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Western Bean Cutworm On The Rise

This pest continues to cause serious economic damage, is moving east in the Corn Belt and may be here to stay.

January 1, 2005 | Posted in Crop Protection

Whether it’s flooding, drought, wind or bugs, there are always plenty of obstacles standing between no-till corn producers and that elusive bumper crop. Recently, western bean cutworm has emerged as one of those obstacles for some Corn Belt producers.

No-Till Soybeans, Wheat Together At The Same Time!

Using coated soybean seed and relay intercropping, northern no-tillers could cash in on doublecropping benefits.

By Lynn Grooms posted on April 1, 2002 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

While doublecropping has long been an option for no-tillers located in the South and southern Corn Belt, it's an option their northern counterparts have not been able to enjoy.

What’s Been Learned From 30 Years Of No-Till Corn Plots

If you have any concerns as to whether no-till corn will really work, these researchers have found plenty of solid answers over the past three decades.

By K.C. Jaehnig posted on January 1, 2002

With one of the Midwest's longest-running studies of tillage methods and fertility coming to an end, Southern Illinois University researchers at Carbondale, Ill., can tell farmers three things for sure

Have No-Tilled Soybeans Proven Too Successful?

Maybe it’s time to take a closer look at adding new crops to the more traditional no-till corn and soybean rotation.

By Frank Lessiter posted on November 1, 2001 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

While No-Tillers have long been among the leaders in sustainable agriculture, Gyles Randall is convinced that many no-tillers need to consider growing more than just corn and soybeans.

Slugging It Out With Slugs

Both no-tilled corn and soybeans are hit hard by these pests.

By Lynn Grooms posted on June 1, 2001 | Posted in Crop Protection

Slugs were likely a major worry for some no-tillers again this spring. In fact, a few Ohio growers have abandoned no-till because of them, maintains Ron Hammond, entomologist with the Ohio State University Agricultural Experiment Station at Wooster, Ohio.

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