John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Corn/Maize, Soil Health, Agriculture US, Crop Consultant, Agriculture Global, Education U.S. MidWest, Sustainability, Research, Sweet Corn, Ag Innovation,
Sweet corn yield gain over 80 years leaves room for improvement
URBANA, Ill. – New research from the University of Illinois shows sweet corn, when planted at high densities, has steadily increased in yield since the 1930s. The historical view underscores the importance of planting modern density-tolerant hybrids at their optimal densities, and suggests an opportunity to improve density tolerance even more.
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Nancy Kavazanjian
Topics: Soil Health, Agriculture US,
Growers Could Receive $25 Per Acre Payments if Using Cover Crops
Landowners could receive payments of $25 per acre on up to 1,000 acres if cover crops are established in their fields for the purposes of soil health, according to a preliminary Senate draft of the Build Back Better bill and corresponding budget. Non-operating landowners could receive payments of $5 per acre for encouraging tenants to seed covers on rented fields.
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Nancy Kavazanjian
Topics: Agriculture US, Sustainability,
Alabama Innovator Featured in Video About Climate-Smart Farming – U.S. Farmers and Ranchers In Action
Every farmer, every acre, every voice matters
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Nancy Kavazanjian
Topics: Agriculture US, Economics, AgriBusiness,
The Iowa Farm Bureau is a small nonprofit. It's sitting on a huge business empire. - Investigate Midwest
The Iowa Farm Bureau Federation, the country’s most profitable farm bureau, influences most aspects of agricultural policy in the state. One profitable loan underscores how large and complex the organization has become.
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Nancy Kavazanjian
Topics: Agriculture US, Beekeeping, Conservation/Tillage,
The American Bumblebee Has Vanished From Eight States
In two decades, the insect's population has declined by nearly 90 percent due to a combination of threats, including habitat loss, pesticides and diseases
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Dairy, Agriculture US, Economics, Food/Nutrition, Jobs US, Coronavirus/COVID,
Dairy farmers forced to pour tens of thousands of litres of milk away due to HGV driver shortage and rising costs and labour shortages
The slim margin on milk and its short shelf life means any small hit to the labour market has a much larger effect on dairy than other products.
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Nancy Kavazanjian
Topics: Irrigation, Agriculture US, Water,
What if farmers really could use 50% less water? Arizona would be a different place
We need more partnerships like the one between N-Drip and Central Arizona Project on drip irrigation if we're serious about saving water.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Rice, Precision AG , Agriculture US, Agriculture Global, Ag Podcast US, Climate Change, Ag Podcast Global,
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10/07/2021 SOURCE: www.dtnpf.com
A warm winter, lots of storms and chemical failures and shortages combined to let fall armyworms wreak havoc this year.
Here's Why Fall Armyworms Were So Bad This Year -- And Why It Could Happen Again
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Nancy Kavazanjian
Topics: Agriculture US, Young Farmers, Sustainability,
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