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Articles by Laura Barrera
Double Up No-Till Benefits By Cover Cropping For Forage
Cover crops serve up more than just soil benefits. They can boost a no-tiller’s bottom line when used as feed for their livestock, experts say.
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No-Till, Double-Cropping Become An Easy Fit For Salesman
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.
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Narrow-Row Corn Head Could Speed Up Harvest
Dissatisfied with his previous corn head’s snapping rollers, Ross Bishop built a 20-inch, eight-row corn head out of International parts in pursuit of a shorter harvest time.
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Double-Cropping Veterans Share Expertise On Wheat, Soybeans
With attention to details, double-cropping systems cover the soil, improve soil health, ward off pests and diseases and protect profits, say veteran no-tillers John and Alexander Young.
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How Earthworms Build Better No-Till Soils, Yields
Earth’s natural tillers do everything from supplying free “manure” to increasing nitrogen to spreading microorganisms and more.
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6 Secrets That Could Help Boost Soybean Yields
After the “7 Wonders Of The Corn-Yield World” challenged status-quo thinking about corn, researchers Fred Below and Jason Haegele are breaking new ground with the secret sauce for doubling soybean yields.
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