For the Illinois Corn Precision Conservation Management program's recent data analysis, no-till emerged as a consistently profitable choice with an average yield of 219 bushels per acre over the past eight years, despite lower power and direct costs.
Alex Frasier remembers taking naps as a little kid in the tractor while his dad Jayme was driving around, working the field. Fast forward to 2024 and the Faulkton, S.D., no-tiller is working with his dad on the farm, interseeding cover crops into no-till soybeans with Jayme’s blessing.
Alec Amundson and a group of five other cooperators decided to test if later maturing soybeans could offset some of the yield decline seen when planting green and delaying cover crop termination.
Grazing is considered by many to be the final step in the “holy grail” of soil health, but for some no-tillers, it can be the most daunting step to take.
If you talk about plant nutrition with no-tillers who are setting yield records, it’s likely that they’ll quickly mention getting the basics right and then paying close attention to the little things.
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On this edition of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by CultivAce, Gregg Sanford, Wisconsin Integrated Cropping Systems Trial manager, reveals how no-till is stacking up to other major systems in year 34 of the trial.
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