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Reducing Tillage Improves Soil, Yields

December 19, 2019 | Posted in Precision Ag, Soil Health

By monitoring crops through machine learning and satellite data, Stanford scientists have found farms that till the soil less can increase yields of corn and soybeans and improve the health of the soil.

5 Best Practices for Late Fall Fertilizer Management

December 16, 2017 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Soil Health

Source: Minnesota Crop News

Five best practices tips for late fall fertilizer management to keep in mind.

Timing, Placement and Soil Testing Key to Preventing Phosphorus Losses

Edge-of-field monitoring on 17 farms in Wisconsin and Minnesota highlights the need for no-tillers to apply ‘P’ under the soil surface and sample soils at varying depths.

By John Dobberstein posted on June 10, 2017 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Water Management

Edge-of-field monitoring on 17 farms in Wisconsin and Minnesota highlights the need for no-tillers to apply ‘P’ under the soil surface and sample soils at varying depths.

Scientists Find Tillage Damages Earthworm Populations

June 5, 2017 | Posted in Soil Health, No-Till Farming 101

Source: University College Dublin

University College Dublin reports that conventional tillage is severely damaging earthworm populations around the world, and the deeper the soil is disturbed, the more harmful it is to earthworms.

Tillage Limits Early-Season Phosphorus

May 1, 2017 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Nutrient Management, Water Management

Source: Grainews

Tillage may get you in the field faster, but it also disrupts mycorrhizae fungi networks, which relay nutrients and compounds to plants, says Grainews.

Eliminate the Terms ‘Tillage’ and ‘No-Till’

April 7, 2017 | Posted in Soil Health, No-Till Farming 101

Would we not be better off to get rid of the terms tillage and no till and talk about soil management?

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Light Tillage Not the Answer

By Frank Lessiter posted on April 5, 2017

A few months back, Ohio State University agronomists produced a website article suggesting that no-tillers consider limited tillage. They felt numerous concerns with soil damage, weed control and disease pathogens and insects that survive on crop residue could be remedied with light tillage.

Throwback Thursday

This Month in No-Till History: National Soil Dynamics Lab Conducts First Test

April 5, 2017 | Posted in Soil Health, No-Till Farming 101

Source: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers

The world's first full-size laboratory designed to study the relationships between tillage tools and traction equipment, and various types of soils, conducted its first test 82 years ago this month.

Is the Plow Going Extinct?

January 3, 2017 | Posted in Equipment, No-Till Farming 101

Source: Kiplinger

Kiplinger predicts the moldboard plow will soon be an item that will disappear forever, as "modern farmers have little use for it."

No-Tillers Agree: Using Tillage to Remedy Problems is Not a Solution

December 10, 2016 | Posted in Crop Protection, Water Management, No-Till Farming 101

We weren't the only ones unhappy with Ohio State University Extension's suggestion to till no-till fields. Here are some of the responses we've seen from no-tillers and others who support the practice.

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2022 National No-Tillage Conference

Date: 01/04/22

Location: Louisville, KY

For more than a quarter of a century, the National No-Tillage Conference has been providing the practical tips and information you need to run a more successful no-till operation. In our 30th anniversary year, we’re ready to do it again as our event returns to beautiful downtown Louisville, Ky., at the legendary Galt House Hotel.

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