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Do I Need a Forensic Loan Audit to Help Stop Foreclosure?

By Joan Anderson A Forensic Loan Review or Forensic Loan Audit, sometimes also called a Mortgage Audit is a thorough investigation of the loan that the bank gave you.  This audit is done to locate all the Federal Laws that were violated by your bank when they created the loan they offered to you or [...]

Plant Protection

The principles of Good Plant Protection Practice (GPPP) provide the basis for the identification of optimal practice in the use of plant protection products.   The principles of good plant protection practice provide the basis for: (i)The choice of active substance and formulation; (ii) The choice of – . dosage (and if appropriate volume), . [...]

Researchers evaluate new potential pests in biomass crops

URBANA – Perennial grasses could become popular biomass crops in the future. Many perceive these grasses require little to no management for insects or other pests. However, researchers are finding rather than being pest-free, the identity of insect pests and their effects on harvestable biomass are simply not yet known. A small caterpillar known as [...]

Biomass crop program offers assistance to producers

URBANA – Producers interested in growing biomass crops can eliminate financial risk through the Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP). Jody Endres, senior regulatory associate at the Energy Biosciences Institute at the University of Illinois, discussed how BCAP can benefit producers at the 2010 Bioenergy Feedstocks Symposium held last week in Champaign. “BCAP was created as [...]

Miscanthus Rhizome Root Harvester and Planter Unveiled

URBANA – After years of research and collaboration, a miscanthus rhizome regeneration harvester and planter system has been developed and was unveiled for the first time at the University of Illinois Bioenergy Feedstocks Symposium on Tuesday, Jan. 12. The new harvester and planter machine package is the result of a three-year collaboration between U of [...]

Sweet corn study provides large-scale picture of better fields

URBANA – In what amounted to a kind of census of sweet corn grown for processing, three years of data from 175 fields in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota shed light on what works and what doesn’t. Along with identifying the most troublesome weeds, the results also revealed some of the more complicated relationships among factors [...]