Garden Riches From a Misanthropic Plot
A diarist tends a garden amid frost, moles, and dog interruptions. Plants struggle but persistence shines with lilac, delphinium, and bluebells thriving in sunlit corners while irises, foxglove, and violets color a resilient, evolving border.
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Planning for higher crop yields through starter fertilizer and nitrogen strategies
The article explains how careful planning and placement of nutrients boost corn yields. It covers in furrow phosphorus and potassium placement, nitrogen efficiency with in-soil injection, no-till considerations, dribbling and sidedressing options, banding distances, timing constraints, and equipment calibration. It also notes a new tip sheet on liquid nitrogen use and reports extensive woody plant losses in Ohio from last winter’s drought and cold, with species most affected.
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Cotton planting lags this spring
Washington AP reports cotton farmers face delayed planting due to varied spring weather with muddy fields and dry soil. By mid May only about 40 percent of major cotton states acreage had been planted, below the 48 percent last year and 52 percent long-term average, while USDA analysts foresee a tight U.S. supply for 1984-85 amid rising world stocks.
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Planting lags across corn belt in May report
Washington AP says farmers have gained some time in planting this year's corn crop but remain well behind normal. By May 13 about 29 percent of the intended corn acreage in the major producing states had been planted, versus 10 percent by May 6. Overall 54 percent planted by May 13, vs 42 percent a year ago under drought conditions.
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Cattleman group to enter suit over voluntary restraints
The National Cattlemen's Association will file a friend of the court brief with the U.S. Court of International Trade in New York in support of a lawsuit by the Australian Meat & Livestock Corp. against voluntary restraint agreements on foreign meat imports. President John Weber said Australia alleges U.S. negotiates below the 1.25 billion pound floor and that quotas must not dip under that level.
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