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Cover Crop Explosion Takes No-Till Back To Its Roots

Legumes, brassicas, grasses and more have re-emerged as a way to help no-tillers reduce input costs and increase yields.

By Martha Mintz posted on November 1, 2011 | Posted in Cover Crops, Nutrient Management, Soil Health

Like fashion from your favorite decade, cover crops have come full circle and are once again en vogue.

Cover Crop

Takes No-Till Back To Its Roots

Legumes, brassicas, grasses and more have re-emerged as a way to help no-tillers reduce input costs and increase yields.

By Martha Mintz posted on November 1, 2011

No-Till Builds Soils For Iowa Grower

July 7, 2011 | Posted in Residue Management, Soil Health

Source: Agri-News, Minnesota/Iowa, By Heather Thorstensen

Terry Elsberndbegan using no-till practices on his corn-soybean rotation to save labor and conserve soil and he recently began using no-till in a corn-on-corn rotation.

What Type Of Rotation Would You Use?

By Darrell Bruggink posted on July 6, 2011 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101, Cover Crops

I spent the Fourth of July on my parent's farm about an hour north of Milwaukee. With my father retiring from the dairy and raising more crops for grain, I've talked to him about transitioning the farm to 100% no-till.

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One Size Doesn't Fit All Farms - Or Even One

Whether it's fertility, rotation, tilliage or inputs, each acre on Donn Branton's farm gets what is needed in any given year.

By Donn Branton and Martha Mintz posted on April 1, 2011 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming

I'm trying to figure out the best practices to manage each of our acres in an economical way. I’m not just going to stick with one practice across the whole farm to say I’m doing it. It has to show returns.

Managing Residue Key To Corn Emergence

February 24, 2011 | Posted in Residue Management

Source: By Jennifer M. Latzke, Midwest Ag Journal

the same residue that can benefit a crop can also cause emergence stress in cold, wet springs if not properly managed. The issue can be further compounded in no-till continuous corn fields, where there can be a potential for diseases to harbor on last year’s crop residue.

No-Till, Summer Fallow Stores Water in Central Great Plains

January 19, 2011 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101, Water Management

Source: By Don Comis, USDA Agricultural Research Service

Storing just one inch of water in an acre of soil is worth $25 to $30 per acre, and that fact gets the attention of Central Great Plains farmers served by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) researchers.

Scientists: No-Till Saves Water

January 16, 2011 | Posted in Water Management

Source: Dan Davidson, DTN Agronomist

A recent ARS New Service story says that an inch of water in an acre of soil is worth $25 to $30 per acre in lost yields

Could Energy Crops Be In Your Rotation’s Future?

Switchgrass, miscanthus, camelina and other crops could provide new markets and opportunities for enterprising no-tillers.

By Jennifer Reibel posted on November 1, 2010 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops

Corn and soybeans have been the main crop sources for producing energy fuels, such as ethanol, biodiesel and biomass. But in the quest for the most efficient energy feedstocks, perennial grasses like switchgrass and miscanthus, oilseeds like camelina, and short-rotation woody crops such as hybrid poplars are beginning to emerge as viable energy crops for U.S. farmers.

Strip-Till Improves Water Infiltration

August 13, 2010 | Posted in Water Management

Water infiltrates up to four times more quickly in strip-tilled vs. directed-seed and conventional, full-width tillage in corn and cotton grown at the Stiles Foundation Farm in Texas.

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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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