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Farmers value cover crops
2014-04-01 19:20:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
National surveys prove corn and soybean yield benefits plus soil health and moisture savings. Under comparable management, with and without cover crops, more than 500 farmers reported a yield gain of approximately 5% in 2013 after using cover crops. And this follows an average 10% yield hike among surveyed farmers in 2012 during drought conditions. read more
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U.S. Farmers Expected to Plant Record-High Soybean Acreage in 2014
2014-04-01 16:50:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: United States Department of Agricultures National Agricultural Statistics Service Producers surveyed across the United States intend to plant an estimated 81.5 million acres of soybeans in 2014, which is up 6 percent from last year and an all-time record high, according to the Prospective Plantings report recently released by the U.S. Department of Agricultures National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). If achieved, soybeans will surpass the previous record of 77.5 million acres planted in the United States that was set in 2009. read more
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American farmers confront 'big data' revolution
2014-03-31 05:20:38| Chemicals - Topix.net
Nick Guetterman looks over the data shared by his crop sprayer and cell phone while on his farm near Bucyrus, Kan.
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Peter Kendall New President of World Farmers Organisation
2014-03-31 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
GLOBAL - Former NFU President Peter Kendall has been named the new President of the World Farmers Organisation.
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Australia: Energy companies deal allowing NSW farmers say no coal seam gas
2014-03-28 07:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Energy companies Santos and AGL have signed an agreement with farmers in NSW that will allow landholders to refuse coal seam gas activities on their properties. The deal will allow a farmer to say no to coal seam gas and bar entry to gas companies if permission is explicitly refused. The agreement, the first of its kind between gas firms and landholders, also seems to indirectly reference environmental protesters by condemning bullying, harassment and intimidation of farmers who have agreed...
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