A professor of crop physiology at the University of Illinois says residue management is a key to higher yields. Fred Below says research has shown biological “residue busters” are beneficial. “A lot of farmers call residue trash, but we call it treasure.” He says, “It’s treasure if we can unlock the nutrition that’s in it, […]
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