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Harvesting No-Till Corn Residue For Energy Proves Challenging

Revenue from cobs, stover isn’t currently keeping up with cost of harvest, nutrient replacement.

By Mark Moore posted on June 1, 2009

Today’s ethanol industry continues to look to agricultural as a fuel source. While grain has seen the lion’s share of interest, corn residue holds promise as another potential fuel source.

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Farmers Have Double The Money At Risk

June 1, 2009

An unsettled economy, in combination with other factors, have more than doubled the amount of money at risk for U.S. farmers, a University of Illinois agricultural economist says.

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May 1, 2009

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Wall Streeters Get Lessons In Cropping Economics

By Frank Lessiter posted on May 1, 2009 | Posted in Equipment

Co-sponsored by No-Till Farmer and Wall Street Access, the event’s goal was to help Wall Street fund managers better understand the food production cycle and this year’s challenging fertilizer markets.

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An Advocate Of More Conservation With No-Till

Ray McCormick wants to encourage more no-till farming and preservation of natural resources, while pushing up productivity.

By Ron Ross posted on May 1, 2009

Nothing pays better than conservation. That's the motto and mission of McCormick Farms, Inc. We run a diverse operation that has been farmed by multiple generations of our family in the Wabash Valley of southwestern Indiana and southeastern Illinois.

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May 1, 2009 | Posted in Equipment

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Diversified Crop Rotation Has Its Pluses

Nebraska no-tiller finds wheat, cover crops give him more effective nutrient management options and help build organic matter.

By Darrell Bruggink posted on April 1, 2009 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Like most farms in the Midwest, the corn-soybean rotation dominates the landscape in eastern Nebraska.

No-Till The Perfect Tool For Small Acreage

Cover crops, waste sludge, gypsum and pelletized lime helping Michigan farmer increase yields and improve profitability.

By Darrell Bruggink posted on March 1, 2009 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Larry Bonnell is living proof that no-till is the ideal tool for small-acreage farmers.

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Striving For Lofty Goals With Strip-Till

Illinois father-son partners are seeking to hit consistent yields of 250 bushels after 5 years of highly successful continuous corn.

By Jeff Martin and Ron Ross posted on March 1, 2009 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming

When I shared our no-till experiences at the 2004 National No-Tillage Conference, we had just made a serious shift from a corn-soybean rotation to continuous corn. After 5 years, we’ve learned a lot about growing corn on corn. Now we’re evaluating new technology that will take our strip-till operation to the “next level,” as I reported in Indianapolis during the 2009 event.

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Know Value of Each Seed Trait

By Frank Lessiter posted on December 1, 2008 | Posted in Crop Protection, Seeding & Planting

Besides looking at new traits, plant breeders are paying close attention to each new corn hybrid’s reaction to various production practices. These include a hybrid’s performance with post-emergence herbicides, foliar fungicides, different seeding rates, various planting dates, continuous corn and nitrogen usage.

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No-Tiller Plants Entire Corn Crop with Driverless Tractor

On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Titan International, we catch up with young Kentucky no-tiller Quint Pottinger to see how he autonomously planted his entire crop in 2026. Senior editor John Dobberstein checks in from the CTIC Conservation in Action Tour in Scotland Neck, N.C., where no-tiller Zeb Winslow III talks about his multi-species cover crop program.

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