No-till cotton adoption in the Great Plains isn’t anything to write home about. But two no-tillers in Oklahoma and Texas are making the practice work while many of their neighbors are zeroing out the crop.
Soil used to pile up ‘like flour’ when his family tilled, but these days Gary Hula’s no-tilled soil is healthier, full of worm holes and keeping nutrients where they belong — in his fields.
A study funded by the North Central Region of the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education and the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development at Iowa State University has resulted in a new free online tool that helps farmers make decisions about planting cover crops.
Cooler soils, moisture retention, better emergence and more sugar content and tonnage are just some of the reasons Greg Schlemmer is going all-in on no-tilling sugarbeets.
It’s not uncommon to see farmers in Montana disc rip, plow, roll, level and ridge their fields to raise sugarbeets — even ridging a second time if wind or storms either flatten or wash away the ridges.
The next time you’re in one of those seemingly hopeless debates with a clean-tilling neighbor about the value of no-till practices, turn to these talking points from the NRCS.
No-tillers with certain soil types and weather challenges may find ESN’s technology is a good fit for raising high-yielding, profitable corn while protecting their ‘N’ investment.
No-tillers with certain soil types and weather challenges may find ESN’s technology is a good fit for raising high-yielding, profitable corn while protecting their ‘N’ investment.
Choosing a cover crop cocktail is only a start, says Adam Daugherty, as managing carbon-to-nitrogen ratios and adapting planting strategies play a big role in success.
There are many variables for growers to consider when they’re implementing cover-crop mixes into their no-till rotation — including mix design, carbon-to-nitrogen (C:N) ratios, cash-crop goals, termination strategies and biomass management.
University of Nebraska Extension talks about the results of researching into using sorghum-sudangrass, a warm-season annual grass, as a companion crop to establish three common forage legume.
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On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Montag Manufacturing, growers from across the U.S. share their predictions for the upcoming planting season, including one no-tiller who’s “bullish” about a great spring.
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