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Search Underground For Higher No-Till Profits

Managing what’s found below the ground is a key to boosting your above-ground profits.

By Lynn Grooms posted on July 1, 2003 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Soil Health

To maximize above-ground profits, Ed Winkle maintains that no-tillers must be attuned to the basics of what’s happening under the ground. The certified crop adviser with HyMark Consulting in Blanchester, Ohio, says a proper balance of oxygen, hydrogen and carbon is critical to harvesting top no-till yields.

Fight Drought With Less Tillage

By Frank Lessiter posted on July 1, 2003 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming

Besides being good for the environment, strip till and/or no-till can help you make more efficient use of available water, especially under drought conditions.

No-Till’s Still Number One!

Even though farmers have been no-tilling for 30 years, scientists are finding new reasons why no-till is the best way to boost your yields, improve the environment and protect precious soils.

By Katherine Meitner posted on October 1, 2000 | Posted in Residue Management, Soil Health

Even though we’ve been hearing sporadic reports that a few farmers are parking their no-till equipment and going back to the disc, chisel plow and field cultivator, rest assured that you’re making the right decision.

Getting The Most Out Of Soil Water

Uncertainty over weather conditions in the next 20 years will make no-till soil water management more important.

By Eric Sacharski posted on July 1, 2000 | Posted in Water Management

Stop me if you’ve heard this before: soil water availability is the key to quality stands and high yields in your no-till system.

Sold On No-Tilling

By Katherine Meitner posted on April 1, 1999 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Bill Mckibben believes in the many benefits of no-till. He's put on numerous meetings for interested farmers. He promotes it to clients - but he does so with a realistic picture of the no-till conversion. "Some universities promote no-till but forget about minimum tillage," he says. "We use it as a good transition from conventional tillage to no-till."

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On this edition of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by CultivAce, No-Till Farmer’s Conservation Ag Operator Fellow, Ray McCormick, showcases how he’s taking conservation ag to the next level in Vincennes, Ind., with ponds, solar panels, duck hunting and more.

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