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How No-Tilling Can Help 'Weatherproof' Your Farm

Protective residue, proper soil management and a better understanding of how plants use water could help no-tillers and strip-tillers survive today’s extreme weather patterns.

By John Dobberstein posted on May 1, 2013 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Soil Health, Water Management

If you ask Jerry Hatfield, the 2012 drought wasn’t just a blip on the radar screen.

Get The Most From Foliar Feeding Corn And Soybeans

Enhancing the nutrient efficiency of plants through the leaves is not only possible, but profitable, with the right level of management.

By Mark Parker posted on May 1, 2013 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Water Management

Foliar feeding corn and soybeans remains a controversial subject in some corners of agriculture, but not to an increasing number of farmers who are using the practice to fine-tune fertilization strategies to maximize yields.

There’s No Competing With Long-Term No-Till

After jumping into no-till practices more than 2 decades ago, Iowa no-tiller Randy Caviness has been rewarded with more fertile soils, earlier planting and a stronger balance sheet to compete with neighbors.

By John Dobberstein posted on May 1, 2013 | Posted in Equipment, Nutrient Management, Soil Health

Even as no-till was growing during the 1980s, Randy Caviness wasn’t completely convinced about the practice. He worried about weed control, and he hadn’t seen many examples of no-tilled crops working very well in his area.

Cut The Wait For Pre-Sidedress Nitrate Tests

By John Dobberstein posted on April 30, 2013 | Posted in Nutrient Management

New technology could give no-tillers the results of PSNTs in only minutes, helping them get more out of sidedressing applications in corn.

Nitrogen Key To Uptake Of Other Corn Nutrients, Study Shows

April 19, 2013 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Source: Purdue University

A historical analysis of corn research shows that new hybrids are taking up more nitrogen than older plant varieties after the crucial flowering stage, a clue as to how plant scientists will need to adapt plants to increase yields.

May 2013 Poll: Nitrogen Applications for the 2013 Corn Crop

By John Dobberstein posted on April 16, 2013 | Posted in Nutrient Management

From From April 16th, 2013 - May 15th, 2013, we asked No-Till Farmer readers: "When will you make nitrogen applications for the 2013 corn crop?"

How Much Starter Can I Use On My Corn?

April 15, 2013 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Source: Daniel Kaiser, Extension Soil Fertility Specialist, University of Minnesota

Seemingly unpredictable weather conditions each spring inevitably bring up questions on placement of fertilizer with the seed.

On-Farm Research Results: Sugar Applications To Corn And Soybeans

April 3, 2013 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Source: University of Nebraska

Wanting to increase yields and looking to other farmers such as Kip Cullers for information, some of our on-farm research producers decided to test whether applying sugar to their crops would be beneficial.

Spring Soil Nitrogen Following Drought Of 2012

April 3, 2013 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Water Management

Source: University of Illinois

Last fall, with funding provided through the Illinois Council for Best Management Practices (C-BMP), GROWMARK, C-BMP, and the University of Illinois initiated the N-Watch soil sampling program to see how much inorganic N remained in the soil following the drought of 2012.

Gypsum Balances Nutrients, Builds Up Soil Structure

Proper applications of gypsum, an efficient carrier of soluble calcium, can help no-tillers improve the soil environment for plants and reclaim problematic sodic soils.

By John Dobberstein posted on April 1, 2013 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Water Management

When a no-tiller buys farm ground in some locations, such as the lake plain of northwest Ohio dominated by heavy clay, there isn’t much hope of changing the soil’s texture or mineralogy.

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