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Corn Yields Not Meeting Expectations for 2010 Growing Season

By Darrell Bruggink posted on October 20, 2010 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Corn yields definitely appear to be worse overall than what our No-Till Farmer readers thought they'd be earlier in the summer.

Inaccuracy Cuts Strip-Tilled Corn Yields

September 17, 2010 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Corn yields dropped 6 bushels per acre for every inch of driving error away from the edge of the strip, according to an Oklahoma State University research study.

Strip-Tilled Corn Beats No-Till Corn By 17 Bushels Per Acre

September 3, 2010 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Strip-tilled corn after soybeans yielded more 17.6 bushels per acre more than no-tilled corn in 2009 in head-to-head comparisons of five hybrids on-farm trials a the Conservation Cropping Systems Project near Forman, N.D.

Pro Farmer Gives Crop Estimates

August 22, 2010 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

xcessively hot temperatures in much of the Midwest, and Iowa in particular, during the first two weeks of August is limiting the 2010 corn yield.

Strip Intercropping Reduces Soil Erosion, Increases Corn Yields

Herbicide-tolerant crops make managing strips easier, but the system works best for no-tillers with smaller farms and planters

By Dan Zinkland posted on June 1, 2010 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming

No-tillers who strip intercrop often do so to increase corn yields — the result of exposing more outside rows of corn to the sun.

Keep Yields From Cooling Off

Cover crops can offset the major causes of yield drag in fields making the transition to no-till and improve the soil biology of fields lacking crop and residue diversity

By Martha Ostendorf posted on May 1, 2010 | Posted in Cover Crops, Nutrient Management, Soil Health

If you had to scavenge for food from Thanksgiving to Easter, chances are you wouldn’t be very productive and may not survive. The same is true of soil microbes.

No-Till Briefs

May 1, 2010 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Crop Protection

No-tillers should be cautious about planting corn 2 inches deep or more, says Barry Fisher, Indiana state agronomist with USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service

Crop Concerns Help Prices Pop Up

October 12, 2009 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Freezing temperatures this past weekend likely ended the growing season for late maturing no-till crops in northern and western growing areas before full yield potential was reached.

Process Residue Starting At Corn Head

October 3, 2009 | Posted in Residue Management

Properly handling the residue at harvest is key to preparing for the next crop.

Frankly Speaking

Refuge Rules Slashed By 75%

By Frank Lessiter posted on September 1, 2009 | Posted in Crop Protection

Many no-tillers have been wondering when the refuge requirement for Bt corn hybrids might be reduced. With a reduced refuge, they’ve been calculating how much corn yields could be raised across their operations.

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