Reducing soil disturbance and rotating crops and covers has reduced evaporation and helped the Neva family work through saline soils and other farming challenges.
Precision Planting’s SmartFirmer combines seed firming with a high-resolution sensor to create soil maps on the go and variable-rate populations and hybrids based on organic matter.
No Tillers know that the success of their season relies primarily on that moment when the seed meets the soil. A planting trip that results in a strong, even emergence across the field sets the stage for higher yields come harvest.
Financial challenges pushed Mike Belan’s family into conservation practices, but the Ontario no-tiller is focusing on improving soil health to propel the farm forward.
High interest rates were the push my dad and uncle needed to make the switch to no-till on our farm. They had long raised wheat, corn and soybeans on our generally flat Brookston clay fields that sit just 30 miles north and south, respectively of Lake Erie and Lake Huron.
The raw materials in a fertilizer product, its purity, salt index and what it’s being blended with all influence the availability of the nutrients and their impact on the crop.
Ohio State University Extension recommends sampling for SCN, checking disease-resistant scores on your varieties and using the appropriate seed treatment to get ahead of diseases this season.
University of Nebraska Extension says deciding whether to inoculate soybeans should be based on soybean nitrogen needs, the probability of a yield response and data.
With the USDA estimating that soybean acreage will reach a record 89.5 million acres this year, I thought it’d be a good time to learn more about the growers whose soybean yields were in the top third of the 9th annual No-Till Operational Benchmark Study.
This video from the Canola Council of Canada describes key stand establishment steps using animated video and a question and answer format with growers. Canola crops that come out of the ground evenly and with seven to 10 plants per square foot can compete better with pests and mature more evenly. Benefits include earlier harvest, better quality, higher yields and more profit.
Quitting tillage and seeding cover crops in multiple seasons is helping Andy Popp improve the health of cows and calves and ramp up soil health without missing family time.
Quitting tillage and seeding cover crops in multiple seasons is helping Andy Popp improve the health of cows and calves and ramp up soil health without missing family time.
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Go behind the scenes with Leo Johnson and his son, Patrick, as they plant corn into strips for the first time on their 1,000-acre farm in Clinton, Wis. Jason Pennycook, precision specialist for 9-store Case IH dealer Johnson Tractor, comes to the rescue with remote support when Patrick runs into a problem with the planter in the field.
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