Keeping Carbon in the Soil, Stop Soybean Gall Midge, Facts on Phosphorus| Ag PhD
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Brian and Darren Hefty tell us how farmers are helping save the planet, keeping gall midge out of the beans, and navigating the confusing but essential nutrient of phosphorus. Plus hemp dogbane is the Weed of the Week. And we talk fertilizer storage tanks in the Iron Talk.
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