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No-Tilling Into Living Grasses

By Frank Lessiter posted on September 1, 2010

Over the past 38 years, we've produced a handful of No-Till Farmer articles on no-tilling corn and other crops into a living cover, such as alfalfa sod, cereal rye or wheat. But it’s a tricky maneuver and one that has not caught on among many no-tillers.

Thinking Wheat After Wheat? Think Twice

August 22, 2010 | Posted in Cover Crops, Residue Management

The recent run-up in wheat prices has some growers thinking that it may be lucrative to keep their winter wheat acreage up this fall.

Wheat After Corn Has Its Challenges

August 21, 2010 | Posted in Equipment

Some Ohio wheat growers are thinking about planting wheat after corn to avoid some of the late planting issues we have had to deal with over the past few years.

The Tools That Get The Job Done For No-Tillers

No-Till Farmer readers sound off about their no-till planter setups and the technology that helps them move residue to get proper seed placement and great corn stands.

By Martha Ostendorf posted on August 1, 2010 | Posted in Equipment, Residue Management

Wet fall, wet spring, wet fall, wet spring. It seems no-tillers need to get used to making things work in a more aquatic-type system, our recent survey of No-Till Farmer readers found. In fact, how our readers’ no-till planter setups worked in wet conditions was a common thread in the replies we received.

No-Tilling Alfalfa Takes Good Preparation, Management

Planning a year ahead, managing the previous crop’s residue and using a well-maintained no-till drill are some of the keys to vigorous no-till alfalfa stands.

By Darrell Bruggink posted on July 1, 2010 | Posted in Crop Protection, Residue Management, Seeding & Planting

No-tillers Jack Herricks and Justin Knopf may seem like they are worlds apart — Herricks farms in west central Wisconsin and Knopf in north central Kansas.

8 Areas to Focus on for Higher Wheat Yields

Residue management, proper seeding rates, timely nitrogen applications and scouting for diseases are some of the keys to pushing no-till wheat yields to worthwhile levels

By Dan Zinkland posted on May 1, 2010 | Posted in Crop Protection, Residue Management, Seeding & Planting

From the Pacific Northwest to the Great Plains to the Eastern Corn Belt, no-tillers John Aeschliman, Dan Forgey, Allen Dean and Romey Bardwell grow different varieties of dryland wheat in different soils in areas receiving vastly different amounts of rain.

Making The Move From CRP To No-Till Crop Production

While you’ll need to be prepared for some weed and fertility challenges, don’t ruin 10 years of soil benefits with full-width tillage, this agronomist says.

By Mark Parker posted on April 1, 2010 | Posted in Crop Protection, Residue Management

Expiring contracts on Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) land offer no-tillers an opportunity to get a jump on the benefits of long-term no-till.

Two No-Till Heads Prove Better Than One

Sharing both the work and ideas keeps this no-till team moving in the right direction

By Martha Ostendorf posted on January 1, 2010 | Posted in Cover Crops, Equipment

“I can't get my wife to no-till the garden,” laments Bill Coppess while walking through the family tomato patch on the way to one of his residue-covered, Ansonia, Ohio, wheat fields.

What I've Learned from No-Tilling

Bending Equipment, Agronomics To Fit His Needs Pays

South Dakota no-tiller Terry Huss modifies new equipment to fit his dry conditions and goes against the trend by growing wheat with corn and soybeans.

By Ron Ross posted on December 1, 2009 | Posted in Equipment, Seeding & Planting

It doesn’t seem possible that I’ve been no-tilling for 30 years. I don’t know if you would call me a pioneer, but no-till was almost unheard of in north central South Dakota in 1979.

Hoping For Rain, Counting On No-Till

No-till has not only been better economically for Angela, Mont., farmer Alan Ballensky, the moisture protected by no-till has helped him raise yields that many would not deem possible in such a dry climate.

By Martha Ostendorf posted on November 1, 2009 | Posted in Equipment, Water Management

Alan Ballensky rolls his 4730 John Deere self-propelled sprayer to a stop in a cloud of dust at a field edge on his southeastern Montana small grains no-till operation.

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