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USDA seeks partnerships to protect soil, water

2014-05-27 17:34:43| Agriculture - Topix.net

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is teaming with businesses, nonprofits and others on a five-year, $2.4 billion program that will fund locally designed soil and water conservation projects nationwide, Secretary Tom Vilsack said.

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USDA Seeks Partnerships to Protect Soil, Water

2014-05-27 17:34:42| Agriculture - Topix.net

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Carbon In 15,000 Year-Old Soil Is Contributing To Climate Change

2014-05-26 16:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

HNGN: Scientists found carbon in soil that covered the Earth thousands of years ago. These soils could contribute to global climate change if disturbed through "erosion, agriculture, deforestation, mining and other human activities," a University of Wisconsin-Madison news release reported. "There is a lot of carbon at depths where nobody is measuring," Erika Marin-Spiotta, a University of Wisconsin-Madison assistant professor of geography and the lead author of the new study, said in the news release....

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Tips for soil residual herbicide application in emerged corn

2014-05-21 13:46:00| Corn & Soybean Digest

Source: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Due to late planting, and then wet, cool weather last week, some farmers were unable to apply a pre-emergence herbicide to corn. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has some tips for applying a residual herbicide after corn emergence, including reminding growers to not apply herbicide with nitrogen, There is also a chart with corn stages, weed growth and the appropriate herbicides to apply. Content Classification: Curated read more

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