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Improved Soil Condition Increases Moisture for Crops

February 4, 2015 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101, Seeding & Planting, Soil Health, Water Management

Tillage practices that conserve moisture, plants that use water more efficiently and soil with more organic matter have produced higher yields even in dry conditions, according to South Dakota State University soil scientist David Clay.

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Spring Teaches Key No-Till Lesson

By Laura Barrera posted on May 21, 2014 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Some growers may have chosen to ignore cold, wet weather this spring and plant by the calendar. But McCutchenville, Ohio, no-tiller Bret Margraf wasn’t among them.

Cost Of Early Fungicide Application In Wheat

May 14, 2014 | Posted in Crop Protection

Source: South Dakota State University Extension

Fungicides applied with herbicides at tillering in wheat may not always result in a profitable investment partly due to low disease pressure at this point in time.

Preventing Sidewall Compaction In Field Crops

May 9, 2014 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: Michigan State University Extension

The planting delays and wet soil conditions will increase the potential for sidewall compaction to occur.

Did The Cold Winter Kill Plant Diseases?

April 24, 2014 | Posted in Crop Protection

Source: South Dakota State University

It has been a long cold winter with record low temperatures. This has led to some growers wondering if they still have to worry about plant diseases this growing season. As cold as it has been this winter, it may not have been cold enough for plant pathogens to die. Fungal pathogens have survival structures that enable them withstand very harsh weather conditions.

Air Temperature Affects Plants More Than Wind Chill

January 23, 2014 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101

Source: By Mark Longstroth, Michigan State University Extension

Wind chill is a measure of what the combination of wind and temperature feels like. In calm conditions, there is a fine layer of air called the boundary layer that insulates us from the cold.

Fix-It List For Strip-Till Rigs Goes Beyond The Iron

Technology updates and assessing field conditions are becoming increasingly critical for successful strip-tilling in the spring or fall.

By Jack Zemlicka posted on November 1, 2013 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming

Illinois strip-tiller Mike Bland admits that he’s a stickler when it comes to equipment maintenance.

Drought Continues Across Corn Belt

By John Dobberstein posted on October 17, 2012 | Posted in Water Management

Even though temperatures have cooled and rainfall has eased drought conditions in some parts of the Corn Belt, worries about drought conditions remain elsewhere.

Not All Fertilizer Bands Play The Same Song

May 5, 2011 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Source: International Plant Nutrition Institute

So often, phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) are used in the same sentence when people talk about banded fertilizer applications, as if both were different verses of the same song

The Sweet Stench Of Conservation

By Darrell Bruggink posted on January 19, 2011 | Posted in Cover Crops

If you are going to use radishes as a cover crop — and you certainly ought to consider them if they fit in your rotation and meet your objectives — you may want to take a special note of one of the side effects of these natural compaction relievers.

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