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Video of the Week: No-Till Field Resilient After 4-Inch Rainfall

By Noah Newman posted on December 12, 2024 | Posted in Water Management

Jimmy Emmons checks in from Oklahoma to show how his long-term no-till field held up after getting pounded by rain. Jimmy, take it away!

No-Till Improves Water Infiltration after 5-Inch Rainfall

By Noah Newman posted on May 21, 2024 | Posted in Water Management

Continuing the wet spring theme now from earlier in the show, veteran agronomist Ken Ferrie checks in from rain-soaked Illinois, where no-till is proving its worth on a field that received 5 inches of rain in less than 4 days.

Making Cover Crops & Strip-Till Work with 7 Inches of Rain

By Noah Newman posted on May 19, 2024 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

One guy who’d love to get some of this rain we’ve been talking about, is Robert Boyle. He only gets about 7 inches of rain out in Coolidge, Ariz. But that’s not stopping him from using cover crops and strip-till.

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[Video] 5 Inches of Rain Infiltrate Cover Crops in Less Than 24 Hours

By Michaela Paukner posted on May 18, 2024 | Posted in Cover Crops

No-Till Living Legend and 2024 Conservation Ag Operator Fellow Ray McCormick shows the water infiltration power of cover crops from one of his fields in Vincennes, Ind. The area received 5 inches of rain in mid-May the day before this video was taken.

#Plant24 Update: No-Tiller Deals with Challenging Spring

By Noah Newman posted on May 18, 2024 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

In southeastern Wisconsin, where longtime no-tiller Tyler Troiola just got almost 2 inches of rain in one day. Throw in a tractor glitch, and it’s been a challenging spring so far. But thanks to no-till, Tyler’s fields aren’t completely covered in puddles.

Evaluate Options If Making Delayed Preemergence Applications in Soybeans

May 10, 2023 | Posted in Crop Protection

Source: Iowa State University

Farmers should carefully evaluate their herbicide choices before spraying any planted soybean fields that didn’t get their preemergence (PRE) herbicide on ahead of the rain.

Determining Additional Nitrogen in a Historic Rainfall Season

June 28, 2019 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Source: Penn State Extension

With the increased amount of rain that we have experienced in this growing season, it is important to understand the considerations necessary to accurately make in-season nitrogen applications to corn, writes the Penn State Extension.

Mid to Late June Prevented Planting Decisions

June 18, 2019 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Source: Ohio State University Extension

Consistent rains across Ohio and the Corn Belt continue to delay planting progress, as the June 17 USDA Planting Progress report showed that 68% of intended corn acres and 50% of intended soybean acres have been planted in Ohio.

Soil Applied Herbicides and Rainfall for Activation

May 7, 2018

Source: Purdue University

When soil conditions are dry, herbicide molecules will remain closely associated with soil particles and not able to move into weed seedlings via mass flow processes.

How Temperature and Rain Can Affect Burndown Herbicides

April 30, 2018 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: University of Lincoln-Nebraska Extension

How weather affects these factors of herbicide performance.

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