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New Tool Offers For Measuring Soil Organic Matter Content

February 28, 2014 | Posted in Soil Health
Source: Ohio State University

Researchers with Ohio State University's College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences have developed a new tool that allows farmers to easily predict soil organic matter content and can help them make decisions about whether or not to sell crop residue.


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Dare to Compare

This farmer matches his conversation system to varying soil types
By Susan K. Davis posted on November 1, 2006 | Posted in Equipment, Soil Health
Tim Manchester was nonchalantly looking over yield maps when the clusters of dots representing yields glowed as brightly as a K-Mart blue light special.
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Strip-Till Offers Consistency With Heavy Clay Soils

A need for better corn stands led these brothers to strip-till
By Susan K. Davis posted on October 1, 2006 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming
Source: 2006-10-01
Strip-tillage intrigued Todd and Greg Gustin of Washington Court House, Ohio. For several years, the brothers curiously watched their neighbor’s strip-till bar travel through the fields, the corn emerge quickly and the resulting higher yields.
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Use Deep Zone-Tillage To Farm Vertically

Higher yields can result from getting crop roots to grow deeper in your no-tilled fields.
By Lynn Grooms posted on August 1, 2003 | Posted in Seeding & Planting
"If you want to double the size of your farm, farm vertically,” says Ray Rawson. The developer of several pieces of zone tillage equipment and a no-till corn and soybean producer from Farwell, Mich., for many years has taken the time to look beneath the soil surface. The result has been higher yields on his own and and many other farms.
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