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Wait For Cooler Soil Temperatures To Apply Fall Nitrogen

October 17, 2014 | Posted in Nutrient Management

If you are considering fall application of anhydrous ammonia to corn fields (the only nitrogen fertilizer recommended for fall application), remember to wait until soil temperatures cool to 50 F and continue to trend colder.

Fall Fertility For Small Grains

October 3, 2014 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Source: Penn State Extension

With the combination of high corn yields, above average precipitation this year, we might see more response to fall nitrogen on our small grain crops.

Rigging Up A Late-Season Cover Crop, Fertilizer Solution

With help from a fabricator, New York strip-tiller Donn Branton converted a RoGator into a dual-purpose machine that seeds covers and dry fertilizer into standing corn and soybeans.

By John Dobberstein posted on October 1, 2014 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming

Seeding cover crops into standing corn and soybeans in a colder climate can be a daunting challenge, so Donn Branton came up with a solution on his farm that actually solves two problems in one pass.

Sticking With No-Till, Covers Protects Yields And Waterways

Split nitrogen applications and cover crops are helping Iowa grower Ed Ulch improve his long-term no-till operation while enhancing the protection of local waterways.

By John Dobberstein posted on October 1, 2014 | Posted in Cover Crops, Nutrient Management

When Ed Ulch took the plunge with no-till during the 1970s, his main goals were economic: cut trips across the field, reduce expenses and hold the line on yields.

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Bucking The Tillage Trend In An Alpine Desert

No-till practices are saving Colorado grower Billy Burns’ soils, and even helping his fields recover from a tragic herbicide mistake.

By Billy Burns and Martha Mintz posted on September 1, 2014 | Posted in Cover Crops, Soil Health

As no-tillers we are definitely an oddity here in the highly productive San Luis Valley of Colorado. While we strive to keep our acres covered and undisturbed, the farmers surrounding us move masses of earth with every crop.

Think Twice Before Applying Nitrogen To Poorly Nodulated Soybeans

July 17, 2014 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Source: The Soybean Report

Over the last 3 days my phone, email and twitter account has been blowing up with questions surrounding poorly nodulated soybeans and my thoughts regarding applying foliar nitrogen to alleviate those symptoms.

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Conservation: Not Just A Means To An End

Early no-till adopter Jerry Peery says he has a ‘moral obligation’ to protect and build soils on his Kentucky farm for future farming generations.

By Jerry Peery and Martha Mintz posted on July 1, 2014 | Posted in Cover Crops, Water Management

The way our land erodes, there’s no way we’d be in business today if we were still farming the way we did 50 years ago.

No-Till, Covers Provide Buffer For Higher Yields, Better Soils

Ohio no-tiller Jim Carter Jr. finds breaking from tillage and adding cereal rye and other covers improved corn and soybean yields, and greatly benefited his soils.

By Laura Barrera posted on July 1, 2014 | Posted in Cover Crops, Equipment

Jim Carter Jr. recalls when he was in high school and looking at soil tests taken from his father’s farm in North Baltimore, Ohio.

Adjusting Future Nitrogen Management Using Annual 'Nitrogen Checkup'

June 5, 2014 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Source: Iowa Soybean Association On-Farm Network

Have you ever wondered why school students are routinely given a series of year-end tests when it may already be too late to help them master the material?

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