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Strip-Tilled Soybeans May Have A Role

Using 30-inch rows in strips could lead to higher yields, lower seed cost, less disease and a boost in profitability

By Dan Zinkland posted on February 1, 2010 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming

While most of the attention in strip-till gets paid to corn, there are some growers who are successfully strip-tilling soybeans.

Lifelong Learning Serves Nebraska No-Tiller Well

Subsurface drip irrigation and no-till save water, time and money, while boosting corn, soybean and grain sorghum yields

By Dan Zinkland posted on February 1, 2010 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Water Management

Nebraska no-tiller Kurt Torell readily volunteers that he didn’t like school. After graduating from high school in 1978, he began farming with his family.

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Soil and Water Conservation Society Chooses Gulliford As New Director

January 1, 2010 | Posted in Equipment, Crop Protection, Water Management

Long time conservationist Jim Gulliford — a top official with the Environmental Protection Agency from 2001 to 2008 — is the new executive director of the Soil and Water Conservation Society (SWCS).

Challenges Increase With Earlier No-Till Corn Planting

February 26, 2008 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

The trend toward planting no-till corn earlier continues to grow. Increasing farm size and the need to cover a large number of acres within a shorter window of time make early corn planting necessary to avoid planting delays and potential late-season drought and pest problems toward the end of the growing season.

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Farmer Sees 7% No-Till Corn Yield Bump with 20-Inch Rows

On this edition of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by CultivAce, longtime no-tiller Jim Leverich explains why 20-inch corn rows are paying off big time on his Sparta, Wis., farm.

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