Let’s trash talk—crop residue. The way you manage residue right now at harvest will affect your crop next year. In all tillage systems the key is decomposing the remainder of this year’s crop and ...

Virgil Wells of Boring sells trees and turns them into bowls, back scratchers on other items When bamboo starts flowering, most plants usually die. You may be able to save it by cutting the flower ...

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The hay mow was filled to the rafters with hay and straw bales, but the ear corn supply was gone as September approached. Oats and barley were decent substitutes until the new-crop corn moved from the ...

A researcher has found a way to get more bang for fewer bucks when it comes to processing cellulosic material to make ethanol. By shredding corn stover instead of chopping, as is commonly done, about ...