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Every Vote Counts
Winter has arrived in earnest in Northeast Ohio. Since the start of December, our area (and several others across the…
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Bayer CropScience Adds Biological Seed Treatment
Bayer CropScience LP has finalized a licensing agreement with Heads Up Plant Protectants Inc. for access to Heads Up seed…
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Ethanol Subsidy Extended
Congressional negotiators have agreed to extend the 45-cent-per-gallon subsidy for ethanol for one year and also continue a tariff on…
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OSHA Honors Pioneer Facility
Pioneer Hi-Bred’s Rushville, IN, production location recently was recognized by the Indiana Department of Labor (IDOL) for continued excellence in…
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TFI: EPA’s Florida Nutrient Rule Is All Cost, No Benefit
The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) expressed its intense opposition to the EPA’s rule to establish numeric nutrient criteria for nitrogen and…
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The Value Of Residual Herbicides
In systems where glyphosate is not providing the effectiveness of weed control as it has in the past, there’s a…
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Stepping Forward On Standards
The lack of data standards in precision agriculture has hampered broader adoption of high-technology products and techniques for years. But…
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Sprayer Systems: Control The Flow
No one likes to waste money, but custom applicator Bill French believed that’s exactly what he was doing when spraying…
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New Herbicides For 2011
The new crop of herbicides includes: ■ Capreno (tembotrione/thiencarbazone methyl) corn herbicide from Bayer CropScience offers residual action in…
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Herbicide Research: Going Small For Big Results
For nearly a decade, experts have been proclaiming that nanotechnology is on the verge of revolutionizing the food processing and…
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A Year Of Learning
Well, it’s the last column of the year, and I find myself writing this as I sit alone in a…
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Contract Killing
There’s an old mariner quote: “Once ashore, we pray no more.” In other words, sailors in dire situations will promise…