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Doing All the Little Things Just Right

Successful no-till on this Iowa farm is the result of a novel four-step management plan.
By Julie Orchard posted on November 1, 1998 | Posted in Equipment
High corn and soybean yields don’t happen by chance on Condon and Mark Schnepel’s farm in Carson, Iowa. The brothers use a four-step process of planning, on-farm researching, implementing and reviewing to manage their 1,000-acre no-till operation.
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29 Solid Ideas For No-Tilling Success

Check out these valuable ideas from eight Washington and Idaho no-tillers to help you no-till better in the future.
By Frank Lessiter posted on August 1, 1998 | Posted in Seeding & Planting
Plenty of valuable ideas that you can use to make no-till even more profitable in your operation came out of presentations by eight veteran growers at last winter’s Northwest Direct Seed Intensive Cropping Conference in Pasco, Wash. These farmers rely on no-till to turn available moisture into higher, more profitable yields.
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The Leading Edge

When "times were tough," these Iowa farmers used no-till as a management tool to expand their acreage.
By Julie Orchard posted on August 1, 1998 | Posted in Nutrient Management
During the 1980s, the last thing many growers were looking for was more land to farm. Missouri Valley, Iowa, cash croppers Gail and Duane Witt saw this as an opportunity to expand from 1,200 to 4,000 acres by switching to no-till.
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Stubble Height Vs. No-Till

By Frank Lessiter posted on June 1, 1998 | Posted in Precision Agriculture
Questions often arise among no-tillers concerning the best height at which to leave small grain stubble. At the Semiarid Prairie Agricultural Research Centre at Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada, researchers set out to find answers by no-tilling four spring crops into three residue combinations.
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Finding Cyanazine Options

By Frank Lessiter posted on April 1, 1998 | Posted in Crop Protection
For the first time, the maximum labeled rate of cyan­azine will fall to 3 pounds of active ingredient per acre in 1998. As a result of an agreement between the Environmental Protection Agency and DuPont, products like Bladex, Extrazine II, Cy-Pro and Cy-Pro AT that contain this ingredient are being phased out.
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