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Transform Close Calls Into Improved No-Till Operations

Developing standard operating procedures can streamline operations, improve safety and eliminate waste, staff turnover and confusion, says no-tiller and business consultant Dick Wittman.
By Julia Gerlach posted on March 30, 2019
Consider this hypothetical: A farmer runs a series of semi tractor-trailers through a port of entry and knows that if the semis are overloaded, he’ll be fined.
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Long-Term No-Till, Soil Health Focus Boosts Yields

Mark Montel’s long-term commitment to no-tilling and soil tilth is rebuilding his shallow, rocky soils and blowing his corn and soybean yields well past county averages.
By John Dobberstein posted on March 29, 2019 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Seeding & Planting, Soil Health
Although more than two decades of no-till practices have been good to Mark Montel, 8 years ago he describes hitting a wall as his regular soil tests showed he wasn’t building soil organic matter very quickly.
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Curbing Nitrogen Runoff in the Chesapeake Bay with Data, Precise Placement

With over 10,000 acres of cover crops, Trey Hill explains how he’s updated his equipment for better fertilizer placement, while data from Encirca helps him decide on nitrogen amounts.
By Laura Barrera posted on March 29, 2019 | Posted in Cover Crops, Nutrient Management
In an effort to curb nutrient pollution in the Chesapeake Bay, Maryland farmers have been met with strict regulations on when, how and how much fertilizer they can apply to their fields.
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Tom Pyfferoen

What I’ve Learned From No-Tilling: Regenerative No-Till Practices Improve Farm, Community

Keeping soil in the field earns this no-tiller profits and saves his community money.
By Tom Pyfferoen and Martha Mintz posted on March 29, 2019 | Posted in Cover Crops, Seeding & Planting, Soil Health
I've served in township government for a quarter century. One never-ending task and expense is cleaning silt from road ditches and culverts — the product of field erosion — and putting it back where it belongs.
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11th Annual No-Till Operational Benchmark Study

No-Tillers Becoming Masterful at Treading Deep Waters

A rebound in soybean yields and a major effort on cost restraints led to more no-tillers finding a favorable position in the black for 2018.
March 7, 2019
No-tillers are proving to be quite adept at traversing deep waters. Having experienced 5 years of paltry commodity prices, the readers of No-Till Farmer may have turned in their best year financially since corn prices began to dive in the summer of 2014.
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Michael Thompson

Diversified Crops and Grazing Cattle Provide No-Till Benefits

Northwest Kansas no-tiller says his soil building and nutrient cycling didn’t start until he added livestock to his diversified farming operation. He credits grazing and cover crops for erosion control and yield increases.
By Dan Crummett posted on February 28, 2019 | Posted in Cover Crops, Soil Health
When Michael Thompson was 18 he envisioned himself joining his parents in their farming operation in northwestern Kansas and becoming a dedicated, 100% cash grain farmer. However, life and generations of conventional farming got in the way.
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