Residue Management

Managing Disease, Nutrient and Residue Issues in the Storm’s Aftermath

Stagnant grain prices, disease pressure and residue management will make decisions with downed crops especially important for no-tillers this fall. Here are some tips and suggestions on what to do.
Stagnant grain prices, disease pressure and residue management will make decisions with downed crops especially important for no-tillers this fall. Here are some tips and suggestions on what to do.
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Building Soils, Feeding Crops with Green and Brown Carbon

Feeding soil life and creating an ideal home for soil “livestock” improves soil structure and health, giving crops the ability to capture and retain more moisture, minerals and sunshine.
As a dairy guy, I realized you have to treat soils like you would treat a cow. In a cow, we talk about digestion and give them feed. In soils, we talk about residues that have to be rotted down. But it’s still a biological system and there’s still minerals involved.
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10 Tips for Managing Residue Both During and After Harvest

High-tech corn heads, straw choppers, vertical tillage and more can help growers get fields ready for the next growing season.
It’s often said that a successful season in a no-till system starts with last season’s harvest. That means how no-tillers and strip-tillers manage field residue can either help or hurt when it comes time to plant the following spring.
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