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Tillage Limits Early-Season Phosphorus

May 1, 2017 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Seeding & Planting, Water Management

Source: Grainews

Tillage may get you in the field faster, but it also disrupts mycorrhizae fungi networks, which relay nutrients and compounds to plants, says Grainews.

What to Do About Drowned Out, Hailed Out Fields

July 1, 2016 | Posted in Cover Crops, Seeding & Planting, Water Management

Source: University of Minnesota Extension

Have your fields been drowned out or pummeled by hail? Here are some management options from University of Minnesota Extension.

Watch Out for Cutworms in Wet No-Tilled Fields

May 6, 2016 | Posted in Cover Crops, Crop Protection

Source: Michigan State University Extension

Black cutworms lay eggs on grassy weeds or cover crops, low-growing winter annuals and no-till crop residue, while armyworms are attracted to weedy corn fields, cover crops, grassy alfalfa stands and wheat fields.

Avoid Driving On Wet No-Till Fields

August 12, 2010 | Posted in Water Management

Source: Tom Bechman, Indiana Prairie Farmer

One advantage proponents of no-till have championed for years is getting on their no-till fields without making ruts long before their neighbors in conventional tillage can run. Sometimes there's a day's difference after a heavy rain. As it turns out, that's a mixed blessing.

Saturated Soils Don’t Slow No-Till

Learn how these Iowa no-tillers use no-till to keep planting right on schedule even after heavy spring rains.

By Julie Orchard posted on February 1, 1999 | Posted in Water Management

Heavy, springtime rain showers are all too common in Paul Thieschafer’s opinion. The Council Bluffs, Iowa, no-tiller knows only too well what havoc these rain clouds can bring to a timely planting schedule.

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