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John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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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 Nancy Kavazanjian
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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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John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Soil Health, Soybeans, Agriculture Global, GMO's, Research, Genes /Genetics,
John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Soil Health, Precision AG , Agriculture Global, Economics, Research, Renewable Energy (Solar/Wind),

Helping Farmers Benefit from Soil Management : Research for Agriculture

The Australian Government has released for public consultation a draft soil carbon method for the Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF). Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction Angus Taylor said the new method will support greater uptake of soil carbon projects by overcoming barriers to participating in the ERF by reducing costs and introducing new activities to […]

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John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Soil Health, Agriculture Global, Research,
John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Soil Health, Precision AG , Agriculture Global, Crop Diseases, Genes /Genetics, Ag Innovation,

Fungal transplants from close relatives help endangered plants fight off disease

Endophytic fungi, which reside inside leaves, often protect plants from pathogens.  In a paper recently published in Phytobiomes Journal, Chock along with fellow University of Hawaii researchers Benjamin Hoyt and Anthony Amend, treated E. koolauensis plants with endophytic fungi isolated from the leaves of closely related plant species, then assessed the resistance of these inoculated plants against myrtle rust.  Although some individual strains of fungi seemed to decrease the pathogen severity, plants were most protected against the pathogen when treated with a complex mixture of microbes prepared from homogenized leaves of these related plants.

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John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Soil Health, Precision AG , Agriculture Global, GMO's, Genes /Genetics,

Bacteria stunt with established plant-soil feedback theory

‘What I find most alluring about soil life is that you can steer it,’ researcher Martijn Bezemer of the Institute Biology Leiden (IBL) reveals. ‘You can ask: What do you want? And then I can transform the soil into something you need. At least, that is what we thought.’

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John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Corn/Maize, Soil Health, Soybeans, Agriculture US, Crop Consultant, Education U.S. NorthEast, Agriculture Global, Ag Tech, Plant Breeding,
John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Soil Health, Weeds, Crop Consultant, Agriculture Global, Sustainability, Ag Asia / Pacific, Ag Innovation, Weather,

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