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Cover crops provide good bird habitat

November 13, 2017

It’s not only farmers who benefit from using cover crops. A new study finds birds might benefit as well. As a graduate student at the University of Illinois, Cassandra Wilcoxen noticed that more farmers in …

WSB study: Deer don’t always damage soybean yields

April 13, 2017

Soybean farmers tend to think white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) are major culprits behind lost yields. A new study conducted in Mississippi, however, points to other detrimental factors related to the vegetation and soil surrounding crop …