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John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Wheat, Weeds, Crop Consultant, Agriculture Global, Crop Diseases, Research, World Hunger, World Population,

Dr. Kalil To Speak On Scab Management In Durum During Wheat Show

At 10 a.m., Wednesday, Feb. 10, at the National Hard Spring Wheat Show in Williston, Dr. Audrey Kalil, NDSU Williston Research Extension Center plant pathologist, will be speaking about her research on fusarium head blight (scab) management in durum. Dr. Kalil leads both basic and applied research programs focused on management of plant diseases on...

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John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Irrigation, Water, World Hunger, Government / Policies, World Population, Ag Middle East, Weather,
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Pestilence, Let’s Unpack It... Has anyone ever noticed that many African nations are now experiencing the same ecological issues as many European and American farmers did in the 1980’s and especially the 1990’s? Can anyone name the common denominator? By my observations it’s agrochemicals! As soon as there is a disruption in the soil micro biome it throws the entire ecology out of balance and we start seeing “plagues” of all sorts. Right now it locusts. What we as a species need to do is to relearn how to work WITH nature and not have “dominion” over it. We are currently seeing how Bayer’s/Monsanto’s slogan of “Better living through chemicals” is panning out. ITS NOT!!! Look at all of the soils that are being depleted, look at the water run offs that are creating toxic algal blooms, look at how we are having to supplement not only livestock but ourselves as well. We are at a cross roads and NOW is the time to choose complete annihilation or to Regenerate...

FAO warns of Desert Locust outbreaks in Yemen and the Horn of Africa

Desert Locust summer breeding can pose a serious threat to agricultural production areas of Yemen, Sudan, Eritrea and parts of Ethiopia and northern Somalia during the next three months.

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Topics: Precision AG , Agriculture US, Cover Crops, Crop Consultant, Education U.S. NorthEast, Education U.S. SouthEast, Education U.S. MidWest, Education U.S. West, Sustainability, Research,

Pulse Diseases Focus Of Multi-State Research Effort, Feb. 9 Webinar

Pulses have become a very successful crop in the MonDak following their introduction to the region in the 1990s. Today, North Dakota and Montana have consistently ranked #1 and #2 in pulse production in the US for more than a decade. That success, however, has also brought with it-increased threats from disease. Luckily, that threat, in turn, has a...

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