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Corn Stover Removal: Nutrient Value of Stover and Impacts on Soil Properties

December 15, 2017 | Posted in Residue Management, Nutrient Management

Nutrient value can depend on the season, management practice, time of harvest, location, and what part of the plant is being removed.

White Clover Benefits, Management Tips for Cover Crop Use

December 23, 2014 | Posted in Cover Crops

Source: Michigan State University Extension

White clover serves as the premier living mulch system over any other legume.

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Managing Nitrogen Practices Now Will Provide Benefits

No-tillers who research the most efficient timing, placement and method of nitrogen application can reduce environmental losses and still increase yields.

By Jim Leverich posted on June 1, 2014 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Water Management

As the U.S. EPA pressures state regulators to follow provisions in the Clean Water Act more closely, many states are drawing up nitrogen management plans that could affect no-tillers in the future.

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A Post-Planting Checklist To Keep No-Till Systems On Track

Scouting fields for planter performance, weed emergence and seedling nutrient deficiencies can help no-tillers improve their management decisions for sidedress applications and beyond.

By Jim Leverich posted on June 1, 2014 | Posted in Crop Protection

Even if spring came late to your area, it’s important to take time after planting to review what went right and what could use some improvement.

DuPont Pioneer, AGCO To Collaborate On Wireless Data Transfer

May 6, 2014 | Posted in Equipment, Precision Agriculture

DuPont Pioneer and AGCO Corp. announced a global collaboration to bring wireless data transfer technology solutions to farmers in leading agricultural markets, including the United States, Canada, Brazil and key European countries.

What I've Learned from No-Tilling

No-Till And Cover Crops — Just Rolling With It

A three-pronged management approach helps longtime no-tiller John C. Johnson use residue to keep nutrients cycling and yields high.

By John C Johnson and Martha Mintz posted on March 1, 2014 | Posted in Cover Crops, Equipment

Cover cropping may be a modern buzz term, but it’s a concept I first witnessed back in the late 1940s. I’m the fifth generation of my family to farm both sides of the Mason-Dixon line between Pennsylvania and Maryland, and was fortunate enough to watch both my father and grandfather work the land.

Keeping Nitrogen In The Root Zone

February 14, 2014 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Source: By Phil Kaatz, Michigan State University Extension

Todays modern agricultural practices are dependent on the use of commercial fertilizers to boost productivity levels to new heights. Some call nitrogen the transformational nutrient for its contribution to the dramatic increase in productivity that has occurred since the 1950s.

4 No-Tillers Honored For Their Responsible Nutrient Management Practices

January 17, 2014 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Growers from Indiana, Nebraska and Ontario share their efficient, effective fertility practices with no-tillers at the National No-Tillage Conference.

John Deere, BASF To Develop Sustainable Yield Enhancement Solutions

December 17, 2013 | Posted in Precision Agriculture

Source: BASF

John Deere and BASF today announced plans to jointly develop a suite of integrated precision farming and farm management solutions for improved execution in the field.

Can You Use Vertical Tillage Without Destroying No-Till?

Four years of studies in Kansas show the practice won’t destroy no-tilled soils overnight, but won’t make no-till management issues completely disappear, either.

By John Dobberstein posted on December 1, 2013 | Posted in Residue Management, Soil Health

There's much debate in the no-till community about whether a quick, shallow pass with a vertical-tillage tool will ruin the benefits of no-tilled fields.

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