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Spring Seed Cover Crops to Help Recover Flooded Fields | Seed content from Corn and Soybean Digest
< div class="field-byline" > Source: Iowa State University, University of Nebraska-Lincoln < /div > < p > There was considerable flooding along the Missouri River in summer 2011, leaving many fields scarred and bare, without a crop. Producers should make field repairs as needed and seed a cover
An inside view | Farm Industry News Blog
It’s not often that I have the opportunity to sit in as the heads of a major company give an overview of yearly earnings. To be sure, it is a vast departure from the numerous new product announcements and field days that I attend on a regular basis.
Integrated Farm Management Training with LEAF - Farmer Jake's Blog - FWispace
On Friday 10th December I was invited by UAP to go and listen to a talk all about Direct Drilling and Minimum Tillage. The talk was being give by Steve
AllAboutFeed - Weblog: Eat your daily meat
Let me elaborate a little on my grievance against the single issue party for the animals. What amazes me the most is that these idealistic vegetarians (
Biodiesel industry appeals to Senate Finance Committee for continuation of tax incentive | Farm
"The recent expiration of the $1 per gallon biodiesel tax incentive poses a significant threat to the industry's continued growth,” said National Biodiesel Board (NBB) Vice President of Federal Affairs Anne Steckel in written testimony to the Senate Finance Committee today. The biodiesel tax
Need for frozen ground | Farm Industry News Blog
Last year in Pandora, Ohio, we had 55 in. of rain, which is way above the normal of 33 in. Many parts of Ohio had 66 in. of rain. The corn and soybean harvest was the most challenging since 1972. There is still a sprinkling of soybean fields and corn fields that need to be harvested.
USDA accepts applications for blender pump installations | Farm Industry News Blog
The USDA is accepting applications for federal Rural Energy for America (REAP) funds to help gasoline retailers install blender pumps. This is designed to give consumers choice in the ethanol blends they use. This is the second year that blender pumps have been authorized as part of the REAP
No comparable replacement for 50-year-old herbicide, agronomist reports | Farm Industry News Blog
Atrazine, the second most commonly applied herbicide in the U.S., has been used for more than 50 years and “there is simply no other comparable product that offers as many benefits,” stresses David Bridges, Ph.D., agronomist and president, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, Tifton, GA.
Renewable Energy Group goes public | Farm Industry News Blog
Renewable Energy Group, Inc. has announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 7,200,000 shares of common stock at $10 per share. The shares are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq Global Market today under the symbol "REGI." Of the shares of common stock in the offering, REG is
New RMA Rule Gives Flexibility in Cover Crop Termination | Conservation content from Corn and
< div class="field-byline" > Source: Purdue University < /div > < p > Farmers have been given more time to terminate their cover crops after the excessively wet spring of last year prevented many of them from doing that in time to meet a crop insurance deadline. < /p > < div
