While there are definite areas were you can scrimp and trim costs, cutting your fertilizer bill will probably bite you in the end if it lowers your yield even a little bit.
Developing a precise package is helping this New York farmer strive to reach his goal of producing 100-bushel no-till wheat yields.
October 1, 2000
After sitting in on a no-till air seeder roundtable session during the 1998 National No-Tillage Conference, Donn Branton was primed for action. What he’d heard convinced him to consider a new way to achieve the precision planting necessary for attaining 100 bushel per acre yields of soft red winter wheat.
No-tillers in Sarpy County, Neb., are still benefiting from the experience Frank Cockerill gained by no-tilling 60 acres of corn and 10 acres of soybeans in 1975.
Within a couple of months, you’ll see a replacement coming from John Deere for the highly popular 750 no-till drill as well as a new no-till air drill. Both rigs feature a new single disc opener to deliver excellent seed placement and emergence.
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