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Less time for planting
2014-04-14 01:49:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Compared to 35 years ago, there are fewer hours to plant crops. Its official now: some major Corn Belt states corn and soybean planting weather windows have officially shrunk. Purdue Professor Ben Gramig found that Illinois and Iowa have on average 11-12% fewer hours per week to plant, when comparing 1980-1994 to 1995-2010. read more
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