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Understanding the Role of Ethylene and Manage Stress By: Stoller USA 05/16/2012 @ 12:00am

Don’t let stress take you by surprise. A plant hormone imbalance due to stress will reduce yields. As the growing season progresses control ethylene and plant stress ...

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U.S. Agricultural Success for 2011 Highlighted by National Ag Day By: chris sandler 03/02/2012 @ 12:17pm

The U.S. agricultural industry has relied on innovation and hard-working American farmers to weather the worst of the ...

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Top Crop App, stock updates for mobile phones By: aaron ag 08/16/2011 @ 2:45pm

For many years I have been constantly checking the stock market and trying to decipher the best seeds to invest and ...

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Trying variable rate By: Jeff Caldwell 05/05/2011 @ 10:51am

Are you using variable-rate seeding or adjusting plant populations in your corn crop this year? Tweaking plant populations is a common approach to getting more bushels out of each acre. But the potential gains ...

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Shooting for 300 By: Jeff Caldwell 04/05/2011 @ 4:00pm

This year, Doug Martin's got a new goal on his central Illinois farm. He's devoting a few fields to testing what he can do to reach the 300-bushel-per-acre mark.“We will be making the plan for ...

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Making mobile work By: Jeff Caldwell 03/17/2011 @ 10:22am

Corn and soybean harvest was a slow, challenging affair for Flavio Neitzke in southern Brazil. But he didn't waste time waiting for the frequent rainfall to dry out between harvest days. He stayed on top ...

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Targeting the 300-bushel barrier By: Jeff Caldwell 02/23/2011 @ 11:54am

This year, Doug Martin's got a new goal on his central Illinois farm. He's already forward-sold some of his 2011 corn crop, so raising a good-sized crop will mean a decent-sized profit if everything ...

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'Wilder' spring weather ahead By: Jeff Caldwell 02/16/2011 @ 4:45pm

Spring fieldwork is underway in Jack Bridgers' area around Tchula in west-central Mississippi. And, even for those who are delayed a bit, they're "getting itchy" to get going."We are still wet from ...

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