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Harrowing Experiences!

Here’s what the experts say about fluffing, turning, mixing, scratching, leveling, shattering, warming and aerating no-till residues.

By Lynn Grooms posted on September 1, 2003 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Besides more effectively managing residue, aerators and rotary harrows are allowing some no-tillers to stretch the spring planting window to boost yields.

Looking Down On Soil Life

What goes on in the top 2 inches of your no-tilled soil is especially important after the growing season.

By Dave Ernst posted on August 1, 2003 | Posted in Soil Health

When you walk across a no-till field, Jill Clapperton says you’re walking on the rooftop of a bustling community. No-tilled soils teem with life, and with the right management techniques, you can use these busy organisms to your benefit, says the the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada soil biologist stationed at the Lethbridge Research Centre in Lethbridge, Alberta.

Maximize Your No-Till Nitrogen

When it comes to harvesting more bushels of no-tilled corn from your nitrogen, the use of stabilizers are a good investment.

By Lynn Grooms posted on August 1, 2003 | Posted in Nutrient Management

The potential for nitrogen loss in no-till presents you with both a problem and an opportunity, maintains Sam Ferguson, a customer agronomist with Dow AgroSciences in Omaha, Neb.

Fight Drought With Less Tillage

By Frank Lessiter posted on July 1, 2003 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming

Besides being good for the environment, strip till and/or no-till can help you make more efficient use of available water, especially under drought conditions.

Get Set To Cash In On Carbon

No-tillers are in the driver’s seat when it comes to harvesting the economic benefits of carbon sequestration.

By Lynn Grooms posted on June 1, 2003 | Posted in Nutrient Management

When it comes to finding the solution to global warming, no-tillers will definitely play a key role. You may also be eligible to receive some supplemental income for sequestering carbon from your permanently no-tilled fields in the future.

What I've Learned from No-Tilling

A Permanent No-Till Is The Only Way to Go!

Spending an extra $12 per acre on fertilizer resulted in $60 to $80 more income with no-tilled corn.

By Ron Ross and Mike Wolpert posted on June 1, 2003 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101, Seeding & Planting

It took me almost 12 years to learn that you can’t dabble with no-tilling. You either have to commit 100 percent or forget about it.

Farming Vertically Pays With No-Till

To no-till 100 bushel per acre soybeans, the critical factor is expanding the amount of life in your soils.

By Dave Ernst posted on May 1, 2003 | Posted in Soil Health

Increasing no-till yields is a matter of learning to “farm vertically,” maintains Ray Rawson. More than 40 years of no-tilling in northern Michigan have taught Rawson that it’s all about massive root systems and not ever about higher soybean plant populations.

Upgrade Your Soil Quality With Cover Crops, Rotations

Coupled with a good no-till program, these are critical building blocks to boost your soil quality and productivity.

By Lynn Grooms posted on October 1, 2002 | Posted in Soil Health

“If we degrade our soils, we degrade our economic survivability,” maintains Wayne Reeves.

What I've Learned from No-Tilling

Do More With Less!

With direct seeding, three men handle 4,000 acres.

By John Aeschliman and Ron Ross posted on October 1, 2002 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101

When I was a kid, I knew it was spring when the mud roared off our highly erodible hills, across the roads and flowed through our farm yard.

Rye Reaps Residue Rewards

Use this cover crop to improve both your no-till soil’s health and water holding capacity.

By Susan K. Davis posted on September 1, 2002 | Posted in Crop Protection, Residue Management

Curt Swartzmiller stands in front of the meeting room with a majestic 6-foot tall metal pole. The prop for his conservation speech is a driven ground tool.

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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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