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Set sights on sustainability
Changing landscape affects soil, air, water and wildlife
Monday, February, 04, 2013 - Agweek - Opinion
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Changing landscape affects soil, air, water and wildlife
Monday, February, 04, 2013 - Agweek - Opinion
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Setting things straight on soils
The Red River Valley has a diverse soil profile.
Monday, February, 25, 2013 - Agweek - News
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The Red River Valley has a diverse soil profile.
Monday, February, 25, 2013 - Agweek - News
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The importance of soil biology
Sixty percent of all the world’s nutrients applied to fields never make it to the plants. That is an astonishing number, considering the cost of fertilizers. It is also worrisome considering that phosphorus is expected to run out in the next few decades, and nitrogen is not too far behind. So what is happening?
Monday, April, 29, 2013 - Agweek - Opinion
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Sixty percent of all the world’s nutrients applied to fields never make it to the plants. That is an astonishing number, considering the cost of fertilizers. It is also worrisome considering that phosphorus is expected to run out in the next few decades, and nitrogen is not too far behind. So what is happening?
Monday, April, 29, 2013 - Agweek - Opinion
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Keep weeds in check
Weed resistance to chemicals will continually increase. It only takes one weed to survive a treatment for it to pass on the genetic makeup to do so to the offspring. This creates more resistant weeds until there is a whole population of resistant weeds. Applying more herbicide will make these weeds even more resistant. This will happen over again even if the chemical formula for the herbicide is altered.
Monday, May, 20, 2013 - Agweek - Opinion
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Weed resistance to chemicals will continually increase. It only takes one weed to survive a treatment for it to pass on the genetic makeup to do so to the offspring. This creates more resistant weeds until there is a whole population of resistant weeds. Applying more herbicide will make these weeds even more resistant. This will happen over again even if the chemical formula for the herbicide is altered.
Monday, May, 20, 2013 - Agweek - Opinion
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Soil health workshop set
Farmer Paul Brown will be one of the speakers at the first Grand Forks County Soil Health Workshop Feb. 28 at the Ramada Inn in Grand Forks, N.D. Organizers hope the workshop will become an annual event.
Tuesday, February, 12, 2013 - Agweek - News
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Farmer Paul Brown will be one of the speakers at the first Grand Forks County Soil Health Workshop Feb. 28 at the Ramada Inn in Grand Forks, N.D. Organizers hope the workshop will become an annual event.
Tuesday, February, 12, 2013 - Agweek - News
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