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Researchers Identify Gene That Lets Corn Grow In Poor Conditions

March 19, 2013 | Posted in Seeding & Planting
Source: University of Florida
Approximately 30 percent of the world’s total land is too acidic to support crop production, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. However, a solution may lie in a strand of corn that is able to grow successfully in acidic soil, thanks to a genetic variation recently identified with help from the University of Florida Genetics Institute.
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Keeping Strip-Till Corn-On-Corn Residue In Check

A strip-till forum in Iowa offered a range of solutions and suggestions for breaking down residue and jumpstarting nutrient cycling in soils.
By Jack Zemlicka posted on March 13, 2013 | Posted in Seeding & Planting
Heading into his third year of strip-tilling, Jeremy Swanson is still waiting to see what kind of a yield improvement he'll get after moving away from conventional tillage.
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Twin-Row Strip-Till Attracts Farmers

Strip-twinning helps farmers increase in-row spacing between corn plants, exposes corn to more sunlight and can increase yields.
By Dan Zinkand posted on February 28, 2013 | Posted in Seeding & Planting
Argyle, Iowa, grower Brian Klemme began twin-row strip-tilling corn in the spring of 2009 because he wanted to increase plant populations and spacing within rows and, hopefully, increase yields.
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Strip-Tilled Soybeans Get More Attention

December 26, 2012 | Posted in Seeding & Planting
The Illinois Council on Best Management Practices (C-BMP), Illinois Fertilizer and Chemical Association (IFCA) and Illinois Soybean Association (ISA) are looking for soybean farmers in the Indian Creek and Lake Bloomington watershed districts to allow field-sized strip-till trials on a portion of their land.
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