Nu-Till improves no-till 

By: Karen McMahon

New planting system combines nutrition with no-till for top yields.A new planting system combines a reengineered no-till planter with better nutrition...

Testing tile filters 

By: Karen McMahon

Researchers take on the challenge of filtering nitrates from tile-line water.Growers may approach field tiling differently in the future if they face...

Set up for strip till 

By: Jodie Wehrspann

Illinois no-till farmer Roger Kennell will never forget the spring of 1992. It was cool and wet, and he was forced to plant corn in less than ideal conditions...

Disease defense, naturally 

By: Karen McMahon

Product uses protein to heighten plant's own protection system to control disease and pests.A quiet discovery eight years ago in a Cornell University...

Crops Department 

By: FIN Staff

Flood-tolerant soybeans The Agricultural Research Service reports it has identified a marker that points to genes responsible for flood tolerance in soybeans....

Tile line tales 

By: Jodie Wehrspann

Use of lower rates of nitrogen can cut input costs without hurting yield.Researchers in the Minnesota Department of Agriculture were perplexed. After...

Bargains in manure 

By: Karen McMahon

Two firms help growers find sources of manuerCrop farmers looking for a bargain may want to apply manure on their fields this spring. Crop experts estimate...

Adding nitrogen to soybeans may boost yields 

Research published last year in the Journal of Production Agriculture showing a yield response to mid-season nitrogen applications on irrigated soybeans...

Crops 

Soybean sendoffAvailable in limited quantities, two new soybean varieties from Great Lakes Hybrids complement its Roundup Ready lines. XP 8324 STS, a...

An evolution in waste 

By: Jodie Wehrspann

An offshoot of a system used to treat sewage from 12 Mexican villages is now being tested on Midwest hog confinement operations to reduce odor and eliminate...