At the Southern Soil Health Conference in Ardmore, Okla., Jon Heerman discusses how cover crops have helped decrease weed pressure on his Haxtun, Colo., farm, where he no-tills wheat, rye, field peas, oats, milo and sunflowers.
Bayer Crop Science Provides the Tools Needed to Combat Corn Rootworm
For those struggling with Corn Rootworm, Bayer Crop Science has been working on a solution to curb the effects of these destructive insects. While competitor's products can offer middling protection by using BT proteins, Smartstax Pro from Bayer compliments its use of BT proteins with RNA Interference Technology which changes the makeup of the root, which when ingested denies an essential protein to the rootworm larvae, thus killing the insect before it can ravage the roots.
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