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According to the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, 23% of Michigan’s soybean crop was harvested as of Oct. 19, 2014.
Looking at current Ohio field research and the literature available on the topic of minimizing losses of phosphorus at the edge of the field the following recommendations are a starting point to maximizing productivity while minimizing environmental impacts on water quality.
We have published articles about fall herbicide treatments in C.O.R.N. over most of the last five years or more.
Is compaction an issue on your farm and is it limiting yield? Compaction limits root growth, soil porosity, water movement and water holding capacity and causes water ponding.
When Lynn Rohrscheib, Fairmount, Ill., isn’t representing the state’s soybean farmers on the ISA board of directors, she is busy working with her father on their 2,500-acre farm, which includes soybean, corn and wheat rotations.
I recently have been pondering how the use of cover crops and other conservation practices on Illinois farms is likely to be impacted by low crop prices.

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