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Double Up No-Till Benefits By Cover Cropping For Forage

Cover crops serve up more than just soil benefits. They can boost a no-tiller’s bottom line when used as feed for their livestock, experts say.

By Laura Barrera posted on July 1, 2013 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops

Cover crops are usually touted for their contributions to soil health. But for no-tillers with livestock, covers can provide an immediate benefit to the bottom line by also serving as forage.

No-Till, Double-Cropping Become An Easy Fit For Salesman

With a crop rotation that increases profitability, feed-company salesman Jimmy Howard can still afford to no-till corn, soybeans and wheat on 450 acres outside of his full-time job.

By Laura Barrera posted on July 1, 2013 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101, Equipment

If it weren't for no-till, Jimmy Howard wouldn't be able to squeeze in a full-time sales career with farming.

Double-Cropping Veterans Share Expertise On Wheat, Soybeans

With attention to details, double-cropping systems cover the soil, improve soil health, ward off pests and diseases and protect profits, say veteran no-tillers John and Alexander Young.

By Laura Barrera posted on June 1, 2013 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Crop Protection, Residue Management

The reasons for squeezing a 3-year crop rotation into 2 years otherwise known as double cropping are fourfold. John Young and his son Alexander can attest to them.

Mid-Atlantic Farmers Eye Sorghum, Wheat Double-Crop

November 14, 2012 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Source: United Sorghum Checkoff Program

Drought tolerant, water-sipping and nitrogen efficient, sorghum provides a summer rotation that has proven to be profitable in the harshest conditions and lucrative when good weather prevails.

Strip-Till Helps 22,000-Acre Farm Run More Efficiently

Reduced tillage passes, timely planting and erosion control are big strip-till benefits for Watts Brothers Farms as it grows vegetables to keep food packaging and production plants running.

By Dan Zinkland posted on November 1, 2012 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming

Jermey Tuttle knows all about the benefits that strip-tillers in the Corn Belt cite about the practice, ranging from saving fuel and reducing erosion to precision placement of fertilizer.

Early Maturing Wheat Could Open Door For Double-Crop Soybeans

June 19, 2012 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Source: Ohio State University

The near-record warm winter the Midwest experienced this year, combined with the early and unusually warm spring, has caused wheat to mature sooner than normal, which could let farmers plant a second crop like soybeans to increase their profit potential using the same land.

Early Wheat Could Mean Opportunities For Double Cropping

April 18, 2012 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Source: Purdue University

In a more "typical" year, Indiana's wheat crop wouldn't mature until mid-June in the southern part of the state, and harvest wouldn't wrap up until mid-July in the north, said Herb Ohm, Purdue University research agronomist.

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No-Till Will Definitely Be Playing A Major Role In Feeding Over 10 Billion People Around The World Just 30 Years From Now

By Frank Lessiter posted on February 1, 2012 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

With the world expected to need twice as much food to keep 10 billion people from going hungry by 2050, we’re going to have to dramatically increase our yields.

What I've Learned from No-Tilling

‘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.

The Top 10 Reasons That No-Till Fails

March 13, 2010 | Posted in Crop Protection

While many people are convinced no-till is the way to farm, many others are convinced it does not work. Clearly no-till farming can work, but failures typically occur because of one or more of these 10 reasons

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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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