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1995: Racing For Bigger No-Till Profits

Jan. 19-21, Indianapolis • 822 attendees
By Frank Lessiter posted on January 14, 2017
Todd Intermill equipped a 6-row John Deere no-till planter with six Case IH offset disc openers. The Colman, S.D., no-tiller took one disc off each row, alternating them left and right with the new discs so the leading discs would not pull the planter to the side.
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1994: Ride The No-Till Success Express

Jan. 11-13, St. Louis • 865 attendees
By Frank Lessiter posted on January 14, 2017
In an 11-year experiment at the University of Tennessee’s Milan Experiment Station, John Bradley found the fuel costs of no-tilled corn amounted to $4.90 per acre less than conventional tillage. The long-time no-till researcher found corn yields were also higher with no-till.
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1993: No-Tilling For The Future

Jan. 12-14, Indianapolis • 814 attendees
By Frank Lessiter posted on January 14, 2017
Building strips in the fall leaves a mound of soil in the row area that remains 5-7 degrees warmer than the surrounding soil, says Cliff Roberts of Kentland, Ind. Fall stripping allows ideal fertilization placement and eliminates compaction in the row area. Having already strip-tilled for a half dozen years, Roberts indicated he had done it all wrong the first 3.
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Celebrating 25 Years of No-Till Excellence

Here are a few year-by-year memories from this annual midwinter event that got its start in 1993.
By Frank Lessiter posted on January 14, 2017 | Posted in Cover Crops, Crop Protection, Equipment, Nutrient Management, Precision Agriculture, Residue Management, Seeding & Planting, Soil Health, Water Management
If you were to jot down all the reduced tillage learning opportunities that have occurred over the past 25 years at the National No-Tillage Conference, the numbers would be astronomical.
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What I've Learned from No-Tilling

Cover Crops Transform Challenging Acres to Efficient Yield Leaders

No-tilling and cover cropping help Mark Turner reduce fertility needs and take fields considered too poor to grow corn to 200-bushel yields.
By Martha Mintz and Mark Turner posted on January 14, 2017 | Posted in Cover Crops, Nutrient Management, Seeding & Planting
Pastures used to help hold the soil in place on the rolling hills that dominate our Kentucky farm. My dad raised cattle, so he would rotate fields between corn and hay. When he eventually retired, he liquidated the herd and shifted to row crops.
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No-Till Innovators

Setting the Pace for Continued No-Till Growth

The 21st Class of No-Till Innovators is being honored for their efforts to promote the adoption of no-till and soil health principles.
By John Dobberstein posted on January 14, 2017 | Posted in Cover Crops, Residue Management, Soil Health
Three individuals and one organization are being recognized as the 21st Class of No-Till Innovators for leading the adoption and advancement of no-till at the 25th annual National No-Tillage Conference.
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Readers Blast Growers, Monsanto, Ag Chemical Dealers, Applicators and Even EPA Over 2016 Illegal Dicamba Usage with Roundup Ready 2 Xtend Soybeans

By Frank Lessiter posted on January 14, 2017 | Posted in Crop Protection
Recent approvals for two herbicides containing new formulations of dicamba offer no-tillers more options for over-the-top control of weeds in soybeans planted this spring. But those new labels won’t repair what happened when drift and yield loss occurred during the 2016 soybean growing season, due to growers in at least 10 states illegally using older versions of readily driftable dicamba to take advantage of the anticipated higher yield benefits with Monsanto’s new Roundup Ready 2 Xtend soybeans.
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1996: Meeting No-Till’s New Challenges

Jan. 11-13, St. Louis • 874 attendees
By Frank Lessiter posted on January 14, 2017
Include at least three different types of crops in your no-till rotations to control weeds and reduce disease problems, says Dwayne Beck. The director of the Dakota Lakes Research Farm in Pierre, S.D., says crop intensity and diversity need to be balanced for no-till profitability.
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