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What I've Learned from No-Tilling

Getting by with Less is Giving this No-Tiller More to Cheer About

Reducing tillage, slashing nitrogen, cutting seed treatments and opting for untraited corn have savings adding up and profits peaking.

By Martha Mintz posted on May 1, 2022 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops, Equipment, Nutrient Management, Soil Health

I wanted to no-till. I would search out no-till planters online or in classified ads and just wish. But with only 240 acres, I just couldn’t justify the expense — at least not until a supportive friend stepped in.

Putting 60-Inch Corn to the Test

Jack Boyer, a Reinbeck, Iowa, no-till innovator, discovered 60-inch corn can prove profitable for livestock grazing.

By Michaela Paukner posted on November 5, 2021 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops, Crop Protection

BY GIVING UP a few bushels of corn, no-tillers who raise livestock can come out ahead financially by planting and grazing 60-inch rows, says Jack Boyer, a Reinbeck, Iowa, no-tiller.

Capturing Sunlight, Building Carbon with Strip Cropping and Interseeding

A continual search for a more profitable bottom line led this Wisconsin strip-tiller to embrace no-till, interseeded covers and alternative row spacing.

By Julia Gerlach posted on November 5, 2020 | Posted in Crop Protection, Nutrient Management, Soil Health

A LONG-TIME strip-tiller, Marty Weiss has been conservation-minded for years. But he’s taken inspiration from the recent widespread focus on soil health and in the past few years tackled several new practices, including no-till, strip cropping, interseeding cover crops in both 30-inch and 60-inch corn, planting green and even seeding covers for regenerative grazing.

Improving Profitability by Interseeding Wide-Row Corn with Cover Crops

July 31, 2020 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops

Wide-spaced corn rows paired with cover crops for foraging is being tested across the country to see if a wider solar corridor can lead to bottom line benefits. Preliminary results from the University of Minnesota are showing improved economic and ecological outcomes for four Minnesota farmers.

Opening Up Opportunities No-Tilling 60-Inch Corn

While yield benefits are a work in progress, growers say interseeding wide-row corn produces high amounts of cover crop biomass and nitrogen.

By Julia Gerlach posted on February 28, 2020 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops, Nutrient Management, Soil Health

Good ideas have a way of resurfacing, even if “progress” seems to have left the ideas far in the past.

Maximizing Solar Efficiency for Higher Profits, Better Soil Health

Gaston, Ind., no-tiller Jason Mauck captures maximum sunlight and carbon through relay intercropping cash crops and cover crops and integrating manure.

By Julia Gerlach posted on February 21, 2020 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops, Equipment, Nutrient Management, Soil Health

Gaston, Ind., no-tiller Jason Mauck captures maximum sunlight and carbon through relay intercropping cash crops and cover crops and integrating manure.

What Caught Your Eye in 2018?

These summaries show the most-viewed content for 2018 on the No-Till Farmer website, revealing the hunger no-tillers and strip-tillers have for more information and insights into cutting-edge agricultural practices and equipment.

By Julia Gerlach posted on January 1, 2019 | Posted in Cover Crops, Equipment, Soil Health

With the ringing in of the New Year, the editors of No-Till Farmer took the opportunity to look back on 2018 to see what content grabbed the attention of digital readers.

[Video] 60-Inch Corn: Fact or Fiction?

September 17, 2018 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops, Nutrient Management

Researcher Bob Recker explains the benefits and challenges of planting, fertilizing and harvesting 60-inch corn, along with considerations for combatting weed pressure.

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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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