Crop Survey Results Show Increase in Cover Cropping, Less Tillage

Survey also shows decreased use of commercial nitrogen

November 16, 2024 | Posted in Soil Health

Results from the annual Iowa Nutrient Research & Education Council crop survey show Iowa farmers planted more than 3.8 million acres of cover crops in the 2023 crop year.

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Update on Registration of Over-The-Top Dicamba Products

By Sarah Lancaster posted on August 30, 2024 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: Kansas State University Extension

At the time of this article’s publication in the Agronomy eUpdate, the February existing stocks order is the last document related to dicamba registration published on the EPA website.

Can Taller Cover Crops Lead to Cleaner Water?

By Brian Devore posted on March 4, 2024 | Posted in Soil Health, Investing in Regenerative Ag, Economics, Termination

Source: Civil Eats

In 2022, Olmsted County commissioners Mark Thein and Gregg Wright approached staffers in the local soil and water conservation district office and asked a seemingly straightforward question: How can we keep nitrates out of the groundwater?

EPA’s Proposed Herbicide Strategy & What it Means for Herbicide Use

By Alyssa Essman posted on October 31, 2023 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: Agronomic Crops Network

The proposed herbicide strategy was released in July 2023 and outlined the EPA’s plan for meeting ESA obligations with respect to herbicide drift, runoff and/or erosion.

EPA Extends Comment Deadline for Weed Control Chemical Atrazine

August 9, 2022 | Posted in Termination

Comments will now be accepted until Oct. 7. They had been slated to close in September, according to EPA documents.

Glyphosate On Trial

U.S. Supreme Court Will Not Hear Glyphosate Case

June 21, 2022

The U.S. Supreme Court denied the company's writ of certiorari for a case arising from California that had resulted in a multimillion dollar verdict against the company and its subsidiary Monsanto.

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Cover Cropping in Integrated Farming Systems

Last week we had boots on the ground at the Big Soil Health Event in Cedar Falls, Iowa where agronomist David Kleinschmidt emphasized the importance of considering Carbon to Nitrogen ratios of cover crops and residues.

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