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Managing Nitrogen In No-Till's Challenging Environment

Nitrogen needs to be managed more carefully when no-till crop residue is involved

By Lynn Grooms posted on September 1, 2001 | Posted in Nutrient Management

With no-till's high residue levels, a challenging environment is created in which to effectively manage your nitrogen. In any given year, you can expect nitrogen loss from immobilization, denitrification, leaching or volatilization.

Rethink Your No-Till Fertility!

Here’s why it may be impossible to take a precise soil sample out of a no-till field.

By Lynn Grooms posted on May 1, 2001 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Nutrient Management

It's time for no-tillers to stop trying to create the perfect soil and concentrate instead on the plants themselves, maintains Hollis Waldon.

Feeling The Heat With Nitrogen

This may be the year to trim back your nitrogen needs with no-tilled corn. Read how it can be done without sacrificing yield.

By Lynn Grooms posted on April 1, 2001 | Posted in Nutrient Management

With nitrogen prices soaring, no-tillers are looking to boost the efficiency of their fertilizer programs. To help you find needed answers, Dave Savage, a veteran no-tiller and crop consultant from Farley, Iowa, has outlined some valuable tips on increasing efficiencies and suggests tests that you can use to determine what nitrogen rates work best in your no-tilled fields.

Getting More Bang from No-Tilled Phosphorus

Make sure you aren’t wasting dollars on this essential no-till nutrient.

By Lynn Grooms posted on April 1, 2001 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Applying the smallest amount of phosphate for the biggest bang for the buck is what your goal should be. A small amount of seed-placed phosphate can do that, maintains Terry Good, sales manager for the Canadian operations of Na-Churs Alpine Solutions in New Hamburg, Ontario.

Use New Burndown Formulation To Treat More No-Tilled Acres

March 1, 2001 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Soil Health

Gramoxone MAX, a new formulation of Syngenta’s popular Gramoxone herbicide, is being marketed for no-till weed control this spring. Each gallon will contain 3 pounds of active ingredient compared to the earlier Gramoxone Extra that contained only 2 1/2 pounds.

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Applying Anhydrous Ammonia When No-Tilling

Check out this and other discussions among readers on our No-Till Farmer Web site: www.no-tillfarmer.com

By Holly Gray posted on February 1, 2001 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Questions and advice abound on the No-Till Farmer sponsored Web site Bulletin Board.

Tackling No-Till Manure Concerns

There's no doubt that broadcasting manure has its share of problems. But these no-tillers say the benefits far outweigh the drawbacks.

By Katherine Meitner posted on December 1, 2000 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Since the dawn of time, farmers have been using manure to fertilize their fields. And why not? It’s cheap, there’s a lot of it and it yields definite advantages to producing a healthy crop.

Nitrogen Management Vs. No-Till

Check out ways no-tillers are doing a better job of applying nutrients in the face of growing environmental concerns.

By Frank Lessiter posted on November 1, 2000 | Posted in Nutrient Management

With nitrogen management becoming even more important, No-Till Farmer readers have shared a wealth of valuable ideas for helping protect the environment.

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Nitrogen, Lime Among Hot Topics

Check out these discussions among readers from our No-Till Farmer Web site: www.no-tillfarmer.com

By Holly Gray posted on November 1, 2000 | Posted in Residue Management, Nutrient Management

Our no-till farmer sponsored Web site Bulletin Board has been loaded lately with discussions on various topics of interest to no-tillers, from recommendations on which no-till drill is best to earthworm survival with insecticides.

But What About Dealing With Those Yellow-Colored Soybeans?

By Frank Lessiter posted on November 1, 2000 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Despite good fertility programs, nitrogen deficiencies showed up in a number of Kansas no-till soybean fields last summer.

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