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How Are You Getting the Job Done with Today's Extra-Wide Combine Headers?

By Noah Newman posted on September 3, 2024 | Posted in Equipment, Residue Management

Recognizing the enormous value of getting stalks, straw and chaff across the full width of the combine header, we asked readers in the No-Till Farmer email discussion group — how are you getting the job done with today’s extra-wide 40 to 60-foot headers? Check out the responses here.

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No-Tiller Hopeful for Summer Barley Harvest in UK

September 19, 2022 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops, Equipment, Residue Management, Nutrient Management

Source: Farmers Weekly

Merseyside, UK grower Olly Harrison talks about his second, summer, barley crop, minimal inputs, residue management and more in a 20-acre sandy field. The No-Till Passport series is brought to you by Martin Industries.

High-Tech Tools To Manage No-Till Residue From The Combine

New technologies are coming online to help no-tillers spread residue evenly across ever-growing header widths, and set the stage for successful no-till planting the following season.

By John Dobberstein posted on August 1, 2014 | Posted in Equipment, Residue Management

Had someone told Kelly Kravig 20 years ago that 500-horsepower combines would be rumbling through fields at harvest, the Case IH combine marketing manager and western Kansas grain farmer would have been skeptical at the very least.

8 Areas To Focus On For Higher Wheat Yields

Residue management, proper seeding rates, timely nitrogen applications and scouting for diseases are some of the keys to pushing no-till wheat yields to worthwhile levels

By Dan Zinkland posted on May 1, 2010 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Crop Protection, Residue Management

From the Pacific Northwest to the Great Plains to the Eastern Corn Belt, no-tillers John Aeschliman, Dan Forgey, Allen Dean and Romey Bardwell grow different varieties of dryland wheat in different soils in areas receiving vastly different amounts of rain.

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Soil Sample To Reduce Fertilizer Costs

By Jim Leverich posted on August 1, 2008 | Posted in Residue Management, Nutrient Management

With fertilizer prices doubling and even tripling, there has never been a more opportune time to invest in soil testing. With total phosphorus and potassium crop removal maintenance in the range of $75 to $125 per acre, it makes good sense to have accurate soil test information.

Proper No-Till Design Is Critical For Tackling Heavy Residue

There are options for dealing with excessive no-till residue.

By Phil Needham posted on July 1, 2008 | Posted in Equipment, Residue Management

Under the no-till conditions outlined above and with this style of seeding unit, my thought is not to try to chop or cut the residue. In my opinion, standing residue leads to more effective cutting with disc seeders that are used under low-moisture conditions.

Take Two Cuts In One Pass

This Washington producer added a second cutter for more effective management of small grains residue.

By Mark Moore posted on July 1, 2008 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

As Ron Kile began to study how no-till would fit into his farming operation, he had one lingering concern: residue management.

Manure, Straw And Earthworms Make For Highly Productive Soils

Wisconsin dairy producer embraces precise management to protect and feed his fields with waste from his herd.

By Mark Moore posted on December 1, 2007 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Soil Health

Jim Koepke would be the first to tell you that he doesn’t consider himself a no-tiller. “There’s plenty of tillage activity going on in our soils, it’s just that the tillage is being done by earthworms instead of iron,” he says. “And those earthworms do a tremendous job.”

Try These Proven No-Till Residue Management Tricks

Regardless of where you farm or the crops you grow, study these solid residue management lessons from no-tillers growing high-yielding grain crops.

By Frank Lessiter posted on February 1, 2005 | Posted in Residue Management

Just because you concentrate on no-tilling corn, soybeans or another crop doesn’t mean you can’t pick up plenty of yield-building residue management tricks from other growers. To do a better job of managing residues, check out how these eight Pacific Northwest and western Canadian growers go about managing residues for top profit.

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Is Straw A Solid Waste?

By Frank Lessiter posted on January 1, 2004 | Posted in Residue Management

While we think of straw and chaff strictly as valuable no-till residue, environmentalists in the Pacific Northwest are attempting to get the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to label straw and other crop residue materials as solid waste. The result of these legal maneuverings could eventually have a serious impact on the residue management strategies used by no-tillers all around the country.

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