No-Till Farmer editors encounter a variety of articles, social media posts, podcasts and videos that offer a unique look at the grower's world from the lofty digital realm. Here is our favorite content from the past week from across the web:
- Planting No-Till Soybeans with a Fendt Momentum Planter
- No-Tiller Watches His Neighbor’s Soil & Organic Matter Blowing Away
- “There's No Better Time to be a No-Till Farmer”
- New Studies for No-Tillers from Beck’s Hybrids in 2024
- Root, Root Root for the … Dairy Daddies?
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Planting No-Till Soybeans with a Fendt Momentum Planter
In this video from Farmhand Mike, Mike Less is out in a field south of Greenville, Ohio with a local farm that is planting their 2024 soybean crop and running their Challenger MT765C Tractor pulling a Fendt Momentum 32 row planter. The planter has 32 row units on 15 inch spacing and is planting a 40 foot wide swath each pass.
No-Tiller Watches His Neighbor’s Soil & Organic Matter Blowing Away
In this video, an organic no-tiller films as a nearby farmer tills his field and a cloud of dust follows behind on a windy day.
“There's No Better Time to be a No-Till Farmer”
A new 45Z tax credit plan means that farmers can expect biofuel plants to offer a premium for reducing carbon intensity through no-till. Director of conservation for the Iowa Soybean Association says there is no better time to be a no-tiller.
New Studies for No-Tillers from Beck’s Hybrids in 2024
In this video from Beck’s Hybrids, learn about a handful of the agronomic studies and trials that will take place this growing season across 10 different states. This includes corn studies on planter omission, starter fertilizer planting dates and fungicide carrier rates as well as soybean studies on gauge wheels, insecticide application and much more.
Root, Root Root for the … Dairy Daddies?
The Wall Street Journal recently reported on the Danville Dairy Daddies, a newly formed collegiate summer league baseball franchise in Danville, Va. The squad, and its mascot, McCreamy, pay homage to Virginia’s dairy trade and agribusiness community. Its debut is later this month, and one of the upcoming promotions includes “Teat Tuggin’ Thursday.”
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Best of the Web This Week is brought to you by GBGI Inc.
Maximize yield and eliminate costly downtime with GBGI’s planter row unit wear parts. The durable material and unique processes that we use to craft our American made products will ensure that planters spend more time in the field and less time in the shop. We are a family-owned business that takes pride in the support we are able to offer growers and dealers alike.
