Lebanon, Pa., no-tiller Darren Grumbine discusses some of the nutritional challenges he’s faced no-tilling corn and the new approach he took this year feeding nutrients to the crop when they’re needed using tissue tests and on-farm trials.
Grumbine, who’s no-tilled 100% of his farm for the last 12 years, also talks about the value of fungicide applications on his operation, where he also raises soybeans and wheat in a 3-year rotation.
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On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Martin-Till, precision specialist Chad Baker, co-owner of Baker Precision Planter Works in Orangeville, Ill., helps a first-generation no-tiller with planter setup, and later encounters a couple problems with a strip-tiller’s new 24-row planter. Plus, veteran agronomist Brad Forkner checks in with a couple tips for farmers to keep in mind before they take the field.
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