Agriculture

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Written by Jonathan
Eisenthal

The latest USDA crop progress report shows Minnesota farmers
have yet to start planting corn this year.

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To better protect water quality throughout Minnesota, the
state’s corn growers are investing in research preventing nitrogen loss on the
farm. Cover crops have recently emerged as an effective tool to help keep the
vital nutrient for corn productions where it belongs—in the soil.

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Written by Jonathan Eisenthal

The power of information is taking leaps and bounds in the
world of agriculture and nowhere was this more evident than at the 2019
Production Agriculture Symposium,

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Written by Jonathan
Eisenthal

Like nitrogen, phosphorous pays off with better yielding crops,
while also warranting careful use. This was one of the vital messages at the
recent Nutrient Management Conference in St.

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In 2015, the Minnesota legislature established the Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Tech Transfer program (AGREETT) with a multi-year $5 million investment that would boost agricultural research at the University of Minnesota.

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The Minnesota Corn Innovation Grant Program returns for its
fourth year in 2019, funding farmer-led, conservation-minded research projects.
Each project will test a novel solution that prevents nitrogen and phosphorous
loss on the farm. 

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