Articles Tagged with ''chemicals''

Chemicals from Corn Roots Increase Wheat Yields in Following Years

August 16, 2023 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Source: University of Bern

Corn roots secrete certain chemicals that affect the quality of the soil. In some fields, this effect increases yields of wheat planted subsequent to corn in the same soil by more than 4%.

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No Till Highlights: Week of May 4, 2022

By Brian O'Connor posted on May 4, 2022 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Equipment, Precision Agriculture

No-Till Farmer editors encounter a variety of articles, social media posts, podcasts and videos that offer a unique look at the grower's realm from the lofty digital realm. Here is our favorite content from the past week from across the web. “No-Till Farmer's Best of the Web" is brought to you by Mixmate by PRAXIDYN.

Soil Regen Announces Regenerative Certification

February 11, 2022 | Posted in Soil Health

The Regenerative Verified process gives producers a way to verify management strategies with factual data.

2018 National Farm Machinery Show

[Video] Award-winning Mixmate

February 20, 2018 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Equipment

Doug Applegate, CEO/Owner at Praxidyn, discusses the AE50 award-winning Mixmate at the 2018 National Farm Machinery Show.

No-Till Notes

Find Out Which No-Till Acres Are Making You Money

Using a spreadsheet can help you determine the cost of production on individual fields, ask landlords for rent adjustments and determine what your crop marketing price must be to stay profitable.

By Jim Leverich posted on March 13, 2015

AS COMMODITY prices are falling, it’s a good time to review your cost-of-production figures. You can do this on a whole-farm basis, but it’s even more beneficial to do it on individual fields or groups of fields.

Avoiding Corn Yield Reductions From A Cereal Rye Cover Crop

April 28, 2014 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops

Source: Iowa State University

Planting cereal rye as a cover crop provides numerous short- and long-term agronomic and environmental benefits.

Zidua Herbicide Receives Federal Registration for Soybeans

March 21, 2013 | Posted in Crop Protection

BASF's Crop Protection division announced today the federal registration of Zidua herbicide in soybeans.

Tips For No-Tilling ‘Lean And Green’

No-tillers who do their own onfarm research can harvest the data needed to make better decisions about their farm systems and inputs.

By John Dobberstein posted on December 1, 2012 | Posted in Nutrient Management

One way no-tillers can make their farms more profitable is to put their management decisions under a closer microscope and determine if they’re making the right choices about fertilizers, hybrids/varieties, row spacing or equipment

'Significant' Levels Of Glyphosate Found Air, Water In Two States

September 8, 2011 | Posted in Crop Protection

Source: By Carey Gillam, Reuters

Glyphosate herbicide was found in significant levels in Mississippi as part of a U.S. Geological Survey Office (USGS) project, and the findings have been submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency to be used as part of the agency's evaluation of the registration of glyphosate.

No-Till Farmer Joins Facebook

By Darrell Bruggink posted on May 18, 2011

No-Till Farmer has entered into the world of Facebook. Within essentially 1 week, we had nearly 900 friends. However, we quickly saw that sometimes your "friends" may not really understand you.

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Sustainable Agriculture Summit Shines Light on No-Till, Strip Till & Cover Crops

During the Sustainable Agriculture Summit in Minneapolis, Minn., Carrie Vollmer-Sanders, the president of Field to Market who also farms in Northeast Indiana and Northwest Ohio, shared why it is important for no-tillers and strip-tillers to share their knowledge with other farmers.

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