Growing up on a six-generation, family-owned dairy farm in Michigan, I remember helping my dad seed clover in the fall after harvesting corn silage. The goal was to produce some cheap fertilizer, protect the ground from winter erosion and mellow the soil prior to moldboard plowing, discing and planting in the spring.
When are no-tillers making nitrogen applications for corn? Our 4th annual No-Till Operational Benchmark study, answered by 520 readers of No-Till Farmer, revealed the following.
Serious conflicts among government farm program and crop-insurance rules, regarding last fall’s seeding of cover crops, could lead to serious concerns regarding qualification for this year’s payments.
After spending 2 days last week visiting farms in central North Carolina, it was apparent that no-tillers have a special respect for their farmland, and what can happen if it isn’t cared for.
During the past couple years, the editors here at No-Till Farmer have had an eye on about six dozen no-tillers from the fair state of North Carolina that subscribe to our magazine.
When farmers are having planting difficulties, Alan Byerly says too many growers think the answer is to simply add more attachments. But the service manager for Precision Equipment in Washington, Iowa, says getting back to the basics of planting should be the first step before spending more dollars.
There’s a lot to like about self-propelled sprayers. But there’s still plenty of room in the shed for a pull-type sprayer, especially on smaller-acreage farms where the price of a self-propelled unit might be a little harder to justify.
Research conducted on your own farm can unlock more secrets that can lead to increased no-till profitability. But taking on such a project this spring will require some last-minute planning and commitment.
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On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Montag Manufacturing, growers from across the U.S. share their predictions for the upcoming planting season, including one no-tiller who’s “bullish” about a great spring.
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