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Microbial Activity Proves Crucial for No-Till Soils

By Mackane Vogel posted on August 9, 2024 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Many of the same factors that impact a crop’s growth also impact microbial activity. Soil type is one example that can influence microbial activity. Things like the pH levels, moisture levels and oxygenation of your soil are direct influences for crop growth and microbial activity.

Fertilizer Labels: What You See Is Not Always What You Get

By Mackane Vogel posted on October 26, 2023 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Soil Health

Ensuring that your crops are rich in nutrients like Nitrogen (N), Phosphorus (P) and Potassium (K) is a crucial aspect of a healthy farm. But oftentimes, most of the N, P and K applied to the soil is never absorbed by the crop and does not have a chance to improve crop performance.

Reducing Fertilizer Costs with Microbes & Healthy Soil

Holganix President of Agriculture Dave Stark sits down with regenerative ag consultants Nick Vos & John Weseman to discuss soil microbes & soil health as it relates to fertilizer usage.

By Mackane Vogel posted on March 6, 2023 | Posted in Nutrient Management

No-tillers often struggle with losing a large portion of their applied fertilizer. With soil microbes, farmers can increase the efficiency of the fertilizer in their systems and cut back on costs.

[Video] A Cost Cutting Mentality Reaps Strip-Till Rewards

September 4, 2020 | Posted in Equipment, Nutrient Management

Erosion control and banded nutrient placement are a couple of the reasons New Prague, Minn., strip-tiller Greg Entinger adopted strip-till in 2015. He shares some of the economic objectives and measurable returns he's seen with reduced fuel usage, selling full-width tillage equipment and fertilizer cost savings.

6th Annual Strip-Till Operational Practices Benchmark Study

Cover Cropping Adoption Reaches New High Among Strip-Tillers

Cereal rye remains most popular variety, while drilling in covers is most popular method and post-harvest seeding is preferred timing.

By Jack Zemlicka posted on July 24, 2019 | Posted in Cover Crops, Nutrient Management, Seeding & Planting, Strip-Till Farming

Results of the 6th Annual Strip-Till Operational Practices Benchmark study, evaluating 2018 cropping practices, underscored strip-tillers’ stability in an unstable ag market.

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Kinze Innovation Day Showcases No-Till, Strip-Till Equipment

On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Titan International, a big piece of equipment is unveiled at the Kinze Product Innovation Day in Williamsburg, Iowa.

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