Nevertheless, Christians is optimistic about the future of natural products for producing better lawns and better crops. If we have a customer who doesn't want to do that, we'll resort to spot treating with a chemical herbicide a few times a year. And endophytic grass seed is enhanced with a beneficial fungus that secretes insect-repelling substances, and costs only slightly more than other seed. Anyone whose blood boils at the sight of a single dandelion will find it hard to switch, as...

As blight can be so potentially damaging and can devastate a crop within days, growers need to use a robust programme of fungicides applied at appropriate spray intervals, starting before the disease is established right through to harvest. It causes damage through destruction of the haulm, adversely reducing yield and quality, and through tuber blight which affects marketable yield, quality and storing ability. The inclusion of the protectant fungicide, Electis (zoxium and mancozeb) in...

Food is considered organic if it comes from animals that aren?t given antibiotics or growth hormones, or if it?s produced without the use of most conventional pesticides and fertilizers. Changes in the process required to certify products as organic could have prompted some farmers who grow organic crops to forgo the certification, and recent data counted only certified operations. Not only did the amount of land that Ohio farmers devote to certified-organic crops, fruits and vegetables...

Printer Friendly FormatEmail Page. If you've heard about big yield improvements or cost savings from using some new crop production input and wondered whether that product might help boost your profits, the Iowa Soybean Association's On-Farm Network can help you find the answer as it applies to your farm. If you've heard about big yield improvements or cost savings from using some new crop production input and wondered whether that product might help boost your profits, the Iowa Soybean...

The indifference shown by the government of Sindh and the provincial environment protection department towards the danger posed by the unchecked dumping of hazardous chemical waste such as dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane (DDT) in the Malir river area of Karachi is depressing. The indifference shown by the government of Sindh and the provincial environment protection department towards the danger posed by the unchecked dumping of hazardous chemical waste such as...