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New software reveals critical crop growth stages

By Don Comis, USDA Agricultural Research Service
Nov 1, 2011
Nov 1, 2011

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U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) agronomist Greg McMaster has developed computer software that tells farmers when to spray pesticides.

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