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Strip-Intercropping Could Improve Corn Yield In Standard Rotation

As demand for corn increases, no-tillers could use strip-intercropping as a way to get around the problems of continuous corn to the rewards of higher yields.

By Ron Perszewski posted on February 1, 2007 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming

A lot of talk in the no-till community has turned to overcoming the challenges of corn-on-corn to capitalize on the growing demand and increasing prices for the crop.

Seed Coatings Win With Relay Intercropping

By no-tilling earlier with coated seed, you’ll gain more growing season and extra yield.

By Susan K. Davis posted on September 1, 2002 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

In the Northern Corn Belt, no-tilling doublecrop soybeans can be as risky as betting on $5 corn. Mark Meyer of Jenera, Ohio, makes the practice profitable by using polymer coated soybeans in relay intercropping.

Double-Up With Intercropping

As the concepts behind conservation tillage becomes more complex, more no-tillers are looking to double their acreage and earning potential with intercropping.

By Steve Prochaska posted on January 1, 2000 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

A cropping system with the potential to increase farm income while hedging production risk is Modified Relay Intercropping (MRI). MRI is the planting of soybeans into standing wheat 20 to 30 days prior to wheat harvest. The goal of this planting date is to have a well established soybean plant 6 to 8 inches tall (V2-V4) at wheat harvest.

New Seed Coatings Mean Exciting No-Till Changes

Polymer seed coatings will extend double-cropping northward, encourage no-tilling of full-season soybeans prior to corn and help no-till corn growers ignore the calendar.

By Frank Lessiter posted on September 1, 1999 | Posted in Precision Agriculture

With polymer based soybean seed coatings expected to be used by a few farmers next spring, many traditional seeding ideas are about to be discarded.

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