When fields crust over and corn doesn’t emerge stress can lead to a state of paralysis in decision making. “A lot of times when farmers are thinking about rotary hoeing when they should have done it ...

Over the years, I’ve collected a lot of different kinds of gardening tools. One of my most unusual tools has to be my hand-held rotary hoe. The garden rotary hoe I have has a long handle so I can ...

Soils that are worked wet, fields that are tilled and not allowed to dry completely, or certain soil types can be prone to crusting. Considering weather and field conditions this spring, soil crusting ...

Factors that may cause corn to leaf out underground. Several factors can cause the coleoptile to split prematurely, allowing the leaves to emerge underground. Usually, more than one of the following ...

Field experiments were conducted in 1996 and 1997 to evaluate the effect of EPTC (S-ethyl dipropyl carbamothioate) plus ethalfluralin at 2.4 plus 0.83 kg ai ha⁻¹, rotary hoeing, in-row cultivation, ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Organic farmers in western Canada rely on tillage to control weeds and incorporate crop residues that could plug mechanical weed-control ...