SAN ANTONIO – Marion Calmer often shares the stage with Fred Below, University of Illinois crop expert, through the years at Commodity Classic; the two long-time friends talk crops research. Calmer's been farming for 50 years and doing on-farm research for 40 years. He’s been no-tilling for 38 years.
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Fred Below is a professor of Crop Physiology in the University of Illinois-Department of Crop Sciences. His research focuses on understanding factors limiting crop productivity, particularly corn and soybeans. He developed the 'Seven Wonders of the Corn Yield World' and the 'Six Secrets of Soybean Success' as tools to teach farmers and agricultural professionals the value of their individual crop-management decisions. Email fbelow@illinois.edu to reach him.
Julie Belschner writes on various agricultural issues; she is the managing editor for Agri-View based in Wisconsin.
