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Listening To No-Tillers Makes For Better Equipment

Roy Applequist says Great Plains Mfg. has grown up with the no-till industry, adapting along the way to provide better tools for their no-till customer base.
By Roy Applequist and Martha Mintz posted on July 1, 2011 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101, Residue Management
No-till has played a big part in the growth of our company. We’ve been in the no-till business almost since it started, adapting and manufacturing for this growing and challenging segment.
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Chasing Savings, Pushing Yields With No-Till and Strip-Till

Floyd Koerner Jr. and Floyd Koerner III make up a father-son team that excels at getting the most from every acre and input on their farm.
By Floyd Koerner III and Martha Mintz posted on June 1, 2011 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101, Cover Crops, Nutrient Management, Strip-Till Farming
As a family LLC, there’s more than one decision maker on our farm. My dad, Floyd Jr., is the more progressive one. For my part, I like to see someone else try new things out first.
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‘Crazy Jim’ Found His Way To No-Till

A pioneer with strip intercropping and double-cropping soybeans, Jim House is a champion of the financial and ecological benefits of no-till.
By Jim House and Martha Mintz posted on May 1, 2011 | Posted in Cover Crops, Equipment
With only 300 acres to work with, I have to do everything possible to drive production and justify farming a relatively small piece of ground.
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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.
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No-Tilled To Save Time, But Quickly Saw Soil Benefits

Western North Dakota farmer integrates cattle, dryland corn and multiple cover-crop species to build a productive no-till system.
By Lance Gartner and Martha Mintz posted on February 1, 2011 | Posted in Cover Crops, Nutrient Management, Soil Health
The main reason I went into no-till was — as it is for many other no-tillers — due to labor issues. My Dad had a heart attack in 2000 and wasn’t able to help as much anymore. I was just killing myself trying to keep up with farming and the cattle and everything else.
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