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SARE Grant Aids Farmer in Using Drones to Test N Applications

October 24, 2017 | Posted in Equipment

Source: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Crop Watch

A drone outfitted with infrared sensors was flown weekly over the field trials gathering information to calculate optimal in-season nitrogen.

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The Financial Cost of Erosion

By Laura Barrera posted on April 13, 2015 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101, Soil Health, Water Management

Newell Kitchen, a soil scientist with the USDA-Agricultural Research Service in Columbia, Mo., talks about how he and colleagues saw a relationship between yield productivity and erosion on a field they were studying.

Study Shows No Damage to Soils from Cover Crop Grazing

February 12, 2015 | Posted in Cover Crops, Soil Health

A 7-year USDA study found that relatively low-level grazing does not compact the soil or significantly affect the amount of soil organic matter.

Multiple Bt Toxins Not a Panacea for Preventing Pest Resistance

January 21, 2015 | Posted in Crop Protection

Source: University of Arizona

Overly optimistic assumptions about transgenic crops that produce two or more Bt toxins active against the same pest can lead to inadequate strategies for delaying evolution of pest resistance, says University of Arizona.

29 Reasons Why Many Growers Are Harvesting Higher No-Till Yields in Their Fields Than Some University Scientists Find In Research Plots

By Frank Lessiter posted on January 12, 2015

In the December 2014 issue of No-Till Farmer, we looked at a recent worldwide analysis of over 5,000 side-by-side tillage system observations in 610 peer-reviewed studies.

Tips For No-Tilling ‘Lean And Green’

No-tillers who do their own onfarm research can harvest the data needed to make better decisions about their farm systems and inputs.

By John Dobberstein posted on December 1, 2012 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101, Nutrient Management

One way no-tillers can make their farms more profitable is to put their management decisions under a closer microscope and determine if they’re making the right choices about fertilizers, hybrids/varieties, row spacing or equipment

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70 Times Less No-Till Runoff

By Frank Lessiter posted on June 1, 2011 | Posted in Water Management

Winter wheat is the main crop in the Pacific Northwest and growers normally seed around 2.2 million acres every fall. Yet year after year, an average of anywhere from 1.3 to 22.3 tons of silt loam soil erodes from every acre that is in wheat production.

No-Till Versus Organic Debate Heating Up, Lines Being Drawn

No-till supporters acknowledge increasing public sentiment for organic farming but say science, despite faulty research, still shows that no-till is better.

By Ron Perszewski posted on November 1, 2007 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Nutrient Management

Shots are being fired in what could conceivably grow into a battle between no-tillers and organic farmers for federal funding and consumer food dollars. Both sides are claiming the high ground for their path to sustainable, profitable farming, and no-tillers aren’t backing down as organic farming advocates gain a foothold with the general population and even an occasional researcher.

No-Tillers More Profitable Than Conventional Farmers

Long-term economic study of Kansas farmers shows how controlling costs provides consistent bottom-line results.

September 1, 2007 | Posted in Equipment

No-tillers earn more profit than other farmers, on average, according to research at Kansas State University.

Forget What You've Learned About Applied Nitrogen Rates!

Researcher says the widely accepted proven yield method of determining application rates has little connection to corn yields.

By Ron Perszewski posted on May 1, 2006 | Posted in Nutrient Management

The current standard for determining nitrogen application rates is way off course, according to Richard Mulvaney, a soil scientist at the University of Illinois.

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