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Intercropping Can Work

By Frank Lessiter posted on February 1, 1999 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops

At last months seventh National No-Tillage Conference in St. Louis, there was considerable interest in the soybean intercropping program used by no-tillers Keith and Doug Thompson of Osage City, Kan. With this unique doublecropping program they intercrop soybeans into standing wheat in early April.

Don’t Rush Tillage Changes

By Frank Lessiter posted on February 1, 1999 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

If you or some of your neighbors are getting fed up with the results of no-tilling corn into cold and wet soils, take a close look at recent Ohio State University yield numbers before reaching any decision on changing tillage practices.

When In Doubt, Improvise

Here’s what one no-tiller did when all other seeding options failed with a Conservation Reserve Program field.

By Katherine Meitner posted on February 1, 1999 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

As no-tillers, you've all had your share of problems. Your wheat is infested with grasshoppers. A windstorm just came through your corn fields. White mold is covering your soybeans.

Fertility is First Priority for No-Tillers

Rather than hit new technology head-on, these Nebraska no-tillers found it pays to concentrate on just one area at a time.

By Julie Orchard posted on January 1, 1999 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Nutrient Management

With 2,400 hogs, 1,000 acres of crops, 100 yearling steers and a Vermeer hay equipment business, Kurt and Gordon Ohnoutka could be described as the gurus of farm enterprise management.

No-Tillers Among The First

By Frank Lessiter posted on January 1, 1999 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Nearly 25 years ago, the word "sustainable" started coming up in farming conversations. Even then, some folks felt you had to be an organic farmer involved in low input farming to be sustainable.

Converting To Continuous No-Till

This Nebraska no-tiller makes continuous no-tillage work to his advantage with simple management techniques.

By Julie Orchard posted on January 1, 1999 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Whatever your age, change can be hard to accept. Sometimes it even takes some gentle prodding before you'll change your ways.

Expand No-Till Rotations

By Frank Lessiter posted on January 1, 1999 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Under the Freedom To Farm Act, Keith Glewen has noticed no-tillers are starting to diversify more with the crops they grow. "When the new government laws were passed, these farmers were concerned about seeing the day when we'll have mountains of grain and that day has come" says the University of Nebraska educator.

It’s What Works For You

Ed and Jim Myer have “personalized” no-tillage to meet their farm’s soil conditions.

By Julie Orchard posted on January 1, 1999 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Heavy clay loam soils and cold, wet springtime soil conditions have caused Ed and Jim Myer to tailor a conservation program that meets their farm operation's challenging characteristics.

No-Till Bikers!

Along with 139,000 other bikers from around North America, this Ohio farm couple was in Milwaukee last summer for the big 95th anniversary Harley-Davidson celebration.

By Frank Lessiter posted on December 1, 1998 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

When it comes to changes for 1999, Rich and Marcy Little plan to use more Roundup Ready soybeans, use lower herbicide rates, do a better job of getting chemicals applied, try no-tilling soybeans in October or November and test for soybean cyst nematodes.

Overcoming Planting Delays

When planting conditions are less than optimal, this no-tiller uses these sensible strategies.

By Julie Orchard posted on December 1, 1998 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Because the weather often is the determining factor in how early no-till planting can begin, Bill Hammitt holds a “wait-and-see” attitude rather than strictly adhering to a planting system previously mapped out.

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