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No-Till, Meticulous Management Make the Most of Tough Soils

By Chris Torres posted on February 5, 2024 | Posted in Cover Crops, Equipment

Source: Farm Progress

Pennsylvania no-tiller utilizes single-disc openers, cover crops, grass waterways and other conservation practices to adjust to the heavy clay soils and tough conditions of a new location.

Lemken Brings South African Equalizer No-Till Drill to North America

By Scott Garvey posted on January 17, 2024 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Source: Grainews

Hoping for a full-scale product launch in 2025, Lemken brings the Equalizer no-till drill to Canada to begin testing its capabilities on various soil-types.

Finding Success with No-Tilled Sugarbeets

Cooler soils, moisture retention, better emergence and more sugar content and tonnage are just some of the reasons Greg Schlemmer is going all-in on no-tilling sugarbeets.

By John Dobberstein posted on November 28, 2018 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Soil Health, Water Management

It’s not uncommon to see farmers in Montana disc rip, plow, roll, level and ridge their fields to raise sugarbeets — even ridging a second time if wind or storms either flatten or wash away the ridges.

Conservation Keeping Growers Competitive on Heavy, Wet Soils

The Baileys are seeing yields comparable to their conventional tillage neighbors with no-till while protecting soil and saving on additional equipment expenses.

By Laura Barrera posted on August 20, 2016 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Equipment

GROWING UP on the family farm in Louisville, Ill., Randy Bailey thought the way to farm was to hire labor, have a lot of tractors, discs and rollers and work the land.

But in the 1980s, just after he graduated high school and took over the farm, the Farm Crisis hit and the equity on his land flipped upside down. After hearing retired University of Illinois agronomist Mike Plumer speak at a Farm Bureau meeting about no-till, he decided to give it a try.

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On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Martin Industries, Vincennes, Ind., no-tiller Ray McCormick explains why it’s going to be tough to “not lose a lot of money this year” on corn. Plus, we ask our readers, “On a scale of 1-10, how concerned are you about drought this year?” Hear why some farmers are worried, and why others aren’t very worried at all.

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