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USDA: Save $17 Per Acre on Fuel By Switching to No-Till

November 29, 2022 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101

Source: USDA

By transitioning from continuous conventional tillage to continuous no-till, a farmer can save just over $17 per acre each year in fuel costs.

Committing to Strip-Till Transforms High Plains Farm

Harold Grall credits good records, strip-till and new technology for his ability to double his farm size while cutting fuel and irrigation water.

By Dan Crummett posted on April 16, 2016

Harold Grall already had extensive experience growing corn and grain sorghum in the Texas Panhandle when he bought out his mentor, Dale Coleman, and started farming on his own in 1994. At that time, he was farming 3,700 acres of High Plains silt-clay loam just north of Dumas, Texas, and was committed to ridge-till and furrow irrigation.

Reducing Soybean Production Costs

September 26, 2015 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Source: South Dakota State University Extension

Calculating the breakeven cost of production is critical for soybean growers, says South Dakota State University Extension. The two areas that will have the highest impact on operating costs are saving fuel and selecting the right soybean seeds.

Perfecting And Expanding A Mature No-Till System

Building on his father’s no-till success, Kevin Trunnell is improving herbicide programs and reducing tillage in vegetable production.

By Martha Mintz posted on April 1, 2012 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101, Crop Protection

A father-son team in Kentucky with more than four decades of no-till experience is still finding ways to put conservation tillage to good use.

No-Till Savings No Longer ‘Chicken Feed’

Due to a tremendous increase in the price of diesel fuel, actual fuel-cost savings for no-tilling have shot up 606% in the past 15 years.

June 1, 2011

Treat the savings in fuel consumption per acre by switching to less tillage alone and you’ve definitely got a substantial savings.

Oregon Approving Tax Credits for No-Till Drills

January 21, 2011 | Posted in Equipment

Source: By Stephanie Page, Oregon Department of Agriculture

The Oregon Business Energy Tax Credit Program provides a 35 percent tax credit for a variety of on-farm energy efficiency projects, now including no-till drills.

Fuel Cost Increases... Pennies Vs. Dollars

If you wished you’d topped off your diesel fuel tank last fall, how do you think neighbors who work their ground feel?

By Frank Lessiter posted on May 1, 2000 | Posted in Equipment

The math is pretty simple.

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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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