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Top 10 Lessons about Soil Fertility

Doug Miller, vice president of Midwest Bio-Tech, discusses 10 lessons he has learned about the interaction of soil fertility and microbial activity over 40 years.
By Emily Schultz posted on August 11, 2022 | Posted in Residue Management, Nutrient Management, Soil Health
Certain lessons about microbiology can only be learned under unusual conditions, says Doug Miller. The vice president of Midwest Bio-Tech, founded in 1981, shared some of these lessons, learned over the past 4 decades, in a recent webinar hosted on www.No-TillFarmer.com.
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[Podcast] Managing Soil Biology for Faster Crop Residue Breakdown

In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Topcon Agriculture, we are joined by Doug Miller from Midwest Bio-Tech who provides an in-depth look into the science behind residue breakdown
By Darrell Bruggink posted on October 12, 2017 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101, Residue Management, Soil Health
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Topcon Agriculture, we are joined by Doug Miller from Midwest Bio-Tech who provides an in-depth look into the science behind residue breakdown
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Power of Legumes, Part 3

Five fields sampled for biological diversity and measured with the Phospholipid Fatty Acid (PFLA) test showed some interesting results.
By Mark Watson posted on December 23, 2015 | Posted in Cover Crops, Nutrient Management, Soil Health
On our farm we sampled five fields for biological activity this fall. We waited to sample the fields until the middle of September. The reason we waited was to get some rain so we could get our probe in the ground. We also figured moisture may increase the amount of biological activity.
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No-Tillers Ready to Make Slight Cuts with Fertilizer

After increasing per-acre spends on fertilizer in 2014, no-tillers will try to trim expenditures mostly through cuts to soybean applications.
By Darrell Bruggink posted on April 17, 2015 | Posted in Crop Protection, Nutrient Management, Soil Health
Year after year, fertilizer is the big gorilla in the room when it comes to farm expenditures. In 2014, the readers of No-Till Farmer spent an average of $85,513 per farm to feed their crops — far outpacing the average of $69,732 spent on average, per farm, for land rent.
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[Webinar] Restoring Soil Health in Troubled Fields

February 26, 2015 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101, Soil Health
So what do you do when you have a field that underperforms and its soil is in dire need of being rejuvenated? While no-till might be a good start, reduced tillage is only part of the plan for restoring the productivity of farmland. Doug Miller, agronomist and vice president of Midwest Bio-Tech shares a look into a real-life, soil-reclamation example that will help you understand how improved soil biological activity impacts the productivity of farmland. [To view any of our webinar replays, you must be logged in with a free user account.]
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