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December 2021 Poll: Will High N Prices Affect Your 2022 Crops or Fertilizer Use?

By Brian O'Connor posted on October 6, 2021 | Posted in Nutrient Management

How will nitrogen prices affect you?

Extend Your Cropping Boundaries

With no heavy tillage equipment to move, this father and son are cropping land 210 miles away from their home base.

By Frank Lessiter posted on October 1, 2012 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101

When his son returned to the farm in 1998 after college, John Gough knew they needed to add more acres. Yet the veteran no-tiller and strip-tiller from Deckerville, Mich., didn't want to get into a competitive land-bidding war with local growers.

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Not Fully Understanding Government Payment And Crop Insurance Rules For Cover Crops Could Spell Economic Disaster For Some No-Tillers This Year

By Frank Lessiter posted on May 1, 2012

Serious conflicts among government farm program and crop-insurance rules, regarding last fall’s seeding of cover crops, could lead to serious concerns regarding qualification for this year’s payments.

Don't Be Afraid To Fail At Something

By Darrell Bruggink posted on January 18, 2012 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101

What a week we had in St. Louis for the National No-Tillage Conference. We're trying to confirm that this 20th-anniversary event enjoyed all-time record attendance, likely surpassing the 900 level for the first time in the conference's history. (If you want to review highlights, visit our Twitter or Facebook pages.)

$20 Million, Multi-University Corn Study To Include No-Till

February 20, 2011 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101

Source: Ohio State University, News-Gazette, Des Moines Register

Eleven institutions have been awarded a $20 million grant from the USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture to keep Midwest corn-based cropping systems resilient in the face of future climate uncertainties.

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Sharpen Your Pencil Under Today’s Volatile Economics

It’s a good time to evaluate land, machinery, labor, grain storage and marketing as part of a yearly cropping systems budget review.

By Jim Leverich posted on December 1, 2008 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101

Recent volatility in our grain markets and large increases in input costs will again encourage us to evaluate our cropping systems budgets.

Pinpoint Your Spray Control

Better placement, cost savings identified with map-based individual spray-control nozzle systems.

By Mark Moore posted on May 1, 2008 | Posted in Equipment, Precision Agriculture

No-tillers seeking more precise chemical placement have new tools that not only makes application easier and more precise, they save money in the process.

Innovators Help Spread the Latest No-Till Knowledge

The 11th class of No-Till Innovators has made significant contributions to expanding the acceptance of no-till in the U.S.

By Frank Lessiter posted on February 15, 2007 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101

When it comes to sharing cropping knowledge, few people have had more impact on expanding the no-till acreage than the latest crop of No-Till Innovator award winners.

What I've Learned from No-Tilling

Teaching And Studying Bring New Insights Into The New-Till World

Finding how no-tilling and organic agricultural practices can benefit one another is just one area that deserves a closer look.

January 1, 2007 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101, Seeding & Planting

It's somewhat ironic that trying to farm right out of college during a period of bad flooding in northeastern Saskatchewan led me several years later to cropping systems research in a semi-arid area where I could really use some of that excess water! Along the way, I did graduate studies in forage genetics at the University of Guelph in Ontario and at the University of Minnesota.

Local No-Tillers Join To Create Research Farm

With funding from a variety of sponsors, they can investigate the practices that work well in their immediate area and prepare for the future with confidence.

October 1, 2006 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Over the years, I have felt fortunate that I could promote no-tilling through educational work with conservation agencies and farmer organizations. I’ve been a member of my county Soil Conservation District for more than 16 years.

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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 Till, 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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