AS WE MOVE INTO fall harvest, no-tillers need to be thinking about the soil, available nutrient reserves and planning their fall fertility program.

MONSANTO’S ROUNDUP Ready patent expired this year, allowing growers to plant “generic GMOs” for the first time, reports the MIT Technology Review.

RECENT RESEARCH on Alpha, Ill., no-tiller Marion Calmer’s farm appears to show the value of using advanced technology in today’s corn heads to more effectively manage residue during harvest.

OVER THE PAST four decades, much of the no-till acreage increase that has taken place across North America has been due to the development of glyphosate herbicide and glyphosate-resistant corn and soybeans. But at the same time, the continued use of glyphosate has led to serious concerns about the future of this highly effective weed control product.

For many years we’ve had corn heads designed to accommodate only the row spacing you’ve chosen to plant. And these headers may or may not have done the best job handling the stout corn hybrids we have today, which affects the residue situation no-tillers must deal with the following year.