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Strip-Tiller Saves Time & Soil on Farms 1,800 Miles Apart

Farmer tries no-till, strip-till, cover crops, biologicals & more to improve yields & soil health on his geographically diverse operation.
By Brian O'Connor posted on December 1, 2024 | Posted in Cover Crops, Soil Health
The soil health goals Gary Greenlee has for his farms are the same, despite the drastic 1,800-mile distance between them. The long-time strip-tiller farms about 200 acres of silt loam in Illinois, as well as about 1,000 acres of good soil in Idaho.
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Strip-Tillers Can Share Thoughts With EPA About Proposed Atrazine Rules

By Brian O'Connor posted on October 5, 2022
The proposed rules would reduce the concentration equivalent level of concern equivalent from 15 parts per billion to 3.4 parts per billion, reduce atrazine usage to a maximum of 2 pounds per acre per year, prohibit aerial spraying, and ban atrazine applications to saturated soils, as well as within 48 hours of forecasted heavy precipitation.
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Anuvia Wins Environment Award

By Brian O'Connor posted on January 12, 2022

Winter Garden, Fla., -based Anuvia Plant Nutrients joins dozens of other businesses in receiving the 2021 Sustainability Environmental Achievement & Leadership (SEAL) Awards.


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