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Myth: Farmers apply too much nitrogen on crop land.
Fact: University of Minnesota Best Management Practices for Nitrogen Use identifies an acceptable range of nitrogen fertilizer (N) at 130-180 pounds per acre for corn after corn and an acceptable range of 100-140 pounds per acre for corn after soybeans.
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When it comes to water quality in Minnesota, agency report after agency report and media story after media story paint a bleaker and bleaker picture.
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Here at the Minnesota Corn Growers Association, we receive questions every day about farming, water quality and the efforts of farmers to protect and improve our states lakes,
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Whether it’s sun tan lotion, farm policy or what you eat for dinner, the Environmental Working Group (EWG) is always trying to scare you about something.
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by Jonathan Eisenthal
You know what an ‘elevator’ is—it’s a grain storage facility.
An ‘operation’? It’s a farming entity comprising all the pieces of land,
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With the Iowa caucuses happening today, the 2016 presidential race will begin to consume even more airtime and print space than it already does.
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Anyone involved in agriculture knows that the sector is not immune to the up-and-down cycles of the marketplace. Domestic and global market demands, weather,
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If you’re a Minnesota corn farmer with an idea on how to better manage nitrogen and protect water quality, the Minnesota Corn Growers Association (MCGA) would like to help you put that idea into practice.
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Written by MCGA student Agvocate Sam Peterson
Have you ever thought about what farmers do when they aren’t sitting in their tractors planting or harvesting their crops?
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