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Correcting Nutrient Issues with Real-World Soil Tests

Neal Kinsey breaks down real soil test reports, offers recommendations for correcting nutrient imbalances and adds what no-tillers should consider with their own soil test results.

By Laura Barrera posted on September 2, 2022 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Neal Kinsey has heard some people say that the purpose of a soil test is just to point you in the right direction.

Micro, Secondary Macro Rates Up in Latest NTF Benchmark

By Frank Lessiter posted on March 3, 2022 | Posted in Nutrient Management

With higher fertilizer prices, it appears that many no-tillers are taking a closer look at how nutrients other than nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium can help keep no-till soybean yields at a high level.

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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High Yields Help No-Tillers Stay in the Black

Even as grain prices continued their slide, 8 in 10 no-tillers had a profitable 2014, and most plan to keep investing.

By John Dobberstein posted on April 17, 2015 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Soil Health

Even though commodity prices have fallen from historic highs, it hasn’t stopped U.S. no-tillers from innovating and staying profitable.

Copper Keys Plant Function, But Watch Out For Toxicity

Essential in all plants but needed only in small doses, no-tillers must identify a crop’s proper copper need to protect cell development and grain production.

By Claire Keyes posted on July 1, 2014 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Soil Health

While copper is present in most U.S. soils, it is often tied up and unavailable to plants. It’s an essential micronutrient involved in many cellular reactions in plant cells. But at high levels, copper can be detrimental to plant development.

What I've Learned from No-Tilling

Accepting and Conquering the No-Till Challenge

Advanced equipment, tiling and healthy soils help veteran Ohio no-tiller Keith Kemp in his quest for 300-bushel corn and 100-bushel soybeans.

By Keith Kemp and Martha Mintz posted on December 1, 2013 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101, Equipment, Nutrient Management

"No-Till fascinates me. It appeals to the part of my personality that likes a challenge."

High Nitrogen Rates Increase Micronutrient Uptake, Storage In Corn

November 1, 2013 | Posted in Nutrient Management

A Purdue University study shows that high-yielding, modern corn hybrids take up not only more nitrogen from soil but more micronutrients such as zinc, iron, manganese and copper. Nitrogen fertilizer rates also influence how much of these nutrients are stored in the grain at harvest.

Double-Digit Yield Boosts Seen With Fertilizer Additive

With prices higher than ever, corn and soybeans are meriting more top-end yield-producing products and fertility management.

By Martha Mintz posted on December 1, 2012 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Getting an extra bushel or two of yield is well worth the effort and investment these days — and a double-digit boost is like hitting the lottery.

Better No-Till Soils Require A ‘Balancing Act’

No-tillers should ensure farm ground is healthy and biologically active before turning to biological amendments, says a veteran no-till consultant.

By John Dobberstein posted on July 1, 2012 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Soil Health

When no-tillers are struggling to climb over a plateau in their crop yields, their first step should be finding out what’s happening with the nutrient balance and biological activity in their fields.

What I've Learned from No-Tilling

5 Factors Help No-Tiller Come Out Ahead

Watching weather conditions at critical growing points, and annual soil testing, has helped Doug Goehring succeed at no-till.

By Doug Goehring posted on December 1, 2011 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101, Crop Protection, Water Management

Sometimes it's not the hybrid, it’s the farmer or subtle weather conditions that are the reason yields weren’t the best that they could be. Too many times, I see producers abandon a perfectly good hybrid or variety without understanding why it performed the way it did that season.

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On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by CultivAce, we talk to East Troy, Wis., no-tiller Jim Stute as he wraps up corn harvest. Stute reflects on a challenging year and shares how he was able to conserve moisture with cereal rye.

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