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Dealing With Dealers

By Frank Lessiter posted on December 1, 2007

With many no-tillers ready to invest in new seeding equipment, farm machinery dealers are anticipating a robust sales year.

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.

What I've Learned from No-Tilling

Get Started Right And Keep Advancing As Fields Change

Deep-slot machine aided the transition to no-tilling, now strip-tilling will help make corn on corn as viable and profitable as possible.

By Phil Pinch and Ron Ross posted on July 1, 2007 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Our gradual transition to conservation tillage began 43 years ago when we parked the moldboard plow and hooked onto a chisel plow in 1964.

No-Till Twin-Row Cropping Continues Farming Evolution

Building on the benefits of conservation tillage, growers find additional advantages and yields from the twin-row system.

By Ron Perszewski posted on February 15, 2007 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Equipment

Once considered a radical cropping system, no-tilling continued its climb into the mainstream this year. News headlines noted the surging number of growers jumping into no-tilling to escape from skyrocketing fuel and fertilizer prices.

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.

Try These Proven No-Till Yield-Boosting, Profit-Building Ideas

Here are 35 timely tips, tricks and techniques that you may be able to put to good use in your no-till operation.

November 1, 2006 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101

Sometimes editors come away from meetings with an assortment of what seem like odds and ends that can’t be turned into a major story. Yet many still seem like good ideas.

Twin Rows Take No-Tiller To His Best-Ever Corn Yields

After more than 20 years of no-tilling, Bob Myers finds that the unconventional approach produces better in his fields.

By Ron Perszewski posted on August 1, 2006 | Posted in Equipment, Nutrient Management

Bob Myers believes in twin-row corn. By no-tilling corn in twin rows, 6 inches apart on 30-inch centers, Myers has been able to push his corn yields to more than 200 bushels per acre.

Staying A Step Ahead

A stable of late-model, essential equipment and innovative weed control takes Ellis McFadden’s no-till success in new directions.

By Ron Ross posted on August 1, 2006 | Posted in Equipment, Crop Protection

When we wrote about Ellis McFadden’s no-till operation near Fort Wayne, Ind., in November 2003, he noted two important keys to success. First, keep only equipment that is absolutely necessary, but make sure it’s all new or nearly new. Second, don’t be shy about trying new methods that help you farm smarter.

No-Till’s A No-Brainer

With a few critical management changes, no-till has been the best investment ever made in this farming operation.

By Frank Lessiter posted on November 1, 2005 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Soil Health

Even with a cold and wet spring in 2004, Tim Goodenough readily saw the many benefits of no-tilling with corn yielding as high as 265 bushels and soybeans reaching 67 bushels per acre.

What I've Learned from No-Tilling

No Reason To Accept Yield Drag With No-Till

Aiming for high yields is key to the success of this no-till operation.

By David Sutherland and Ron Ross posted on November 1, 2005 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101, Cover Crops, Nutrient Management

One of the best pieces of advice we got before shifting to continuous no-till is to get your fields in the best shape possible when making any major changes in your farming methods.

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