Articles by Darrell Bruggink

Add Wheat To Strip Crop Rotations

Soybean yields improve with less competition, but watch out that your no-till corn yields don’t slip when planted into wheat stubble.

By Darrell Bruggink posted on September 1, 1998 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Corn yields have increased 15 percent to 20 percent for no-tiller Doug Smith when planted in six-row strips. But 15-foot-wide soybean strips planted next to the corn have seen yields decrease as much as 5 percent to 10 percent from conventional no-till soybean yields.

Add Cover Crops To Your No-Till Rotation

By Darrell Bruggink posted on September 1, 1998 | Posted in Cover Crops

While cover crops are often an afterthought in a no-till operation, Steve Groff considers them a vital part of his crop rotation. In fact, he uses cover crops on 90 percent of his farmland.

With Right Tools, No-Tilling Tomatoes A Reality

A Pennsylvania no-tiller uses Buffalo rolling stalk chopper and a specially designed planter to transplant no-till tomatoes into a cover crop.

By Darrell Bruggink posted on August 1, 1998 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Some 15 years ago, no-tilling tomatoes wasn’t even thought to be possible. But no-tiller Steve Groff has found huge success transplanting tomatoes into a thick cover crop with the aid of a Buffalo rolling stalk chopper and no-till planter developed at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI).

The Magic of Sunlight

Setting up your crops in 15-foot strips will boost no-till corn yields by 15 percent.

By Darrell Bruggink posted on July 1, 1998 | Posted in Nutrient Management

For no-tiller Doug Smith, inputs like fertilizer, herbicides and fuel tend to be more expensive for the Thamesville, Ontario, farmer than for his U.S. counterparts. So when you can get something for free, you take advantage of it.

Killing Compaction Critical

By Darrell Bruggink posted on June 1, 1998 | Posted in Equipment

Compaction can be a real killer. That’s why John and Alan Merchant of Cass City, Mich., are extremely sensitive to this critical no-till concern. Heavy equipment puts a pounding on poorly drained clay soils north of Detroit.

Calibrate, Calibrate, Calibrate

By Darrell Bruggink posted on June 1, 1998 | Posted in Equipment

If no-tillers want the full benefits of Global Positioning Satellites (GPS) with adjustable rates, they better take the time to make sure equipment is calibrated properly.

Twin Rows Or Ultra-Narrow Rows?

Depending on your management style, twin rows of corn might have many advantages.

By Darrell Bruggink posted on May 1, 1998 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

When Doug Smith considered experimenting with corn row widths of 15 inches, there were several things that discouraged him from making the change.

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