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Farmers use Sustain program to incorporate science into nitrogen application timing and rates
2016-07-20 20:47:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Sustain program helps farmers use more science to determine best nitrogen timing and application rates First, I was surprised that Adapt-N and our Soil Scan 360 testing found so much of the 150 to 160 pounds of N applied in the spring could be lost by the summer. And then I was surprised that when we added 50 pounds of N per acre by plane in June, there was a 30 bushel per acre yield increase. -- Brent Hall, agronomy manager, South Central Co-op, Lacona, Iowa read more
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New â‚500 million Support Package Outlined for European Farmers
2016-07-20 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
EU - The European Commission has presented a new package of measures worth €500 million from EU funds to support farmers in the face of ongoing market difficulties, particularly on the dairy market.
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Climate Column: Why Do Farmers Care About Climate Change? Introduction
2016-07-18 21:16:35| National Farmers Union
By Tom Driscoll, NFU Director of Conservation Policy and Education At the 2016 National Farmers Union (NFU) convention in Minneapolis, Minnesota, NFU members established that the organization should lead efforts to help educate family farmers, ranchers and rural communities about how to adapt to the effects of climate change on their respective operations and support efforts […]
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Canadian Farmers More Stressed, Study Shows
2016-07-11 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
CANADA - Farmers are among the most vulnerable when it comes to mental health, according to a new study from the University of Guelph.
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NFU Audio: Tom Bryant on the Farmers Share
2016-07-07 16:05:54| National Farmers Union
Part of educating consumers about how and where their food is produced is helping them to understand the food industry supply chain. NFU Director of Membership Tom Bryant talks about the small share farmers and ranchers receive from every food dollar spent, on average about 17.4-cents, while the rest of the food supply chain accounts […]
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