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Keep Weeds Guessing With Herbicide Rotation

Using herbicides with different modes of action and varying the application timing can help no-tillers avoid resistance issues in their fields

By Jim Leverich posted on January 1, 2011 | Posted in Crop Protection

With all of our herbicide-tolerant crops, we sometimes get complacent about the importance of rotation to reduce herbicide resistance.

What I've Learned from No-Tilling

Evolution To No-Till On Family Farm Pays Off

Iowa innovator links lessons he learned from others with extensive onfarm testing to fine-tune his continuous no-till system.

By Wayne Fredericks and Ron Ross posted on December 1, 2010 | Posted in Equipment, Residue Management

My first experience with no-tilling resulted from bad weather and fortunate networking with innovators who set the pace away from tillage.

What's Happening With Your Soybean Yields?

By Darrell Bruggink posted on November 17, 2010 | Posted in Crop Protection

Brownsburg, Ind., no-tiller Mike Starkey has an interesting observation from his 2010 production season.

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With Roundup Ready Patents Soon Expiring, What Will The Future Hold?

By Frank Lessiter posted on November 1, 2010 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Crop Protection

Few growers have thought about legally transferring saved Roundup Ready soybeans out of their grain bins to dump in the planter or drill when seeding no-till fields. But with the patents expiring on the older Roundup Ready soybean technology in 4 years, it might be a possibility.

What I've Learned from No-Tilling

Total Commitment And Technology Make 100% No-Till Work

No-tiller Cade Bushnell made major planter changes, added continuous corn and cut nitrogen rates with a four-part program.

By Cade Bushnell and Ron Ross posted on November 1, 2010 | Posted in Equipment, Nutrient Management, Precision Agriculture

Shifting from conventional tillage to no-till often requires a lot of physical change in your operation. Just as importantly, adopting this new way of farming demands a strong dose of faith during a transition period that might take several years. I like to joke it’s the same kind of devotion it takes to make a good marriage work.

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With The Original Roundup Ready Patents Soon Expiring, Is Planting Bin-Run Seed With This Trait In Your Future?

By Frank Lessiter posted on November 1, 2010

Shop Talk

New Seed-Count Label Will Benefit No-Tillers And Seed Companies

October 1, 2010 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

No-tillers will be able to buy corn, soybean, wheat and field-bean seeds based on seed counts starting Jan. 1 after the National Conference on Weights and Measures recently approved standardized testing methods and procedures to verify seed count labeling.

Doug Caffrey Didn't Listen To ‘No-Till Won’t Work Here’

Planting early, injecting manure and hungry night crawlers pay off for veteran Iowa no-tiller.

By Dan Zinkland posted on September 1, 2010 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101, Seeding & Planting, Nutrient Management

Conventional wisdom says no-till won’t work in northern Iowa, an area infamous for cold, wet soils. But Thornton, Iowa, farmer Doug Caffrey, who grows corn and soybeans and raises grow-to-finish hogs, has no-tilled successfully for almost 25 years.

New Herbicide-Tolerance Traits To Change The Landscape

Companies are combining new and existing traits to improve weed-control flexibility and stack the deck against resistance to glyphosate and other highly valuable active ingredients.

By Martha Ostendorf posted on August 1, 2010 | Posted in Crop Protection

Dicamba-, 2,4-D-, ALS- and HPPD-inhibitor-tolerant crops are the next innovations rolling out of the technology pipeline for in-plant weed control.

Constantly Evaluate Technology To Improve Farm Profits

Adopt technology early, hire specialists, increase cropping intensity and seek information from farmers, a young Kansas no-tiller says.

By Mark Parker posted on August 1, 2010 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101, Precision Agriculture

Dietrich Kastens constantly evaluates technology to achieve clear-cut goals. The Herndon, Kan., no-tiller wants Kastens Inc. Farms to compete with the top third of farms in the Kansas Farm Management Database for lowest cost, planting intensity, farm size or expansion, and most importantly, profit.

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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 Industries, 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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