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What I've Learned from No-Tilling

Equipment Changes, Cover Crops Prepare Soggy Soils for No-Tilling

Skip-generation farmer not afraid to try new methods & learn from failures

By Martha Mintz posted on January 26, 2024 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops, Soil Health

I admit, the first few years that I no-till drilled my crops, it sometimes felt like I was stuck with no-till as opposed to sticking with it.

No-Tillers Getting a Yield, Soil Health Boost from Intercropping

These Canadians growers tossed aside cold-weather, growing-season excuses and are interseeding diverse crops and covers to boost revenue and reduce financial risk.

By Angela Lovell posted on February 23, 2019 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Nutrient Management, Soil Health

Canadian no-tillers often complain their growing season is too short to add cover crops to their rotation or diversify their cash crops.

What I've Learned from No-Tilling

Willingness to Change Keeps No-Tillers in the Field

The Auer family keeps pushing their no-till legacy ahead with equipment adaptations and improved rotations to rejuvenate fields.

By Mitchell Auer posted on October 21, 2018 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Residue Management, Soil Health

My family farms on what is known as the Comanche Flats just northwest of Billings, Mont. As the name implies, the terrain is relatively level — in fact, the plow horses my great grandfather used to work the land were likely grateful for — so erosion isn’t a major concern for us.

Considerations When Harvesting Short Wheat

June 8, 2018 | Posted in Equipment, Residue Management

Source: Kansas State University Extension

Although it will be a rough wheat harvest for many Great Plains farmers this year, some changes in equipment can help maximize harvest efficiencies, says Kansas State University Extension.

Standing Crop Residue Can Reduce Snow Drifting and Increase Soil Moisture

February 8, 2017 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: Washington State University Extension

Tall standing stubble, achieved by harvesting with a stripper header and leaving stumble at full-crop height, can conserve water and reduce residue decomposition rates in the Palouse region, says a new study by Washington State University Extension.

No-Till Notes

10 Tips for Successful No-Till Production: No. 7

Focusing on rotations with high-residue crops will do the best job adding carbon into low organic-matter soils.

By Mark Watson posted on May 25, 2016 | Posted in Residue Management, Soil Health

We found out this spring how important continually adding carbon into our soil is here in western Nebraska. With our somewhat low organic-matter content soil we really need to continually grow high-residue crops a high percentage of the time to keep the soil in good condition.

No-Till Notes

10 Tips For Successful No-Till Production: No. 6

By Mark Watson posted on May 11, 2016 | Posted in Residue Management, Soil Health

Stripper headers, chaff spreaders and crop rotations can help no-tillers improve residue management without resorting to iron.

No-Till Notes

10 Tips for Successful No-Till Production: No. 4 and 5

Adding field peas prior to wheat adds diversity to no-till rotation, which breaks up weed and disease cycles and reduces long-term fallow.

By Mark Watson posted on April 27, 2016 | Posted in Crop Protection, Nutrient Management

I’ve been discussing 10 tips for successful no-till crop production and thus far I’ve covered choosing a good crop rotation, winter wheat as the most important crop for supplying a consistent amount of residue to make the rest of the crop rotation function, and utilizing a stripper head to manage this residue.

No-Till Notes

10 Tips for Successful No-Till Production: No. 2 and 3

Nurturing a productive winter wheat crop, and using a stripper header to process residue, can help protect no-tilled fields and profits.

By Mark Watson posted on April 13, 2016 | Posted in Residue Management, Soil Health

Recently I started off my 10 tips to successful no-till crop production with a discussion on crop rotations. I feel this is the most important consideration on your farm. Designing a crop rotation f will affect your bottom line, weed and disease cycles, and your farm’s performance well into the future. Take plenty of time each year and assess your rotation and improvements you can make in designing your rotation.

8 Areas To Focus On For Higher Wheat Yields

Residue management, proper seeding rates, timely nitrogen applications and scouting for diseases are some of the keys to pushing no-till wheat yields to worthwhile levels

By Dan Zinkland posted on May 1, 2010 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Crop Protection, Residue Management

From the Pacific Northwest to the Great Plains to the Eastern Corn Belt, no-tillers John Aeschliman, Dan Forgey, Allen Dean and Romey Bardwell grow different varieties of dryland wheat in different soils in areas receiving vastly different amounts of rain.

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Equipment Changes, Cover Crops Prepare Soggy Soils for No-Tilling

No-Tillers Getting a Yield, Soil Health Boost from Intercropping

Willingness to Change Keeps No-Tillers in the Field

Considerations When Harvesting Short Wheat

Standing Crop Residue Can Reduce Snow Drifting and Increase Soil Moisture

10 Tips for Successful No-Till Production: No. 7

10 Tips For Successful No-Till Production: No. 6

10 Tips for Successful No-Till Production: No. 4 and 5

10 Tips for Successful No-Till Production: No. 2 and 3

8 Areas To Focus On For Higher Wheat Yields

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