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Needed: New Ways To Expand No-TIll Acres!

Here's what veterans say about the advantages of no-tilling, concerns keeping other farmers from trying it and their thoughts on expanding no-till acres.
By Frank Lessiter posted on July 1, 2000 | Posted in Seeding & Planting
“I don't get it,” a leading farm magazine editor said to me at the conclusion of the seventh National No-Tillage Conference in St. Louis, Mo., in January of 1999.
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Resisting Weeds!

Current controllable weeds have the potential to become no-tiller's worst nightmare.
By Katherine Meitner posted on July 1, 2000 | Posted in Crop Protection
Dave Cole is worried. As a crop consultant with many no-tillers and president of Independent Technical Agricultural Consulting Of Wisconsin, Inc., (ITAC) in Prairie Du Sac, Wis., this crop scout with 40 years of scouting experience says some weeds, while they’re controllable today, have the potential to eventually be resistant to most forms of weed control.
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Bushels Of Information

Check out these discussion topics from out No-Till Farmer Web site: www.no-tillfarmer.com
By Katherine Meitner posted on July 1, 2000
One of the things that makes the National No-Tillage Conference so successful year after year are the no-tilling roundtables.
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"Best $900 I've Ever Spent!"

Nothing means more to your no-till success than how you handle crop residue.
By Frank Lessiter posted on July 1, 2000 | Posted in Residue Management
When Neal Droupe unpacked a new chaff spreader, the Crandall, Manitoba, farmer felt he’d been robbed. In exchange for a $900 check, all he saw was a bunch of iron that didn’t look like it would do him much good.
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Drill, Planter Changes Allow Earlier No-Tilling

By reconfiguring their no-till rigs, these brothers moved up planting dates.
June 1, 2000 | Posted in Equipment
The Reed brothers of Washington, Iowa, were dedicated no-tillers, but like no-tillers nearly everywhere, they wanted to seed without waiting the normal extra 2 or 3 days.
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Searching The Internet For Priceless No-Till Ideas

Kent Krukewitt gave farmers lots of tips on making the Internet work for them at the 2000 National No-Tillage Conference in Des Moines.
By Christy West posted on June 1, 2000
At the 2000 National No-Tillage Conference, Kent Krukewitt of Champaign County, Ill., revealed some great Internet ideas for no-tillers. Rather than focusing on all the features of just a few sites, he touched on the services and advantages of many sites to illustrate how the Internet is growing rapidly and becoming an integral part of business and pleasure.
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