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Consider Early Harvest To Provide Stalks And Relieve Pastures

2013-09-25 16:40:00| Beef

"With no more yield potential to gain and fairly dry grain, consider harvesting corn early to get some stalks and provide respite for your pastures," advises Bruce Anderson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln forage specialist. read more

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Crystal-encased atoms could harvest waste heat to generate power

2013-09-25 14:59:09| Extremetech

Technology contunes advancing at a merciless rate, but it's still not as efficient as it could be. All electronic devices lose some energy to heat -- energy that could be put to better use. A team of researchers at Vienna University of Technology (TU Vienna) believe they have developed a new class of thermoelectric crystalline materials that could harvest that heat and turn it into electricity with high efficiency.

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Crop Progress: Corn harvest behind average; soybean harvest starting

2013-09-24 23:05:00| Corn & Soybean Digest

At this point, 40% of the overall corn crop has reached maturity and nearly half of the soybean leaves have dropped. Corn condition ratings increased by 2 points overall in the good/excellent ranking, and soybean condition stayed the same as last week in the good/excellent ranks. read more

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Farm safety concerns during corn, soybean harvest

2013-09-24 19:07:00| Corn & Soybean Digest

As we enter full-scale corn and soybean harvest for the 2013 growing season, it is a good time for farm families to review the farm safety procedures for the farming operation. More farm accidents occur during the fall than at any other time of the year, and usually involve one or more farm family members. Special care should be taken with children and senior citizens around farm and grain handling equipment, as these groups are the most vulnerable to farm accidents. Focus on Ag read more

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