Some claim that fungicides can boost corn yields, but Ohio State University researchers say that they have found no consistent link between fungicide use and corn yield when disease pressures are low. With disease levels low - no higher than 12% for gray leaf spot and 6% for northern corn leaf blight - researchers found no differences in yield to fungicide applications between treated and untreated hybrids. Half of the trials were sprayed with a fungicide and the other half were left untreated.

Samples lifted by various government laboratories have so far failed to detect pesticide residues above permissible limits. Though the CSE has far more credibility than the government and the cola companies, the fact is that no independent laboratory has been able to exactly reproduce their results. The health minister has since denied giving the cola companies a clean chit, something which is politically impossible for him to do. Some of these tests found that pesticide levels were below...

State DNR warns of wildfire risk In light of current drought conditions across the region, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service asks residents to use caution when enjoying Maryland's outdoors in the days ahead to avoid the risk of wildfire. State DNR warns of wildfire risk In light of current drought conditions across the region, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service asks residents to use caution when enjoying Maryland's outdoors in the days...

A pre-feasibility study made by a Chinese state-owned company on how to produce Urea fertilizer locally from coal deposits revealed a price tag of seven billion Birr. He was disappointed the offer did not meet the 300 million dollars to produce 300,000tn of Urea per annum he was informed the local fertilizer could sell for last year. It was the Chinese government who hinted at that time that it could be possible to produce the Urea locally with a lower cost. However, even in the...

The first number in the fertilizer analysis indicates nitrogen percentage and the last number in an analysis indicates potassium percentage. Spraying a fungicide can slow disease spread but fungicides alone may not control diseases. Merely spraying the lawn with a fungicide will not control some lawn diseases. Proper preventative or curative turf medicine should help your lawn through this critical time. Fertilizers should generally have at least two-thirds as much potassium as nitrogen....

At a field day late last week at a DuPont research facility near Rochelle, Illinois, DuPont and Pioneer personnel showed several dozen corn and soybean test plots where Optimum GAT plants were growing next to Roundup Ready plots and control plots with no herbicides. It will also be tolerant to a broad range of ALS herbicides, meaning they can be mixed with the glyphosate product and applied at the same time. At a field day late last week at a DuPont research facility near Rochelle,...

The best they can do is spread out their plantings over the course of several weeks in April and May and hope that if one crop is lost, storm clouds will come and another crop will manage better. Throughout Franklin County, crops of soybeans, alfalfa and grass hays have withered away this summer, lacking adequate rainfall to sustain their growth and provide more than one harvest for farmers. Rows of corn that should be a vivid green and soaring eight to 12 feet in the air are instead...

They didn't have to redeem the loan on the previous year's crop until August or September at which time they pretty much knew what the next year's crop was going to be. It also extends counter-cyclical payments and the requirement that peanut producers agree to designated conservation, wetland protection and other protection programs in order to receive the direct and counter-cyclical payments. The new farm bill also extends the 2002 farm bill provision which permits farmers to plant any...

One of the causes of cancer and other ailments are the chemical pesticides used on commercial produce. Thus, the chances of getting sick from pesticide-contaminated produce are greatly reduced. Well, for a short moment you may think that your garden is worthless and has no value, but if you think beyond eating healthy fruits and vegetables, you may just surprise yourself. An urban garden, however, is grown by consumers who practice pesticide-free farming. He has all the statistical figures...