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  2. Stale seed bed - Wikipedia

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    The no-till stale seed bed method involves covering the soil with plastic or silage tarps. There are two basic strategies: soil solarization and soil occultation. With soil solarization, the seed bed is covered with a clear plastic sheet which heats the soil to a temperature that kills pests, pathogens, and weeds.

  3. Intensive crop farming - Wikipedia

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    Intensive crop farming is a modern industrialized form of crop farming.Intensive crop farming's methods include innovation in agricultural machinery, farming methods, genetic engineering technology, techniques for achieving economies of scale in production, the creation of new markets for consumption, patent protection of genetic information, and global trade.

  4. Corn production in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The production of corn (Zea mays mays, also known as "maize") plays a major role in the economy of the United States. The US is the largest corn producer in the world, with 96,000,000 acres (39,000,000 ha) of land reserved for corn production. Corn growth is dominated by west/north central Iowa and east central Illinois. Approximately 13% of ...

  5. Sowing - Wikipedia

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    Among the major field crops, oats, wheat, and rye are sown, grasses and legumes are seeded and maize and soybeans are planted. In planting, wider rows (generally 75 cm (30 in) or more) are used, and the intent is to have precise; even spacing between individual seeds in the row, various mechanisms have been devised to count out individual seeds at exact intervals.

  6. Planter (farm implement) - Wikipedia

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    A planter is a farm implement, usually towed behind a tractor, that sows (plants) seeds in rows throughout a field. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is connected to the tractor with a drawbar or a three-point hitch . Planters lay the seeds down in precise manner along rows.

  7. Seedbed - Wikipedia

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    A seedbed of rice plants. A seedbed or seedling bed is the local soil environment in which seeds are planted. Often, it comprises not only the soil but also a specially prepared cold frame, hotbed or raised bed used to grow the seedlings in a controlled environment into larger young plants before transplanting them into a garden or field.

  8. Is Alabama whining too much about missing the playoff? Yes ...

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    Disappointed with the outcome and felt we were one of the 12 best teams in the country. We had an extremely challenging schedule and recognize there were two games in particular that we did not ...

  9. Pioneer Hi Bred International - Wikipedia

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    1926 - Hi-Bred Corn Company is founded in Des Moines, Iowa, with $7,000 in capital. [7] 1931 - Roswell Garst agrees to produce/distribute seed. The following year Garst partners with Charles Thomas to form the Garst and Thomas Seed Corn Company. 1935 - "Pioneer" was added to the name of the company to distinguish it from other hybrid corn ...