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an Upgraded Version of Agren's Soilcalculator Has Been Released
May 15, 2015An upgraded version of Agren's SoilCalculator has been released. This version allows providers to estimate soil erosion and associated economic cost. "Report outputs quantify the economics of lost production due to soil erosion under ...
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Survey Will Be Used to Produce Report for Farmers on Cover Crop Use in Soybean Production
Feb 14, 2014What challenges do soybean farmers face planting cover crops before and after soybeans? The benefits of cover crops in rotations is widely documented and include reducing erosion; improving soil structure; nutrient cycling; increasing ...
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Producers Facing Possible Changes as Water Availability Has an Online Decision Aid Tool
Feb 8, 2014By Kay Ledbetter Producers facing possible changes in their crop rotations due to water availability and other fluctuations in agriculture will soon have an online decision aid tool, according to DeDe Jones, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension ...
Tags: Agrilife, DeDe Jones, development, crop rotations
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Beginning Farmers Often Start out with Soils in Need of Improvement
Feb 7, 2014By Jim Isleib, Michigan State University ExtensioninShare New farmers can benefit from careful assessment of their farm’s soils and planning for crop rotations and use of cover crops. Beginning farmers often start out with soils ...
Tags: USDA, PH, Cornell University, Michigan State University
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in 2013 South Dakotans Planted 617,000 Acres of Sunflowers
Jan 24, 2014In 2013 South Dakotans planted 617,000 acres of sunflowers. No other state came close to this number of acres. North Dakota was second, planting just under 500,000 acres of sunflowers in 2013. Sunflowers have been a successful and ...
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