Tag: Agriculture
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					Posted on February 18, 2014 
					New York Times Features Illinois Corn Farmers
Farmers in Illinois are paying attention to the growing Buy Local and farm-to-school campaigns sweeping through their communities and finding ways to diversify their farm […]
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					Posted on February 17, 2014 
					GM crops: True or false
The introduction and continued use of genetically modified crops has sparked furious debates. The scientific journal Nature, a preeminent publication, has a series of articles […]
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					Posted on February 10, 2014 
					In the toolbox: Invasive Plant Control Database
The Midwest Invasive Plant Network has published an online search tool to find information on invasive species control- Invasive Plant Control Database. From this website, […]
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					Posted on February 3, 2014 
					Learning from your living room
The University of Wisconsin and UW-Extension produce a wide array of educational videos. Most of these videos are posted on various YouTube channels. College of […]
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					Posted on January 30, 2014 
					Choose your own adventure cover crop symposium
If you haven’t heard enough about cover crops, then check out University of Missouri’s Cover Crop Symposium. The symposium was held on January 14, 2014. […]
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					Posted on January 27, 2014 
					New USDA Cover Crop Termination Guidelines
The NRCS just released new cover crop termination guidelines. Recently, a webinar was held to discuss the new changes and answer questions. To access the […]
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					Posted on January 15, 2014 
					Palmer amaranth identified through the late-season weed escape survey
Vince Davis (Assistant Professor) Department of Agronomy, UW-Madison; Ross Recker (Graduate Research Assistant) Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri) is a dioecious, summer annual broadleaf weed species […]
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					Posted on December 16, 2013 
					Just in time for the holidays: Agronomy’s Shawn Conley publishes a children’s book
Shawn Conley, Extension Soybean Agronomist and Associate Professor, along with Judy Mannes and Marsha Rehns, just published a children’s book “Coolbean the Soybean” in cooperation […]
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					Posted on September 5, 2013 
					Expanding the Seeding Window for Cover Crops
Are you looking for ways to expand your cover crop* seeding window? Here in Wisconsin, the cover crop species options after harvest are rather limited. […]