Marion Calmer

No-Tiller, Alpha, Ill.

CLASSROOM #6
Residue Management Practices for Increased Yields and Enhanced Stands in Corn, Soybeans and Cover Crops

In high-yielding no-till systems, residue can be your best friend or, in some cases, your worst nightmare if field conditions aren’t properly managed. But Marion Calmer has some insights to share that he’s learned through many years of compromising with Mother Nature.

The Alpha, Ill., no-tiller and independent on-farm researcher reviews his evolution of residue management practices throughout the past 35 years of no-tilling. Using necessity as the mother of innovation, Calmer shares several simple solutions to profit-robbing residue build-up problems. From dealing with floods to droughts, cornstalks to soybean straw, and using strip-till or no-till, his residue management strategies are built with profits in mind.