Ag News and Views: October 2016
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Ag Tools places online calculators in producers' pockets
Ag Tools provides producers with free mobile access to Noble Research Institute agricultural calculators.
Common ag practices key for pollinators, grassland birds
Tools and processes that encourage plant diversity are essential.
Consultant offers strategies for cattle marketing decisions
The downward spiraling cattle market has caused great grief. What's the best strategy going forward?
Herbicide choices affect cover crop options, management
Do not let the wrong herbicide and cover crop combination diminish the opportunity for great value.
Magnets can help prevent hardware disease in cattle herds
Cattle commonly swallow foreign objects, which sometimes causes hardware disease.
Producers make important contributions to useable science
Useable science meets the needs of decision-makers and includes them in the scientific process.
Regional ranchers should reconsider default fall-calving
Fall-calving producers fall into two scenarios: deliberate and default.