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White Clover Benefits, Management Tips for Cover Crop Use

December 23, 2014 | Posted in Cover Crops

Source: Michigan State University Extension

White clover serves as the premier living mulch system over any other legume.

Proper Soil pH is Key to Molybdenum Availability

Most problematic for legumes, molybdenum deficiencies are sometimes misdiagnosed as nitrogen deficiencies, but with a soil pH greater than 6.0, a response to applications is unlikely.

By Claire Keyes posted on December 7, 2014 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Editor’s note: This is the seventh of seven articles to be published in the No-Till Farmer newsletter on micronutrients essential to plant health.

Aerial Seeding Covers For Weed Control

August 25, 2014 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops, Crop Protection

Source: University of Tennessee Extension

Aerial seeding cover crop questions have been numerous this month. Indeed, the wet month of August does greatly increase the probability that aerial seeding will be successful as we enter September.

Frost Seed Legumes To Boost Nitrogen, Improve Pastures

March 20, 2014 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Producers looking for an easy, inexpensive way to improve their pastures and hay fields can consider taking advantage of the still-frozen grounds and try frost seeding now for green pastures later, according to a forage expert from Ohio State University’s College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences.

Legume Covers After Wheat Can Boost Nitrogen Reserves

July 24, 2013 | Posted in Cover Crops

Source: By Charles White, Sustainable Ag Associate, Penn State University

Seeding various legume cover crops after wheat can supply nitrogen (N) to your following crop, Penn State University says.

No-Till, Cover Crops Boosts Kansas Farm

January 24, 2013 | Posted in Cover Crops

Source: McPherson (Kan.) Sentinel

Brian Crowther of McPherson is being recognized for farming practices he began over a decade ago.

What I've Learned from No-Tilling

Putting Worldly No-Till Knowledge To Work

After 20-plus years of research, consulting and no-till enthusiasm, ‘No-Till Bill’ has purchased a farm and is taking his own advice.

By Bill Crabtree and Martha Mintz posted on May 1, 2012 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101, Nutrient Management

After years of helping countless farmers make a lot of money, I finally decided to try and make a go of it myself. In 2007 I bought 7,000 acres of farmable ground in northeast Morawa, Australia, and am now officially a no-till farmer and consultant.

Nitrogen Replenishment Wisdom Is Challenged

November 18, 2011 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Source: By Neil Lyon, Stock And Land

Anecdotal evidence of soil nitrogen consistently being above expected levels in no-till, cereal-on-cereal farming systems raises questions over the established wisdom of how nitrogen replenishment works, according to Western Australian consultant and no-till advocate Bill Crabtree.

Corn And Soybean Herbicides And Fall Cover Crop Establishment

September 4, 2011 | Posted in Cover Crops, Crop Protection

Source: Dwight Lingenfelter, Penn State Weed Specialist, Penn State University

One of the more common questions that I have been asked recently is whether the corn or soybean herbicide program will pose a problem for seeding fall cover crops.

A New Tool For Cover-Crop Decisions

By Mark Parker posted on May 1, 2011 | Posted in Cover Crops, Precision Agriculture

Before long, no-tillers throughout the Midwest will have a new way to get data on cover crops they might include in their rotations. The Midwest Cover Crops Council has unveiled its “Cover Crop Decision Tool” that provides growers with fact-based recommendations for covers.

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