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Stripping Secrets, Strategies

Here’s what growers learned this year about strip-tilling continuous corn.

By Frank Lessiter posted on August 1, 2007 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming

Continuous corn acres rose sharply this year as many growers tried to capitalize on increasing corn prices.

Don't Tell This No-Tiller Continuous Corn Won't Work

Ray McCormick has been profitably growing corn on corn without the disease and insect outbreaks that threaten to keep many no-tillers in their standard rotations.

By Ron Perszewski posted on August 1, 2007 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Nutrient Management

Ray McCormick earns a living through good land stewardship. He operates a peach orchard, maintains about 1,000 acres of woods on his property and builds wetlands and mitigation sites for other landowners.

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August 1, 2007 | Posted in Equipment

New rate recommendations for Headline fungicide have been permitted by the EPA for control of all key disease in corn, according to its manufacturer, BASF.

Nutrient Balance Is No-Till Key

Paying close attention to every aspect of effective fertilization is critical for no-till success.

By Frank Lessiter posted on July 1, 2007 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Galynn Beer's family has been successfully no-tilling for 20 years in western Oklahoma. “We were flood irrigating when we got started, and if you want a few challenges and obstacles, try no-tilling in flood irrigation,” says the director of sales operations with Agro-Culture Liquid Fertilizers in Guymon, Okla.

Make The Crop Tell You Where Field Variations Are

Precision agriculture technology gives you tools, but combine them with your own observations to create a map for success in your no-till fields.

By Ron Perszewski posted on June 1, 2007 | Posted in Precision Agriculture

The complexity of precision ag technology, when combined with your own knowledge, boils down to creating information that guides your decisions toward greater profits, according to Joe Nester and John McGuire.

More Tips For No-Tilling Continuous Corn

May 1, 2007 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

This Is An Opportune Time To Consider Farm Innovations

Many costs are on the rise, but increasing farm prices also provide revenue for implementing new technologies that can improve no-till operations, efficiency and profits.

March 1, 2007 | Posted in Equipment

It’s times like these when the sticker shock of rising costs combined with the opportunities presented by rising prices leads resourceful growers to take a new look at the way they run their operations. New and innovative technologies available today can help you reduce the use of materials and take fuller advantage of the assets you already have.

Why Growers are Rethinking Fertilizing Strategies

As input costs continue to rise, growers are taking a new look at what and how they’re utilizing fertilizer and ag chemicals.

By Allen Berry posted on February 15, 2007 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Few, if any, farmers were spared the sticker shock of rising costs of fuel, fertilizer and ag chemicals in the past 16 months. But the reality is these costs have been steadily increasing for a decade or more as shown in Fig. 1.

New Soybean Pulls Nitrogen From The Soil, Not The Air

January 1, 2007 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Nutrient Management

No-tillers who keep livestock might soon be able to plant a non-transgenically modified soybean variety that removes large amounts of soil-applied nitrogen. If the germplasm is further developed into a new cultivar, it could be used by animal producers to manage waste generated by their operations.

What I've Learned from No-Tilling

After A Simple Start, No-Till Opened Doors Around The World

No-tilling saved our land and put me in touch with like-minded growers around the globe.

By Jack Rigby posted on December 1, 2006 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101, Nutrient Management

Moldboard plowing, lots of secondary tillage and costly, environmentally damaging soil erosion were natural partners on our land in the late 1970s. At that time, I was taking over the family farm located on the Canadian side of Lake Erie, about 60 miles east of Detroit.

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No-Till Legend Concerned About Corn Profits in 2024

On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Martin Industries, Vincennes, Ind., no-tiller Ray McCormick explains why it’s going to be tough to “not lose a lot of money this year” on corn. Plus, we ask our readers, “On a scale of 1-10, how concerned are you about drought this year?” Hear why some farmers are worried, and why others aren’t very worried at all.

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