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Regulations needed to identify potentially invasive biofuel crops
2014-08-08 22:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: If the hottest new plant grown as a biofuel crop is approved based solely on its greenhouse gas emission profile, its potential as the next invasive species may not be discovered until it's too late. In response to this need to prevent such invasions, researchers at the University of Illinois have developed both a set of regulatory definitions and provisions and a list of 49 low-risk biofuel plants from which growers can choose. Lauren Quinn, an invasive plant ecologist at U of I's Energy Biosciences...
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On-farm conservation: Strip-till and cover crops
2014-08-07 21:24:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Dan Sanderson and his son Trent farm near Clare, Ill. The operation is 100% strip-till, and the father-son duo plant cover crops on about 1/3 of their acres, experimenting with different mixes. They have clay loam soils and use a variety of technologies and equipment, including a sugar beet plate to plant some of their cover crops. read more
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Cover crops make corn stover more sustainable, profitable
2014-08-05 21:24:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Source: Purdue University Farmers using cover crops as a soil conservation method can remove much more corn stover per acre for biofuels or other uses and at the same time potentially increase their income, Purdue University research shows. read more
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USDA Weather update: Mostly dry and hot; crops thriving with soil moisture reserves
2014-08-01 05:24:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Source: USDA Mostly dry weather prevailed in the Midwest, except for locally heavy showers in North Dakota, northern Minnesota, and the middle Mississippi and lower Ohio Valleys. Despite a July drying trend, most Midwestern corn and soybeans continued to thrive due to near- to below-normal temperatures and abundant soil moisture reserves. read more
Landlords seek cover crops?
2014-07-30 22:35:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Signs point to conservation and soil health becoming the next wave of landlord desires. In a 2010 survey, we asked landlords to rate the importance of characteristics they consider when evaluating tenant performance, says J. Gordon Arbuckle Jr., a sociologist at Iowa State University. More than 90% of landlords ranked ability to maintain soil productivity and ability to avoid soil erosion as important or very important." read more
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