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Getting It Done With One-Pass Systems

While some sacrifices are required, more no-tillers are putting down fertilizer with the planter to reduce field passes, boost nutrient efficiency and improve soil health.
The push to increase productivity and yields in agriculture has convinced an increasing number of no-tillers to explore one-pass planting and fertilizing systems.
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Warm Spring Changes Weed Control Game

Earlier scouting and herbicide applications may be needed to control higher winter-survival rates of winter annual, biennial and perennial weeds.
The mild winter and early spring conditions we’ve seen may have implications for this season’s weed and pest control.
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New Tools, Technology Improve Pull-Type Sprayers

From controllers to spray tips to ISOBUS technology, manufacturers are rolling out innovations to help no-tillers spray with precision.
Recently, the editors of Conservation Tillage Guide asked the manufacturers to share their latest innovations designed to improve the precision and efficiency of pull-type sprayers.
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Pumping Up Pull-Type Sprayers

No-tillers are swapping nozzles, adding precision technology and trying other tricks to get better performance from their pull-type sprayers.
Pull-type sprayers are still one the most important tools on the farm for no-tillers as they push for higher yields on acres being covered multiple times to apply herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, nutrients, plant hormones, growth regulators and more.
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Putting More In The Bin, More In The Bank

A diverse cropping rotation, cover crops and onfarm research helps Ontario no-tiller/ridge-tiller Shawn McRae achieve soil and financial health.
For Shawn McRae, more than two decades of onfarm research shows that thinking holistically about no-till soil health isn’t just a feel-good decision — it puts more crops in the bin and, more importantly, more money in the bank.
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Taking The Pressure Off No-Till Fields

Growing use of super-sized farm equipment is fueling compaction concerns, but new technology and some common-sense tips about tire pressure can help protect yields and profits.
As farms increase in size and no-tillers face pressure to be more efficient and productive, the size of farm equipment is bringing an ever-present danger of compaction.
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What I've Learned from No-Tilling

Putting Worldly No-Till Knowledge To Work

After 20-plus years of research, consulting and no-till enthusiasm, ‘No-Till Bill’ has purchased a farm and is taking his own advice.
After years of helping countless farmers make a lot of money, I finally decided to try and make a go of it myself. In 2007 I bought 7,000 acres of farmable ground in northeast Morawa, Australia, and am now officially a no-till farmer and consultant.
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