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what's new business
Ron Ross
A new five-year agreement between the USDA and the American Society of Agronomy (ASA) should generate new business for Certified Crop Advisors (CCAs)....
Cover Story
Lesson plan
by Ron Ross
Patty George typifies many young agronomy professionals working in retail. Her case load at Countryside Cooperative in Mondovi, WI, includes more than...
Focus Report
What's new crops
Ron Ross
Retailers in Indiana and Illinois, and perhaps neighboring states, can look for an increase in soil insecticide sales this year. The culprit is a rotation-resistant...
Field power
All-terrain diesel The new Kawasaki Mule 3010 Diesel combines popular features of the gasoline-powered Mule 3010 with a diesel engine. The powerplant...
Customer First
Explore the ag universe
For $75 you can get an ag encyclopedia reference and certification tool containing more than 7,000 full-screen images of weeds, insects and crop diseases....
Straight-line showdown
by Wayne Wenzel
Most GPS autosteer systems can deliver row-after-row consistency to within a meter or less. And for most row-crop applications, that's probably all you...
Computerized maintenance assistant
EZ Maintenance software from Link-It Software organizes and stores maintenance data on all types of equipment, vehicles and buildings. The software allows...
Lifesavers
by Wayne Wenzel
Falls, entanglements and heart attacks are just the beginning of what can go wrong when you're out in the field alone. As farms become bigger and more...
Articles
Hitting home
Ron Ross, Editor
My comments in this space last issue about on-again, off-again funding for the Conservation Security Program (CSP) hit some hot buttons. If you've been...