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Is No-Till Still A Fad?

By Frank Lessiter posted on December 1, 2011 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101, Residue Management
One of the comments No-Till Farmer editors heard while pulling together material for last month’s 40th-anniversary issue was that some educators aren’t on board in promoting no-till. Such appears to be the case with Emerson Nafziger, who continues to devote considerable effort to the need for tillage
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5 Factors Help No-Tiller Come Out Ahead

Watching weather conditions at critical growing points, and annual soil testing, has helped Doug Goehring succeed at no-till.
By Doug Goehring posted on December 1, 2011 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101, Crop Protection, Water Management
Sometimes it's not the hybrid, it’s the farmer or subtle weather conditions that are the reason yields weren’t the best that they could be. Too many times, I see producers abandon a perfectly good hybrid or variety without understanding why it performed the way it did that season.
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No-Till Corn Grows In Indiana

October 31, 2011 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101
Source: ISDA, Indiana Ag Connection
The latest bi-annual tillage transect results, compiled by the Indiana State Department of Agriculture and the Natural Resources Conservation Service for 2011, show that 23% of the Indiana's corn crop and 59% of soybean acreage were no-tilled.
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What Do Anhydrous Ammonia Prices Have To Do With Natural Gas?

October 23, 2011 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101, Nutrient Management
Source: By Gary Schnitkey, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois
Retail anhydrous ammonia prices again are on the rise. The October 13, 2011 Illinois Production Cost Report by the Agricultural Marketing Service placed the average Illinois price of anhydrous ammonia at $853 per ton, up $52 per ton from the July 7th price of $801 per ton.
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