insect Damage

May 26, 2015 | Posted in Crop Protection, Seeding & Planting

Most of the corn and soybeans have been planted over the past few weeks and emergence has begun. Now and over the next few weeks is a good time to evaluate these stands for emergence problems cause by early season belowground insects.

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