SAN ANTONIO – Fred Below has been digging into dirt research for more than 41 years – growing knowledge through huge changes in agriculture. He’s a professor of crop physiology in the University of Illinois-Department of Crop Sciences.
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- Jason Maloney For Agri-View
LA CROSSE, Wis. – Mark Twain would say all his best ideas had been stolen by the ancients. He may have had the right idea. Studying and learning information from successful people in our field of endeavor can save much time and some heartache. For organic farmers and for farmers who would li…
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- Lauren Quinn University of Illinois
Few pests eat away at farm profitability as much as soybean cyst nematode. Causing at least $1.5 billion in yield losses annually, it’s soybean’s single biggest threat. Unfortunately, soybean’s most effective tool, genetic resistance, is starting to fail.
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- Cindy Hicks Iowa State University
Pollinator declines are a global concern, and agriculture sits at the center of the challenge. As farms grow more efficient and landscapes become increasingly simplified, bees, butterflies and other pollinators are losing the varied habitats they depend on. One widely promoted solution is pl…
- Jerry Davis For Agri-View
An egg, a seedling, an eaglet, a fawn, a tadpole, a flower bud or a fungus mycelium are all the start of something great outdoors. Embryonic stages of plants, animals and fungi often have little resemblance to the adult species they grow to become. It’s exciting, helpful and great outdoors f…
- Marianne Stein University of Illinois
Antibiotic resistance in human and animal health is on the forefront of public debate, but it’s a less well-known issue in plant agriculture. However antibiotics are important tools in fruit production, and their efficacy hinges on avoiding resistance in disease-causing bacteria.
- Crystal Reed
With an increase in severe storms and strong winds, row-crop farmers are looking for new ways to work with Mother Nature. Several seed companies have been experimenting with short-stature corn.
- Lucy Ehlen Wisconsin Agriculture Youth Council
The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection’s Division of Food and Recreational Safety was the focus for the most recent Wisconsin Agriculture Youth Council session. Members met virtually Feb. 19.
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- Crystal Reed
MANHATTEN, Ill. -- Dave Kestel has seen a lot of changes in his years of farming.
For many people, weather is the ultimate small-talk topic. But for the farmers who feed the world, weather is huge – it can be the difference between a bumper crop and a total loss – so weather talk is anything but small. And Eric Snodgrass, Nutrien’s principal atmospheric scientist, says he…
- Jason Maloney For Agri-View
LUCK, Wis. – There was a time when folks came together all across the land. They helped thresh each other’s grain. They raised barns. Get-togethers moved from farm to farm across neighborhoods, townships and counties. It wasn’t just for important work; celebrations, dances and socials also b…
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