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A Fighter Pilot Strategy for No-Till Soil Health

How the Air Force OODA Loop four-step strategy can help you improve your soil.

September 7, 2023 | Posted in Soil Health

What do farmers and fighter pilots have in common? Each must operate complex machinery, adapt to unpredictable situations and make quality decisions.

Know Your Soils, Improve Their Quality to Help Soybean Fertility

Corn is usually the main focus of a grower’s fertility program, but no-tillers should pay just as much attention to their soybeans by knowing their soil quality and understanding nutrient availability.

By Laura Barrera posted on November 19, 2016 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Soil Health

Do you really need to fertilize your no-till soybeans? Can’t you just let them scavenge for what’s left in the soil after corn?

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10 Tips for Successful No-Till Production: No. 9

By Mark Watson posted on June 22, 2016 | Posted in Cover Crops, Residue Management, Water Management

No-tillers can harvest more moisture and ‘manage their bucket’ if they focus in improving soil organic matter and water-holding capacity on their farm.

Building Soil Knowledge: AAFC Creates Network of Monitoring Stations

May 28, 2015 | Posted in Soil Health, Water Management

Source: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

To really understand subtle changes in our planet — like moisture held in the topmost earth layer — and their impacts on agriculture and the environment, scientists have to know what is going on in our soils.

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Key Factors Impact No-Till

By Frank Lessiter posted on July 1, 2012

Profit is likely the most important factor that influences a grower’s decision to adopt conservation practices such as no-till. While numerous studies have shown higher yields and profits when moving away from extensive tillage practices, other studies have shown a reduction in yields when shifting to no-till.

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Last-Minute Planter Prep for No-Tillers & Strip-Tillers

On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Martin-Till, precision specialist Chad Baker, co-owner of Baker Precision Planter Works in Orangeville, Ill., helps a first-generation no-tiller with planter setup, and later encounters a couple problems with a strip-tiller’s new 24-row planter. Plus, veteran agronomist Brad Forkner checks in with a couple tips for farmers to keep in mind before they take the field.

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