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"[Brandon Hunnicutt] had a corn rust problem last year that we were able to solve via twitter, too," [Jenny Rees] says. "I shared what he should be looking for. It was common rust. He was wondering if it was southern rust." "Many of my crop-consultant friends post something...

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Published in:Corn and Soybean Digest 2012-01
Main Author: Krueger, Shannon
Format: Article
Language:English
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Agriculture
Coffeehouses
Computers
Farms
Portable computers
Rain
Smartphones
Social networks
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Summary:"[Brandon Hunnicutt] had a corn rust problem last year that we were able to solve via twitter, too," [Jenny Rees] says. "I shared what he should be looking for. It was common rust. He was wondering if it was southern rust." "Many of my crop-consultant friends post something they're seeing out in the field and say "Are you seeing this too?'" Rees says. "It's been a great way to have discussions." "You can see right away what somebody in Ohio or California is doing," Hunnicutt says. "There's a lot of information to be gained without much pain in gathering it."
ISSN:1544-1644