A farmer recently asked Ken Ferrie: “With organic matter above 3.5%, do I need to worry about applying sulfur?” “Today, we are seeing pretty substantial sulfur responses in our corn plots at and above 3.5% organic matter,” Ferrie says. “I still believe, in total, 3.5% organic matter soils will supply enough sulfur. The issue is those soils just don't supply sulfur quickly enough in the spring.”
Herbicide-resistant weeds are a growing problem for farmers across the country. Luckily some new technologies are on the horizon to help battle the bullies of the plant world.
Memes are ideas, actions and often images that spread widely and rapidly because they resonate with people. Farming has its own memes. Some we could let die of their own irrelevance. Here's John Phipps top two candidates for immediate memicide.
