EPA Approves Waiver to Allow E15 Gas This Summer
The agricultural community is widely praising the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to allow sales of the higher-ethanol E15 gas blend during the summer.
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Consider Weed-Control Priorities Under New Dicamba Annual Limits
Soybean and cotton growers once again have access to "over-the-top" (OTT) dicamba herbicide products for postemergence weed control. But this season, those products have maximum annual application rates that are half of what was allowed on previous labels, requiring growers to consider when they should spray the herbicide to get the biggest weed-control bang for their dicamba buck.
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Experts Examine Trade, Policy and Economic Trends in 2026 Purdue Agricultural Economics Report
Economic uncertainty, shifting trade policies and questions surrounding the future of the U.S. farm bill are among the key focus areas that experts in Purdue University’s Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension program say could influence agriculture and rural communities in the coming year.
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Harvey Helps Amp Up Research at Barta Brothers Ranch
Barta Brothers Ranch has retained the collaborative adaptive management project begun in 2020 by Craig Allen and Walter Schacht, emeriti professors from the School of Natural Resources and the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture. Eight researchers from across Nebraska now lead that project looking at patch-burn grazing compared with other cattle grazing systems.
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Betting on Biomass: How Two Farmers Turn Cover Crops Into Weed Control
In Illinois and Virginia, Frank Rademacher and Paul Davis lean on cereal rye, no-till and patience to keep waterhemp and other tough weeds in check.
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