Continuous corn - Articles

Ray Kinsella Had Bigger Problems Than Hearing Voices

No-Till Farmer’s Mike Lessiter shares recent observations on the Field of Dreams site in Dyersville, Iowa.

By Mike Lessiter posted on July 7, 2022

Next month, the Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds will “emerge from the cornstalks” in Dyersville, Iowa for Major League Baseball’s now-annual “Field of Dreams” game.

Increasing Diversity and Reducing Costs with Cereal Rye, Manure

No-tillers from Perrysville, Ohio, utilize manure from their 650-cow dairy to maintain high yielding double crops, and feed for their herd.

By Sarah Hill posted on February 28, 2022 | Posted in Cover Crops, Nutrient Management, Soil Health

A lot can change in 30 years. In the early 1990s, Perrysville, Ohio, brothers Steve and Carl Ayers were adopting no-till and cover crops on 700 acres of continuous corn on their 650-cow dairy operation, creating a standard for other growers in the area to emulate.

Rotate Crops, Add Covers for Healthier Soil Microbial Populations

June 18, 2020 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Soil Health

Source: Phys.org

Soil microbes are living, working barometers of soil health. Farm management decisions affect these microscopic workhorses, but, until now, scientists didn't have a full picture of how crop rotation and tillage influence the soil microbiome, say researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Making Continuous Corn Work

November 19, 2019 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Residue Management

Source: Iowa State University

Yield drag is widely associated with continuous corn as a result of the cooler and wetter soils, nitrogen (N) immobilization, increased disease risk, and allelopathy which often result from high corn residue volume. Follow these tips from Iowa State University for the best possible corn-on-corn results.

[Podcast] Ending Continuous Corn Yield Penalties with Better Residue, Agronomic Management

In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Manufacturing, we're joined by University of Illinois crop physiology research assistant Alison Vogel who will discuss how accelerating residue degradation and nutrient cycling is necessary to maximize yield potential when no-tilling continuous corn.

By John Dobberstein posted on December 13, 2018 | Posted in Residue Management, Nutrient Management

In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Manufacturing, we're joined by University of Illinois crop physiology research assistant Alison Vogel who will discuss how accelerating residue degradation and nutrient cycling is necessary to maximize yield potential when no-tilling continuous corn.

Making No-Till Work with Continuous Corn and Manure

Despite an abundance of residue and 3 million gallons of liquid cattle manure to inject, the Meiers are seeing success with no-till and learning how to add cover crops to the system.

By Laura Barrera posted on May 13, 2017 | Posted in Residue Management, Nutrient Management

Despite an abundance of residue and 3 million gallons of liquid cattle manure to inject, the Meiers are seeing success with no-till and learning how to add cover crops to the system.

From the Desk of Laura Barrera

3 No-Till Takeaways from Beck’s 2015 Practical Farm Research

By Laura Barrera posted on August 16, 2016 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

One of the challenges I sometimes run into when researching story ideas and topics for No-Till Farmer is finding studies that are conducted under true no-till conditions. As you probably know by now, what works in conventional tillage or even strip-till may not work well in no-till, and vise versa.

Committing to Strip-Till Transforms High Plains Farm

Harold Grall credits good records, strip-till and new technology for his ability to double his farm size while cutting fuel and irrigation water.

By Dan Crummett posted on April 16, 2016

Harold Grall already had extensive experience growing corn and grain sorghum in the Texas Panhandle when he bought out his mentor, Dale Coleman, and started farming on his own in 1994. At that time, he was farming 3,700 acres of High Plains silt-clay loam just north of Dumas, Texas, and was committed to ridge-till and furrow irrigation.