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Can you count to five? More beans per pod can reap yield benefits.
In 2001, we were applying 200 lb., and sometimes 225 lb., of nitrogen (N) per acre because that’s what the universities recommended—1.1 lb. of N per bushel of anticipated corn yield. But we found out it doesn’t take that much. Now we apply about 0.75 lb. per bushel, and we expect to reduce that over time.
We have been using an RTK GPS auto-steering system since 2004.
Ah, sugar, sugar…could beets be the next biofuel feedstock? New research shows promise.
Farming has the power to lift up lives of the poor, says Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft and co-chair of The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.