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Peak soil: industrial civilisation is on the verge of eating itself
2013-06-07 13:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A new report says that the world will need to more than double food production over the next 40 years to feed an expanding global population. But as the world's food needs are rapidly increasing, the planet's capacity to produce food confronts increasing constraints from overlapping crises that, if left unchecked, could lead to billions facing hunger. The UN projects that global population will grow from today's 7 billion to 9.3 billion by mid-century. According to the report released last week...
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Radioactive soil stops Hanford construction work
2013-06-06 15:30:57| Waste Management - Topix.net
Radioactive soil found under a bird's nest at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation stopped construction work on a massive waste treatment plant there.
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Soil Residual Herbicide Options After Soybean, Corn Emergence
2013-06-05 21:16:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
By Lizabeth Stahl and Jeff Gunsolus, University of Minnesota Extension With very tight windows of opportunity to plant this year, pre-emergence herbicides may not have been applied as planned. Application of a residual herbicide prior to planting or emergence of the crop, in both corn and soybean, is a great weed management strategy overall and also a key tool in managing against herbicide resistance. What are some options if soybeans emerged before a pre-emergence herbicide application was made? read more
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Peak water, peak oilnow, peak soil?
2013-06-01 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: Soil is becoming endangered.This reality needs to be part of our collective awareness in order to feed nine billion people by 2050, say experts meeting here in Reykjavk. And a big part of reversing soil decline is carbon, the same element that is overheating the planet."Soils are like a bank account. You should only draw out what you put in." -- Rattan Lal of Ohio State University "Keeping and putting carbon in its rightful place" needs to be the mantra for humanity if we want to continue...
As Seed Hits Soil, Pursuit of 300 Begins in Earnest
2013-05-29 06:00:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
PLYMOUTH, Minn. (May 29, 2013) — The only thing constant about weather across the Corn Belt this spring has been its unpredictability. Like the rest of their corn-growing peers, the six Pursuit of 300 Farmers have dodged raindrops, snowflakes and stubborn soil temperatures to finally begin their attempts at pushing toward 300-bushel-per-acre yields on 100-plus dedicated acres of their ground. read more
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