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Soil Quality Is On The Public Radar

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“National Soil Conservation Week allows us to celebrate this success and keep soils in the public eye.” – GLEN SHAW Farm soils are moving up the radar of public interest. Long the forgotten child of the environmental movement, there is growing evidence that soils are becoming of greater interest to the general public and the
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No Till No Silver Bullet For Lake Winnipeg Phosphorus Loading

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It has long been a commonly held belief that zero tillage is a good way to keep phosphorus out of watersheds. But the latest research at South Tobacco Creek, near Miami, shows that the soil conservation practice aimed at covering up bare dirt with crop residue may be leading to more of the nutrient leaking
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Best Of Both Worlds

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“Often row crops that we grow just suffer too much growth and yield depression when they are seeded in zero-till conditions.” – JOHN HEARD It’s hard to beat warm, black soil for spring seeding. But under the zero-tillage doctrine, which places great importance on the moisture retention and soil preservation advantages of retained trash cover,
Forages, Livestock, News

Index – for Mar. 25, 2010

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Strip Tillage Touted As Beneficial For Row Crops

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“To me, it’s a real nice compromise.” – GREG ENDRES, NDSU Row crop farmers who want to switch from conventional tillage but not to zero till may find a middle ground with strip tillage. Strip tillage is a system which allows growers to seed directly into a prepared seedbed while still retaining crop residue on
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Organic No-Till Pioneer Explains Strategy

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When Jeff Moyer, farm manager of the Rodale Institute, started cutting back on tillage out of concern for the long-term health of the soil on the institute’s 330-acre research farm in southeast Pennsylvania, he faced a predictable result. Weeds – and lots of them. “Year after year, our weed pressure was building until it was
Cereals, Crops

Healthy Soil The Key, Says Bio-Ag Pioneer

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“My father’s generation could grow wheat without any problems. The present generation can hardly grow a bushel of wheat without the use of fungicides.” – Gerald Wi Ebe Prior to the Second World War, “chemical” agriculture didn’t exist. In Gerald Wiebe’s opinion, it’s all been downhill ever since for farmers, their soil and consumers. In
Forages, Livestock, News

Index – for Sep. 3, 2009

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Index – for Aug. 27, 2009

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Not A Good Year For Corn At MZTRA Farm

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“Are we there yet as an industry for growing grain corn in the cooler climates? The answer would be no. Is it coming? Yes, it is.” – BARRY CHAPPELL Corn likes heat, and lots of it. Unf o r tuna t e l y, i n Manitoba this spring, there wasn’t much of that. A

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