Straw spreader fix urged to curb fall tillage erosion
Cedar Rapids extension crops specialist Greg Brenneman urges farmers to repair straw spreaders on soybean combines this fall to prevent erosion later. He argues fall tillage is often unnecessary and suggests knife and coulter adjustments plus cover disks to protect soil, noting minimal yield difference between fall and spring tillage.
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Greg Brenneman
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Iowa State University
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al Swegle
Computer aids shepherds in poor market conditions
Paul Muegge leads OK Sheep Expansion Inc., a nine county Oklahoma cooperative that uses a computer driven sale system to connect packers in Detroit Chicago and Sioux Falls with lamb producers. The system replaced conference calls and boosted sales from 3 000 lambs in 1979 to 18 000 last year, increasing producer profits and cutting costs for packers.
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Iowa
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Baraboo
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