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How Balancing Micronutrients Can Boost No-Till Yields

Micronutrients only make up about 2% of a typical fertility program, but failing to manage them properly can hurt yield potential in a big way
When no-tillers are looking to boost crop yields, it’s tempting to search for the “latest and greatest” product to find the solution. But sometimes farming from a job isn’t the answer. There could be some elusive reasons yields aren’t hitting expectations.
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What I've Learned from No-Tilling

Taking the Edge Off Weather Events

No-till practices, cover crops, irrigation & even drone applications combine to trim losses & deliver more consistent crops
Our Biggest fear in our system has long been drought conditions. A significant portion of the acres we farm are light, sandy soils underlaid with gravel. Periods of drought can quickly become devastating to our crops.
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How a Strip-Tiller Can Save $116,000 Annually with Precision Technology

Conservative assumptions show a first-year 95% ROI on full farm adoption of precision ag tools. Sticker shock may apply, but you can bank returns in year two, says Iowa farmer & dealer.

Corn and soybean farmer Adam Gittins cautions strip-tillers to control their natural reaction to “sticker shock” when shopping for precision agriculture technology, and to realize the rapid ROI such tools can provide.


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Domestic Autonomous Aerial Applicator Comes to Midwest

Regional aerial service Heinen Brothers is part of the commercialization process of Pyka, a young California startup’s global reach into unmanned aerial application platforms

Growers in the western Corn Belt and parts of the Southern Plains may notice a strange, slow, high-wing spray plane at work this summer over row-crop fields and some pastures – a sight that likely will become commonplace soon.


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