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No-Till Movement In U.S. Continues To Grow

The most recent Census of Agriculture found no-tilled acres in the U.S. reached a new high of 96 million acres in 2012, but experts say obstacles remain to more consistent adoption of the practice.

By John Dobberstein posted on August 1, 2014 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101

Nearly 35% of cropland acres in the U.S. are no-tilled and more than 10 million acres of cover crops have been seeded across the country.

'Nation That Destroys Its Soil Destroys Itself'

By Darrell Bruggink posted on June 6, 2012 | Posted in Soil Health, Water Management

Theodore Roosevelt once said, “The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.”

No-Tillers Avoid Costly Machinery 'Fight'

As farm machinery costs continue their never-ending upward spiral, a 400-acre farmer can trim his equipment investment by $128.05 per acre with no-till.

July 1, 2011 | Posted in Equipment

With ever-rising farm machinery costs, the squeeze is certainly on farmers to come up with new ways to cut their investment in tractors, implements and combines.

No-Tillers Avoid Costly Machinery ‘Fight’

As farm machinery costs continue their never-ending upward spiral, a 400-acre farmer can trim his equipment investment by $128.05 per acre with no-till.

July 1, 2011

With every rising farm machinery costs, the squeeze is certainly on farmers to come up with new ways to cut their investment in tractors, implements and combines.

Prevented Planting Impact In N.D.: $1.1 Billion

July 1, 2011 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Source: North Dakota State Univ.

The direct financial impact to North Dakota's farmers of prevented planted acres in 2011 is estimated at $1.1 billion, according to Dwight Aakre, North Dakota State University Extension Service farm management specialist.

Survey: Acreage Battle Just Beginning

January 5, 2011 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Source: Farm Futures Magazine

Good prices for all crops make farmers reluctant to change historic rotations.

Elusive Strip-Till Market, Acreage Defined

3.6 million acres of corn were strip-tilled in 2007, a No-Till Farmer survey revealed.

By Mike Lessiter posted on May 1, 2008 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming

It's clear from the introductions at farm shows over the last few years that strip-till is growing in use.

No-Till 24 Hours A Day, Accurately

Big no-till acreages with a short seeding window of opportunity call for big capacity equipment.

By Frank Lessiter posted on July 1, 2005 | Posted in Equipment

Because of a small window of opportunity for spring seeding, western Canada no-tillers are investing in large capacity equipment to get drilling and spraying done in a hurry.

No-Till Expands By 7.1 Million Acres

U.S. cropped acres being no-tilled grew from 20 percent in 2002 to almost 23 percent this year.

December 1, 2004 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

While some growers and educators figured the U.S. no-till acreage might have decreased during the past 2 years, it instead turned in an astounding increase of 7.1 million acres. Much of the increase occurred in the Great Plains states where no-till is helping growers make more productive use of limited water.

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More Say “No” To Tillage

By Frank Lessiter posted on January 1, 2001 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

For the first time ever, no-till acres in the United States have broken the 50 million acre mark. The results shown in the No-Till-Age chart at left indicate farmers no-tilled 50,787,792 acres last year.

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No-Till Legend Concerned About Corn Profits in 2024

On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Martin Till, Vincennes, Ind., no-tiller Ray McCormick explains why it’s going to be tough to “not lose a lot of money this year” on corn. Plus, we ask our readers, “On a scale of 1-10, how concerned are you about drought this year?” Hear why some farmers are worried, and why others aren’t very worried at all.

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