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Twin Rows, Covers and Chicken Litter Complete an Evolving No-Till System

The Kutzes have continually tweaked their equipment and practices to achieve a level of production they didn’t think was possible.

By Laura Barrera posted on October 29, 2016 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Equipment

About 10 years ago, Dennis and John Kutz needed to trade planters and decided it was time to try something new. So the Fort Atkinson, Wis., father-and-son operation purchased a 12-row Great Plains planter and gave 30-inch twin rows a try.

New Incentive Helps Growers Give 20-Inch Twin Rows a Try

Even narrower rows and twin rows may be important to get average corn yields over the 300-bushel-per-acre mark.

By Frank Lessiter posted on May 13, 2015 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Equipment

An Iowa seed company believes enough in the benefits of growing twin-row corn with new hybrids that are better suited to extremely high plant populations that it’s offering a unique cost-saving equipment incentive this year to growers.

Twin-Row Corn Sees Small Yield Bump

April 29, 2010 | Posted in Cover Crops

Twin-row corn is becoming more of an attractive production practice for growers across the Midwest, but the jury is still out in Ohio on its yield potential, according to Ohio State University Extension research.

Cutting-Edge Planting And Seeding Equipment

Options, flexibility and precision are hallmarks of the new planters and drills unveiled at the 2009 Farm Progress and Big Iron shows

By Phil Needham posted on February 1, 2010 | Posted in Equipment, Precision Agriculture

The rapid rise in the cost of seed and fertilizer in the past year served as a wake-up call for no-tillers, reminding them that controlling input costs is often the difference between being profitable or not.

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Continuing Education Helps Make Transition To No-Till Seamless

During a 3-year transition to twin-row silage corn, alfalfa, double-cropped wheat/soybeans and cover crops, these Pennsylvania no-tillers have seen steady yield increases and soil improvement.

By Eugene Lapp and Ron Ross posted on April 1, 2009 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101

We live in an area of Lancaster County, Pa., where small dairy farms of 50 to 60 cows are common and fields are small. Many of the farms are Amish-owned, where real horses provide the power.

7 Tips To Strip-Till Right The First Time

By Darrell Bruggink posted on January 1, 2009 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming

Tony Anderson says his Uncle Ewing gave him a good lesson about farming years ago that every strip-tiller should adhere to.

Twin-Row Corn Provides Boost

Modified John Deere planter allows no-tillers to plant rows 8 inches apart on 30-inch spacings.

By Darrell Bruggink posted on October 1, 2008 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Making the transition to no-till was a big step for Lapp Brothers Farms in making their soils more productive. But to get even more yield and tonnage out of corn silage meant taking a narrower view.

Residue Management Drives Corn Head Developments

The trend to continuous corn, twin-row corn and Bt hybrids is shifting the task of managing increased residue to the corn head.

By Dave Kanicki posted on February 1, 2008 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Residue Management

It used to be that the primary task of a corn head was to harvest corn: separate the ear from the stalk with as little grain loss as possible, while collecting as little trash as possible, says Marion Calmer, a no-till farmer with Calmer Corn Heads in Alpha, Ill. But as growers look to better integrate field operations, the corn head is playing an increasingly important role in managing crop residue as well.

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