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Managing Residue In Narrower Corn Rows

Properly size upper stalks, leave lower stalk standing, move trash with row cleaners and plant between old rows for great stands

By Jim Leverich posted on February 1, 2010 | Posted in Residue Management, Precision Agriculture

Managing residue in any no-till system can be a challenge with today’s high-yielding transgenic hybrids.

Harvest Ruts, Compaction Leave No-Tillers With Questions

Long-term no-till fields may recover through natural means, and tillage may set back those all-important macropores a few years

By Jim Leverich posted on January 1, 2010 | Posted in Soil Health, Water Management

With wet conditions during harvest, no-tillers are likely concerned about whether they compacted their no-till soils.

Precision Agriculture Helps Better Manage Manure

Regular manure sampling, monitoring flow rate, field mapping, auto-steer and variable rates lead to better efficiency.

By Jim Leverich posted on December 1, 2009 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Precision Agriculture

Precision Ag technology has long been available to manage fertilizer. More recently, new technology is allowing no-tillers to better manage manure nutrients.

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Does Grid Sampling Really Pay?

The costs to identify nutrient variability can be minimal while helping you put fertilizer where it needs to be for even greater returns.

By Jim Leverich posted on November 1, 2009 | Posted in Precision Agriculture, Soil Health

Soil sampling season is definitely here, and many producers are now using grid or management zone sampling rather than low-density soil sampling.

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No-Till Offers Options For Nutrient Management

Picking a system that safely feeds nutrients throughout the growing season can help corn reach its yield potential.

By Jim Leverich posted on October 1, 2009 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101, Nutrient Management

When no-tilling, soils are cool at planting relative to more conventional systems. As a result, nitrogen management and timing can have a significant impact on your success.

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Before Harvest, Assess Your No-Till Management

Check stands, ear fill, residue levels and more to determine whether you hit a home run or could use improvements heading into the next cropping season.

By Jim Leverich posted on September 1, 2009 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Residue Management

With harvest just around the corner, there are a few things in fields you may want to evaluate.

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Working Up The Precision Learning Curve

Managing your farm fields as mini fields will lead to better nutrient management, proper seeding rates and more profitable yields.

By Jim Leverich posted on August 1, 2009 | Posted in Equipment, Precision Agriculture

This past spring, I took a big step and invested a significant amount of money in some new precision farming equipment. For years, we have been using a yield monitor to record our yields and evaluate corn hybrids and soybean varieties in our on-farm replicated plots.

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Start Scouting For No-Till Soybean Pests

Soybean aphids and bean leaf beetles the are most likely insects to take a bite out of your yield potential.

By Jim Leverich posted on July 1, 2009 | Posted in Crop Protection

Hopefully, your crops are off to a good start. To ensure the continued success of soybeans, pest and disease scouting is important until soybeans reach their reproductive growth stages.

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10 Early Season Scouting Tips

With the crop emerging, scout to see whether there are problems that can be corrected.

By Jim Leverich posted on June 1, 2009 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Crop Protection

Over the years, I’ve learned how important it is to scout on a timely basis so I can evaluate my management practices.

No-Till Notes

Strategies To Reduce Herbicide Resistance

By Jim Leverich posted on May 1, 2009 | Posted in Crop Protection

Across the Midwest, weeds have become resistant to glyphosate and other heavily used herbicides as growers use the same herbicides over and over.

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