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We Tied It All Together With Smooth Transition To Strip-Tilling

Multi-purpose equipment aids efficiency, and current practices could qualify for soil and water conservation payments.

By Randy Norby and Ron Ross posted on August 1, 2006 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming

Multi-purpose equipment aids efficiency, and current practices could qualify for soil and water conservation payments.

Forget The Tractor — Steer Your No-Till Planter

Moving to auto-steering with your planter, drill, sprayer or other no-till tools can lead to more accurate cropping.

May 1, 2006 | Posted in Equipment, Precision Agriculture

For more accurate seeding and spraying, a few no-tillers are already starting to believe that global positioning satellite systems should be placed in the ground — where it may count the most.

Do Your Land Leases Help You Or the Owner?

A change to no-till annual cropping changes the math for the landowner and can be a windfall. So what are fair numbers?

By Ron Perszewski posted on January 1, 2006 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Nutrient Management

Are you still facing wariness from landowners who would rather not rent fields to a no-tiller? Or are you no-tilling leased land but suspect you’re getting the short end of the deal?

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Three Workhorses Approved

By Frank Lessiter posted on October 1, 2005 | Posted in Equipment

If there's ever been any doubt on your part regarding the huge savings you’ll earn on fuel purchases from no-tilling, check out the No-Till-Age chart at the bottom left side of this page.

No-Till 24 Hours A Day, Accurately

Big no-till acreages with a short seeding window of opportunity call for big capacity equipment.

By Frank Lessiter posted on July 1, 2005 | Posted in Equipment

Because of a small window of opportunity for spring seeding, western Canada no-tillers are investing in large capacity equipment to get drilling and spraying done in a hurry.

What Should You Charge The Neighbors?

May 1, 2005 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Facing higher input costs, more farmers than ever are taking a closer look at no-till. While there may be numerous opportunities for you to no-till more acres in your area while adding dollars to your checkbook, there’s no easy answer as to what you should charge for no-tilling, spraying or other work done in a neighbor’s fields.

"Sticker Shock" Is Much Less Of A Concern For Neighbors

When it comes to holding costs in line, you’ve already got an edge on neighbors who use excessive tillage.

By Frank Lessiter posted on May 1, 2005 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101

You've probably already faced sticker shock concerns when you projected what will definitely be considerably higher crop production costs this year. Fuel, fertilizer, chemicals, seed, seed traits and machinery will all cost more in 2005 due to higher energy and steel prices, reduced manufacturing plant capacities and other factors.

A Passion for Precision

If profitable farming is your goal, auto steering might get you where you want to go.

July 1, 2004 | Posted in Precision Agriculture

If you're strip-tilling or want to improve traffic control in your no-till fields, you should consider auto steering, says Randall Reeder, an agricultural engineer with Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. While the cost is hefty and a decision should be made carefully, the returns can be well worth the investment, he says.

Killing Compaction Critical

By Darrell Bruggink posted on June 1, 1998 | Posted in Equipment

Compaction can be a real killer. That’s why John and Alan Merchant of Cass City, Mich., are extremely sensitive to this critical no-till concern. Heavy equipment puts a pounding on poorly drained clay soils north of Detroit.

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On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Martin-Till, precision specialist Chad Baker, co-owner of Baker Precision Planter Works in Orangeville, Ill., helps a first-generation no-tiller with planter setup, and later encounters a couple problems with a strip-tiller’s new 24-row planter. Plus, veteran agronomist Brad Forkner checks in with a couple tips for farmers to keep in mind before they take the field.

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