Since 1988, the Graves-Chapple Research Center has been helping no-tillers in northwestern Missouri fine-tune their corn-and soybean system management and farm their no-tilled acres more sustainably.
Finding answers for farmers is the mission of all university research farms, but the Graves-Chapple Research Center in northwest Missouri zeroes in on the questions from a solidly no-till perspective.
For an established no-tiller to find that “higher gear” and push their operation to a higher level of profitability, it might be necessary to step outside of the daily grind to find a source of new ideas.
Jeff Littrell and Keith Schlapkohl moderated this hour-long webinar addressing ways you might be able to help crops with late-season nutrition and some things you ought to consider this fall to prepare for the 2014 cropping season. [To view any of our webinar replays, you must be logged in with a free user account.]
This event was moderated by Jeff Littrell and Keith Schlapkohl, strip-till and no-till farmers and owners of FHR at Stewartville, Minn. [To view any of our webinar replays, you must be logged in with a free user account.]
Forty years ago this month, I made my first visit to USDA’s North Appalachian Experimental Watershed in Coshocton, Ohio. Established in 1935, this 1,047-acre facility had been built with depression-era labor from several government assistance programs.
With a crop rotation that increases profitability, feed-company salesman Jimmy Howard can still afford to no-till corn, soybeans and wheat on 450 acres outside of his full-time job.
Gypsum, cover crops, manure and even vertical tillage can be part of a multifaceted no-till system that improves soil health and brings in higher yields.
There's no doubt most no-tillers are good stewards of the land and want to conserve it for themselves and future generations. To most farmers, that means conserving their soil base — and to others it means improving it.
Now is your chance to recognize a member of the no-till community for their outstanding efforts practicing and promoting sustainable farming through the No-Till Innovators program sponsored by Syngenta and No-Till Farmer.
Get full access NOW to the most comprehensive, powerful and easy-to-use online resource for no-tillage practices. Just one good idea will pay for your subscription hundreds of times over.
Go behind the scenes with Leo Johnson and his son, Patrick, as they plant corn into strips for the first time on their 1,000-acre farm in Clinton, Wis. Jason Pennycook, precision specialist for 9-store Case IH dealer Johnson Tractor, comes to the rescue with remote support when Patrick runs into a problem with the planter in the field.
Needham Ag understands the role of technology in making better use of limited resources within a specific environment by drawing on a wealth of global experience to overcome the challenges facing today's farmers, manufacturers and dealers.
The Andersons grows enduring relationships through extraordinary service, a deep knowledge of the market, and a knack for finding new ways to add value as we have done for nearly 70 years.