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Drop Tube Kit Available for AGCO RoGator AirMax Precision R1/R2

July 9, 2020
AGCO Corporation, a worldwide manufacturer of agricultural equipment, now offers a drop tube kit for the RoGator AirMax Precision R1/R2 application system to ensure accurate between-row application of in-season dry granular fertilizer and precise seeding of cover crops into standing row crops.
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5 Takeaways from the Wisconsin Cover Crop Summit

By Sarah Hill posted on July 8, 2020 | Posted in Seeding Practices
The Wisconsin Cover Crop Summit, held in Stevens Point, Wis., featured a strong lineup of growers and agriculture industry experts to discuss different aspects of growing cover crops, from regenerative agriculture to aerial seeding to using covers as forages and more. Here are 5 takeaways from that event.
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Prevent Plant Ideas for Cover Crops

July 8, 2020 | Posted in Grazing
Source: AgWeek
Options for cover crops after a June harvest of 2019 corn with anticipated crop in 2021 being soybeans. If you have livestock, then the options are limitless and focusing on including a cool season grass (oats or barley), warm season grass (sorghum), cool season legume (peas) and cool season broadleaf (radish) could work really well. Read more in this article from AgWeek.
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Weed Management Before Cover Crops

July 7, 2020 | Posted in Economics
Source: AgWeek
Some of the prevented planting fields are just being looked at again as everyone gets caught up on spraying the crop fields and is now looping back to start managing their PP. In going back to those PP fields, the weeds have likely gotten big and herbicide options are getting limited. Read more in this article from AgWeek.
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It Starts with the Soil

July 6, 2020 | Posted in Soil Health
Source: Omaha World-Herald
All healthy crops have to start somewhere. To be more specific — the ground. But hearty, high-yielding crops can’t just sprout in any patch of dirt. Read more in this article from the Omaha World-Herald.
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Cover Crops Replace Tillage

July 6, 2020 | Posted in Seeding Practices
Source: Lincoln Journal Star
Instead of cultivating corn, this year, Andy Lacey was busy the first day of June interseeding his 60-inch rows with a cover crop mix. “The cover crop is essential to protecting the soil from getting too hot and preventing the weeds from germinating,” he said. Read more in this article from the Lincoln Journal Star.
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Soil Degradation Becoming a Concern

July 3, 2020 | Posted in Soil Health
Soil health, as defined by a team of researchers in the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences at New Mexico State University, is “the state of the soil being in sound physical, chemical, and biological condition, having the capability to sustain the growth and development of land plants.” Rajan Ghimire, a cropping systems agronomist at the Agricultural Science Center in Clovis, put it more simply: “Healthy soil leads to healthy human beings.”
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