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What I've Learned from No-Tilling

Taking the Next Step with No-Till

Already a multi-decade experienced farmer when he started no-tilling, Don Bahe continues to embrace change on his Iowa corn and soybean farm.
September 21, 2015 | Posted in Cover Crops, Equipment, Seeding & Planting

After my 70th birthday this January, my family and I calculated that 2015 is my 51st crop. It’s also a 100% no-tilled crop, a change we’ve been very happy we made in the relatively recent past.


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No-Till Notes: Why Fall Weed Control Could Help Your No-Till Operation

Adding fall herbicide applications, when necessary, can help no-tillers get a leg up on perennial and annual weeds and diversify their program
By Jim Leverich posted on September 21, 2015 | Posted in Crop Protection

ON MANY NO-TILL farms, perennial weeds are hard to control, as tillage is not an option to take care of escapes from in-season weed control. And in more southern areas with late frosts, annuals may escape and need to be controlled after harvest to ensure they don’t go to seed.


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Boosting the Bottom Line with No-Till Continuous Soybeans

Nebraska no-tiller Greg Anderson has proven that with the right conditions, fertility program and crop protection plan, continuous soybeans are just as profitable as irrigated corn.
By Laura Barrera posted on September 21, 2015 | Posted in Crop Protection, Nutrient Management, Seeding & Planting
Unlike the majority of his neighbors in Nebraska following a corn-soybean rotation or continuous corn, Anderson has been in a continuous soybean rotation since 1990, aside from some hay and grass he grows for his cow-calf operation.
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No-Tillers are Covering Up

By Frank Lessiter posted on September 21, 2015 | Posted in Cover Crops
The way some government agencies and ag groups are promoting cover crops these days, you’d think it was a brand new cropping practice. But while cover crops are a hot topic, it’s not because of any major research breakthroughs or being new on the ag scene. Instead, cover crops are offering a soil health message that’s starting to catch on with many folks both in and out of agriculture — a benefit that no-tillers have seen for many years.
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Restoring Soil Health webinar

[Webinar] How Can No-Tillers Increase Soil Organic Matter?

By Darrell Bruggink posted on September 9, 2015 | Posted in Soil Health
When you begin to increase the organic matter levels of your farmland soils, you begin to give your crops a better chance of being more productive. In this No-Till Farmer webinar, Doug Miller, an agronomist and vice president of Midwest Bio-Tech in Erie, Ill., helps you understand the factors that influence organic matter formation and how to manage the process of building organic matter. [To view any of our webinar replays, you must be logged in with a free user account.]
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Less Tillage, More Precision Spell Successful No-Till Transition

Tweaking their planters and drills with the right attachments and technology is helping Indiana growers Jeff and Kent Need develop their 100% no-till system.
By John Dobberstein posted on August 21, 2015 | Posted in Equipment, Residue Management, Seeding & Planting

CONSERVATION HAS been a part of the Need family farm since Jeff Need’s grandfather, Bill, raised corn, soybeans, wheat, alfalfa and cattle in central Indiana.


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