Nearly every year, farmers ask how to calculate damages caused to no-till fields by utility construction or maintenance projects so reimbursement can be requested.
Judging from the number of articles and discussions threads on the Web about vertical tillage, it’s clear that no-tillers still have lots of questions about what the practice is.
Strip-tilled corn grown in rotation with soybeans yielded more than corn grown in fields that were plowed, according to a 25-year sub-surface field drainage conducted by Ohio State University.
Farmers may be facing more compaction issues than usual this spring. Randall Reeder, an Ohio State University Extension agricultural engineer, said that no-till farmers may be better off than others.
Many no-till corn and soybean growers are harvesting record crops. However, they may be facing compaction issues because of saturated soils at harvest. "Many farmers will be unable to get back in their fields after harvest," said Randall Reeder, an Ohio State University Extension agricultural engineer. "Many fields have ruts and severe compaction issues."
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