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Steel in the Field

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Cultivation in Context

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Agronomic Row Crops
    The Tools
    The Farmers


Horticultural Crops
    The Tools
    The Farmers


Dryland Crops
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Steel in the Field: A Farmer’s Guide to Weed Management Tools

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Agronomic Row Crops
Hot Tips for Flame Weeding

Publications
ATTRA
Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural America
P. O. Box 3657
Fayetteville, Ark. 72702
(501) 442-9824, (800) 346-9140
fax (501) 442-9842.
www.attra.org Provides informational packets on flaming and many other farm topics.
Farm With Flame, Joseph L. Smilie, et al, Louisiana State University (1965), 16 pp.
Flame Cultivation Equipment and Techniques, Production Research Report No. 86, USDA/ARS in cooperation with Mississippi Agricultural Experiment Station (1965), 16 pp.

Individuals
Richard Parish
Hammond Research Station—Louisiana State University
21549 Old Covington Highway
Hammond LA 70403
(985) 543-4125, fax (985) 543-4124.
Dale D. Moyer
Suffolk County Ag Extension agent
Cornell Cooperative Extension—Suffolk County Office
246 Griffing Ave.
Riverhead NY 11901-3086
(516) 727-7850, fax (516) 727-7130.
email dmoyer@cce.cornell.edu
Moyer demonstrates toolbar flamers for insect and stale seedbed weed control. A 16-minute video describes a flamer set up for Colorado potato beetle control on potatoes. Cost of the video is $19.95.
Dr. Charles E. Snipes
Plant Physiology Weed Control
Delta Branch Station—Mississippi State University
Stoneville MS 38776
(662) 686-3282.

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