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What I've Learned from No-Tilling

Intensive Nutrient Management Boosts Profits

Nebraska no-tiller John Niemeyer says modifying his fertilizer delivery system, improving pH and using compost manure has transformed no-till corn into his most profitable crop
By John Niemeyer and Ron Ross posted on May 1, 2010 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101, Nutrient Management
One of my first jobs out of college after I received a degree in business from the University of North Dakota was a fortunate choice. During the several years I worked for a professional consulting agronomist, I had the opportunity to see a lot of different crop-production systems throughout eastern Nebraska, western Iowa and northeastern Kansas.
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Sidedress Anhydrous Without Compromising No-Till

New nutrient applicators allow for sidedressing anhydrous and other nitrogen solutions with minimal soil disturbance, maximum efficiency
By Martha Ostendorf posted on May 1, 2010 | Posted in Equipment, Nutrient Management
Destructive trails left by a shank and knife anhydrous applicator are fodder for no-tiller nightmares. But new low-disturbance applicators mean no-tillers can slip the cost-effective nitrogen source into the ground and leave barely a mark.
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Keep Yields From Cooling Off

Cover crops can offset the major causes of yield drag in fields making the transition to no-till and improve the soil biology of fields lacking crop and residue diversity
By Martha Ostendorf posted on May 1, 2010 | Posted in Cover Crops, Nutrient Management, Soil Health
If you had to scavenge for food from Thanksgiving to Easter, chances are you wouldn’t be very productive and may not survive. The same is true of soil microbes.
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Eliminate Streaky Nitrogen Applications

March 20, 2010 | Posted in Nutrient Management
we have a serious, and increasing, problem with uneven distribution of N fertilizer. This problem sticks out like a sore thumb when nitrogen loss occurs, because the areas receiving low N rates have a light-green or yellow-green color that is very visible. But the uneven applications are still happening in years with low N loss, and potentially are causing yield loss in those years as well.
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Cap-And-Trade Favors No-Till

By Frank Lessiter posted on March 1, 2010 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101, Nutrient Management
While passage last summer of the American Clean Energy and Security Act by the House of Representatives calls for establishing a cap-and-trade program to limit greenhouse gases, it’s expected to have a serious financial impact for farmers. However, the financial penalties will be much lower for continuous no-tillers.
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