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Discing Away Your Profits

By Frank Lessiter posted on November 1, 1999 | Posted in Precision Agriculture

If you haven't already read it, there was a fascinating article of special interest to no-tillers found in the October issue of Soybean Digest. Entitled “Discing Profits Down,” the article features on-farm test data from Indiana indicating that the more a farmer discs the ground in the fall, the more profit he or she will end up losing.

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No-Till North Of The Border

By Frank Lessiter posted on October 1, 1999 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101

Just back from an exciting 4-day tour of Manitoba agriculture, here are a few observations on farming and no-tilling north of our border.

Serious About Strip-Tilling

By Frank Lessiter posted on September 1, 1999 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming

Concerned about the future of no-tilled corn, Illinois Department of Agriculture officials are launching a program aimed at expanding conservation tilled acres. The program will include research on the benefits of fall strip-tilling to overcome the cool, wet soil problems often found with no-till.

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No-Till Vs. Global Warming

By Frank Lessiter posted on August 1, 1999 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101

Despite concerns about global warming, no-tillers have already helped American agriculture turn the corner. It’s good news not only for farmers, but environmentalists as well.

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No-Till Vs. Cleaner Water

By Frank Lessiter posted on July 1, 1999 | Posted in Water Management

Over the past 27 years, we've heard several times from Washington politicians that it's once again time to clean up the nation's waterways and water supplies. In fact, it happened again a few weeks ago when President Clinton issued orders to reduce costly water pollution.

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Getting Wheat Under Control

By Frank Lessiter posted on June 1, 1999 | Posted in Crop Protection

Every spring, No-Till Farmer editors answer a number of telephone calls from readers seeking ideas about how to get wheat stubble under control prior to no-tilling corn. That's why we were particularly interested in information received recently from Jim Martin, a weed scientist at the University of Kentucky.

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Farmers Are Paid To No-Till

By Frank Lessiter posted on May 1, 1999 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101

With dollars becoming more scarce for investing in structural conservation practices, staffers at Nebraska's Lower Elkhorn Natural Resources District were seeking ways to meet erosion control goals. As a result, they considered cost-sharing cultural practices as a way to get 80 percent of the land meeting "T" erosion requirements by 2010 and 100 percent by 2025.

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Vision Goes A Long Way

By Frank Lessiter posted on May 1, 1999 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

More than 100 years ago, long before all the Y2K hype, talk of the millennium and the existence of no-till, Charles Down’s great grandfather bought a farm. He tilled the soil, used draft horses and walked every step of the 240 acres behind his plow. The farm prospered and was systematically inherited by the next generation.

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New Rotations Are Needed

By Frank Lessiter posted on April 1, 1999 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

When you see the number of no-till acres growing significantly in areas outside the Corn Belt, one of the interesting things is the complexity of many rotations. No-tillers in other areas of the country are getting more crops into their rotations and are making them work.

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Researching Your Soil Needs

By Frank Lessiter posted on April 1, 1999 | Posted in Soil Health

A few weeks ago, I spent several days in Denver, Colo., sharing ideas with agricultural leaders about the importance of agricultural research. This was at a meeting where attendees advised the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) on assessing soil resource research programs and planning future research needs.

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