Carbon Farming – Managing the Carbon Balancing Act for Crop and Soil Productivity Note: The following will be purely agronomic. This is not an article about carbon credits.   Photosynthesis: Carbon Dioxide + Water + Energy (light) →  Oxygen + Sugar Respiration: Sugar + Oxygen → Carbon Dioxide + Water + Energy (heat)                 Plant life is the mediator of carbon balance on the global, national, regional, local, and farm scales. With the exception of some microorganisms

How Farmers Can Do More With Less in a Tough Ag Economy. That was the question I was asked recently after giving a grower meeting in Nebraska.  When I first heard the question I thought, “Now that doesn’t make sense because no one can do more with less.”  However, after giving it some thought, I replied with a basic answer of picking the right products, being timely, efficient, yada, yada, yada. 

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