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Can a Fertilizer Spreader Replace a Drill or Planter When No-Tilling Soybeans?

With extremely wet conditions, this veteran no-tiller is looking at “spinning” soybeans into a living cover crop.

By Frank Lessiter posted on February 24, 2022 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops, Equipment

While he’s been no-tilling and using cover crops for over two decades, traditional cropping ideas haven’t always worked for Frank Martin when soil conditions turn extremely wet in the spring. As a result, the Hallsville, Mo., no-tiller is looking at trying a different soybean seeding idea on his poorly-drained clay pan soils this spring.

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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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