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Will Farm Bill Be Green

By Frank Lessiter posted on July 1, 2001 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101

Regardless of the final form that the 2002 Farm Bill takes, its legislation could have a noticeably green environmental tone. If Congress shows more interest in developing environmental-based farm supports as “green payments,” it will be a definite plus for no-tilling.

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New EPA Approvals Coming For Pesticides

September 1, 2000 | Posted in Crop Protection

On June 16, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) registered Gauntlet, a new pre-emergence soybean herbicide from the FMC Agricultural Products Group. This herbicide combines sulfentrazone, the active ingredient in Authority, with cloransulam-methyl, the active ingredient in FirstRate, a herbicide which is manufactured and marketed by Dow AgroSciences.

Check Out These New No-Tilling Ideas From Fall Farm Shows

By Frank Lessiter posted on November 1, 1998 | Posted in Cover Crops

With fall harvest running several weeks ahead of normal through much of the Corn Belt, crowds declined at several major farm shows this year.

Test Plot Design Gets Easier

The split-planter comparison methods provides a simple, reliable way to gather highly valuable on-farm yield data.

By Julie Orchard posted on August 1, 1998 | Posted in Precision Agriculture

Yield monitors are an unparalleled data-collection device for on-farm testing, says Tom Doerge, Pioneer precision farming specialist.

Create Your Own No-Till Business Plan

Efficiency is only your price of admission to the future, but how you differentiate yourself is what matters most.

By Julie Orchard posted on August 1, 1998 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Looking down the road five years, what is your no-till operation going to look like?

Feed No-Till Soils For Higher Productivity

Focusing on soil fertility, instead of just plant fertility, maximizes no-till’s yield potential.

By Julie Orchard posted on July 1, 1998 | Posted in Nutrient Management

A no-tiller is synonymous with a mechanic in Carlos Crovetto’s opinion. As a farmer in Concepcion, Chile, Crovetto has seen how crop residue can repair soil that’s been depleted of nutrients from prolonged use of traditional tillage.

Celebrate National No-Tillage Week

By Frank Lessiter posted on July 1, 1998 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101

Soil erosion is the longest-running environmental concern of farmers. However, for the greater urban population, environmental priorities are often diverted elsewhere. To recognize farmers such as yourself who work to “save the soil” and protect our environment, No-Till Farmer is sponsoring “National No-Tillage Week” from Aug. 9 to 15, 1998.

Killing Compaction Critical

By Darrell Bruggink posted on June 1, 1998 | Posted in Equipment

Compaction can be a real killer. That’s why John and Alan Merchant of Cass City, Mich., are extremely sensitive to this critical no-till concern. Heavy equipment puts a pounding on poorly drained clay soils north of Detroit.

Stripping! Ripping!

May 1, 1998 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming

A veteran no-tiller who’s definitely been successful with both no-tilled corn and soybeans is Dean Holst of Le Claire, Iowa. He’s been so successful that he expected to no-till 5,000 acres of corn and soybeans this spring.

No-Tilling Over Two Decades

By Frank Lessiter posted on May 1, 1998 | Posted in Crop Protection

If you ever had doubts about long-term no-till, you needed to listen to four farmers speak at last winter’s Manitoba-North Dakota Zero Till Workshop in Minot, N.D.

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