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27 Mar 2017
By Daniel DavidsonDTN Contributing Agronomist Selling alfalfa isn't as easy as I thought. In a depressed commodity market, it is hard to convey quality. I started working toward producing high-yield alfalfa over the last few years. I'm on the hunt for 10 tons per acre yield. Perhaps if I do everything right and the weather cooperates, I'll be able...
24 Mar 2017
By Susan Winsor Progressive Farmer Contributing Editor Paul and John Dubbels parked their soil finisher and chisel plow in the 1980s after an inch of spring rain carved gullies in their newly finished field. They'd run a disc chisel the previous fall, but farm-rolling highly erodible land near Fergus Falls, Minnesota, and seeing that much erosion ...
24 Mar 2017
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Wondering how your wheat management stacks up against other growers? Now is your chance to find out: The National Wheat Yield Contest is open and accepting entries for its second year. "We're going into the year with a lot of excitement among wheat leaders," said Steve Joehl, executive d...
24 Mar 2017
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- This bi-monthly column condenses the latest news in the field of crop technology, research and products. A NEW KIND OF APHID REPELLENT Illinois researchers are taking the concept of "spraying for aphids" to a whole new genetic level, according to an Illinois News Bureau press release. Un...
23 Mar 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Research and promotion of soil health and cover crops got a major boost Wednesday as the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research and The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation announced a $6.6 million national cover crop initiative. The foundation is jumpstarting the research initiative with a $2.2 ...