Articles by Darrell Bruggink

No-Till Farmer Joins Facebook

By Darrell Bruggink posted on May 18, 2011 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101

No-Till Farmer has entered into the world of Facebook. Within essentially 1 week, we had nearly 900 friends. However, we quickly saw that sometimes your "friends" may not really understand you.

Wrapping Up Corn Planting In Nebraska

By Darrell Bruggink posted on May 4, 2011 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Managing editor John Dobberstein and I are visiting two western Iowa no-tillers today on the final day of a 3-day farm tour around Omaha, Neb. We started with two visits near Lincoln, Neb., on Monday; then visited no-tillers in southeast Nebraska, northwest Missouri and southwest Iowa on Tuesday.

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Net Income Climbs For Most No-Tillers

While the majority of U.S. industries are slumbering or showing modest signals of a possible recovery, U.S. agriculture really hummed in 2010.

By Darrell Bruggink posted on May 1, 2011 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101, Cover Crops, Nutrient Management

While the majority of U.S. industries are slumbering or showing modest signals of a possible recovery, U.S. agriculture really hummed in 2010.

Snowstorm Foils Travel Plans

By Darrell Bruggink posted on April 20, 2011 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

It was with the best intentions that a few of us at the No-Till Farmer offices planned to drive down to Illinois this week to see no-tillers in action. We heard last week that some no-tillers might have been about halfway done with putting corn seed in the ground.

No-Tillers See Net Increase In Revenue Of Nearly $30,000 Per Farm In 2012

By Darrell Bruggink posted on April 6, 2011 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101

I'm wrapping up this issue of E-Tip in the wee hours. The reason is simple. We're about to send our blockbuster Spring Buyer's Directory issue to the printers on Thursday, and we're working OT to get it done.

Crop Insurance Rules With Cover Crops

By Darrell Bruggink posted on March 19, 2011 | Posted in Cover Crops

If you're using cover crops that overwinter, be careful that you don't find yourself in violation of your crop-insurance terms.

'Innovators Of Ideas: Notes From No-Till'

By Darrell Bruggink posted on February 16, 2011 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101

If you're able to access RFD-TV, you might want to make a note on your wall or electronic calendar to tune in to a special no-till program on Thursday, Feb. 24, at 8:30 p.m. Central time.

Calling Digger's Hotline To Pull Soil Samples?

By Darrell Bruggink posted on February 2, 2011 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Soil Health

Happy Groundhog Day. Jimmy the groundhog from Sun Prairie, Wis., did not see his shadow today. He couldn't come out of his hole because it was buried by snow. Serves him right, since he's obviously not a no-tiller.

The Sweet Stench Of Conservation

By Darrell Bruggink posted on January 19, 2011 | Posted in Cover Crops

If you are going to use radishes as a cover crop — and you certainly ought to consider them if they fit in your rotation and meet your objectives — you may want to take a special note of one of the side effects of these natural compaction relievers.

Starting 2011 Right With The National No-Tillage Conference in Cincinnati

By Darrell Bruggink posted on January 5, 2011 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101

We're just a week away from the opening day of the 19th annual National No-Tillage Conference in Cincinnati, so we thought we'd make this edition of E-Tip a special issue.

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