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Automatic Guidance Systems Putting Corn In The Right Spot

September 1, 2007 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Precision Agriculture

It's fair to say that optimum fertility helps produce optimum yields. Getting the right nutrients to the corn plant is imperative.

This Is An Opportune Time To Consider Farm Innovations

Many costs are on the rise, but increasing farm prices also provide revenue for implementing new technologies that can improve no-till operations, efficiency and profits.

March 1, 2007 | Posted in Equipment

It’s times like these when the sticker shock of rising costs combined with the opportunities presented by rising prices leads resourceful growers to take a new look at the way they run their operations. New and innovative technologies available today can help you reduce the use of materials and take fuller advantage of the assets you already have.

What I've Learned from No-Tilling

Rotations, Cover Crops Key To Improved Yields

Visits to leading no-tillers provided revelations and guidance that are still being put to use in long-term no-till fields that get better and better.

By Ron Ross posted on February 1, 2007 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

The first time i heard about no-tilling was at Kansas State University in 1973. We talked about studies being done in Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Missouri and other places where no-till first took hold. I came home from those discussions and thought about putting no-till to work on our farm, but we faced a tough challenge. Based on KSU’s no-till handbook, our clay soils (shallow topsoil, super-tight subsoil) are classified as “needing special management” for no-till.

Autosteering Options Increasing As No-Tillers Look To Next Year

Implement steering and compatibility with other equipment are key features that could grab attention and address common challenges of precision farming.

By Ron Ross posted on December 1, 2006 | Posted in Equipment, Precision Agriculture

More no-tillers, especially many who are adopting strip-tillage, are investing in assisted steering to make their efforts easier and more accurate. Assisted steering of both tractors and implements can boost precision field operations.

More Implement Steering Systems Coming

May 1, 2006 | Posted in Equipment, Precision Agriculture

Several St. Louis National No-Tillage Conference attendees who use GPS auto-steer systems raised the question of adding more GPS wizardry directly to drills, planters and sprayers for reducing costly side draft on steep slopes.

Forget The Tractor — Steer Your No-Till Planter

Moving to auto-steering with your planter, drill, sprayer or other no-till tools can lead to more accurate cropping.

May 1, 2006 | Posted in Equipment, Precision Agriculture

For more accurate seeding and spraying, a few no-tillers are already starting to believe that global positioning satellite systems should be placed in the ground — where it may count the most.

Create A GPS, Precision Ag System With Off-The-Shelf Components

Getting started doesn’t have to be an intimidating chore, and the results could raise your no-till management skills to a whole new level of insight and profit.

By Ron Perszewski posted on January 1, 2006 | Posted in Precision Agriculture

If he can do it, so can you, no-tiller Brian Watkins says of his work in precision agriculture based on a global positioning system.

What I've Learned from No-Tilling

You Can’t Make Mistakes With No-Till — Or It Won’t Work!

This western Tennessee family is convinced its soils would be in much better shape if they had started no-tilling 25 years

By Ron Ross posted on February 1, 2005

I can trace a lot of what I’ve learned about no-tilling directly back to attending the National No-Till Conference.

Choose Auto Steering Wisely

Avoid buyer’s remorse by keeping several factors in mind when considering an investment in this technology.

October 1, 2004 | Posted in Precision Agriculture

Avoid buyer’s remorse by keeping several factors in mind when considering an investment in this technology.

Hands Off the Wheel!

There is a lot to be gained by no-tillers willing to invest in a high-precision auto steering system and use it correctly.

June 1, 2004 | Posted in Precision Agriculture

If you've ever wondered if precision farming would fit in your operation, listen to Clay Mitchell. This farmer from Buckingham, Iowa, has been using automatic guidance systems in his no-till operation since 2000, and he has some thoughts on the subject.

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Cover Crops, Strip-Till Spark Desert Soil Revival

On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Titan International, we pay a visit to Strip-Till Innovator Robert Boyle’s farm in Coolidge, Ariz., for an up-close look at how he’s transforming his soils with cover crops and diverse rotations.

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