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Climbing The Ladder To 300-Bushel No-Tilled Corn

Manure applications, in-furrow fertility treatments, ship-shape planters and 3 decades of 100% no-till are helping Pennsylvania no-tiller David Wolfskill reach record corn yields.

By John Dobberstein posted on November 1, 2013 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

A few years ago while planting double-crop soybeans, David Wolfskill got out of his tractor, walked into one of his adjacent cornfields and noticed the ground was completely bare.

Weed Management Considerations For No-Till Small Grains

October 3, 2013 | Posted in Crop Protection

We have discussed this in the past, but it probably requires a review again with no-till wheat and other seedings commencing:

Roller System Kills Covers, Plants Corn In One Pass

No-tiller’s homemade planter rolls and crimp covers and eliminates a spring burndown trip.

By John Dobberstein posted on July 1, 2012 | Posted in Cover Crops, Equipment

A Pennsylvania no-tiller has created a special system for his corn planter that rolls and crimps cover crops and plants in one pass.

Putting More In The Bin, More In The Bank

A diverse cropping rotation, cover crops and onfarm research helps Ontario no-tiller/ridge-tiller Shawn McRae achieve soil and financial health.

By Clair Urbain posted on May 1, 2012 | Posted in Cover Crops, Crop Protection, Nutrient Management

For Shawn McRae, more than two decades of onfarm research shows that thinking holistically about no-till soil health isn’t just a feel-good decision — it puts more crops in the bin and, more importantly, more money in the bank.

No-Till Proves Its Worth

By John Dobberstein posted on November 1, 2011 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops, Equipment

When Allan Brooks and his father, Gil, started no-tilling vegetable crops in northern Wisconsin more than 40 years ago, they paid their penance.

What I've Learned from No-Tilling

Planning And Research Necessary For No-Till Success

Soaking up information from every possible source keeps Jim Hershey on a successful and productive no-till path.

By Jim Hershey and Martha Mintz posted on August 1, 2011 | Posted in Cover Crops, Crop Protection, Nutrient Management

You can’t farm by the seat of your pants anymore. It takes a business plan and research to get maximum yields and profits.

No-Till Turns Out Top Yields While Slashing Costs

Feeding crops the right amount of nutrients at the best possible time pays big dividends while protecting the environment for this Virginia family.

By Frank Lessiter posted on July 1, 2011 | Posted in Cover Crops, Nutrient Management

The Hula family no-tills 5,000 acres of corn, soybeans, wheat, barley and oats in four counties surrounding Charles City, Va. The 100% no-till operation is located along the banks of the James River, which flows into Chesapeake Bay where nitrogen runoff is becoming a major concern.

Emergency Options For Seeding Small Grains

May 15, 2011 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

As the wet and cold weather continues to delay fieldwork and the window for small grain seeding is closing, you may be considering alternatives.

Cashing In On No-Till

Custom seeding and direct payments are helping growers give new systems a try.

By Frank Lessiter posted on April 1, 2011 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Water Management

When it comes to serving a specific cropping niche, few folks work with one that’s any narrower than Dale Kopf. The Genesee, Idaho, custom seeder is offering strictly no-till seeding in the Pacific Northwest, where the system is also known as direct-seeding.

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A Great Birthday Present

By Frank Lessiter posted on October 1, 2010

My son, Mike, and I recently spent 6 days looking at no-till in the Palouse, a 3,000-square-mile area located in the southeastern corner of Washington, north central Idaho and northeast Oregon. While I've visited this area several times where no-tillers grow crops on slopes as steep as 60%, I’d never been there during harvest of wheat, barley, peas, lentils and garbanzo beans.

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