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January 07, 2015 Does the soil supply enough nutrients or can foliar feeding really help yield? It is becoming a common practice to foliar feed crop plants when spraying herbicides, insecticides or fungicides. If you are making a pass across the field, why not throw in nutrients, sugars, biologicals or growth stimulants to give plants a boost? Foliar feeding can supply nutrients when they are lacking or unavailable in the soil, or when roots are... |
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January 02, 2015 The farmer. David Droste raises corn, soybeans and wheat near Nashville, Ill. Environmental challenge. Droste’s farm is located in the Kaskaskia watershed in southwestern Illinois. Area soils and topography contribute to concerns about erosion and phosphorous loss. Most of the land he farms is comprised of silt loams with low organic matter with clay-based subsoils. According to Droste, the challenge in farming these... |
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January 02, 2015 The farmer. Doug Schroeder farms 4,000 acres of soybeans and corn in McLean County, Ill. About half the corn acreage is devoted to seed corn production for major seed companies. Environmental challenge. The Schroeder farming operation is located in the watershed for the Sangamon River and Lake Decatur. Best management practices. Schroeder’s operation purchased a tile plow and has installed tile on flat land. In some cases, the... |
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January 02, 2015 The farmer. Jim Martin farms about 440 acres of corn and soybeans near Wenona, Ill. Nearly half of that land has been in the family since his German ancestors homesteaded the area five generations earlier. He attributes the quality of the soils on the farm to his family’s care for the soil across generations. “As a family, we have a commitment to preserving the high-quality soils we farm.” Martin adds that his commitment to... |
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January 02, 2015 The farmer. Kyle Winkelmann and his wife, ISA director Carrie Winkelmann, produce corn and soybeans on a 2,000 acre family farm near Talulla, Ill. Environmental challenge. Winkelmann’s farm is located in and around the Sangamon River Watershed. Best Management Practices. Winkelmann is a strong advocate for cover crops and he has been using them in on-farm research trials for more than ten years. In that time he’s grown from... |
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January 02, 2015 The farmer. Tom Kentner and his son grow corn and soybeans on their 1,100-acre farm in Danville, Illinois. Kentner has more than 30 years of experience in the fertilizer business, and conservation has always been an interest of his. “I’ve always been conscious of nutrient management, and I want to make an impact here,” he says. “Local Soil and Water Conservation District programs opened the door for me with programs to cost share cover... |
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