Cover Crops, Manure Key to Farm’s No-Till Evolution
Gordon and Jeff Smiley are finding quick success with a one-two nutrient punch from fall manure application and cover-crop cocktails.
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How Seeding Cover Crops Can Slash Your Fertilizer Bills
No-till pioneer David Brandt shares how he uses varied mixes of covers to build and recycle soil nutrients and notch major reductions in input costs.
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Faith in No-Till Brings Changes to Plains Farm
No-tiller Steve Pope is working with cover crops and interseeding on the family’s Oklahoma farm to improve crop diversity, reduce weed pressure and rebuild worn-out soils.
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Vertical Tillage Speeds Planting, Doesn’t Increase Soybean Yields
Study by Michigan State University Extension finds these tools might improve spring field conditions or soybean emergence, but too many passes could reduce no-till benefits.
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