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Evaluating Your Crops After Tough Spring Weather

Scout your fields, manage weeds proactively and provide timely applications of nutrients if you want to reach or exceed your yield goals this year.

By Daniel Davidson posted on July 1, 2014 | Posted in Nutrient Management

On our farm in northeast Nebraska, both corn and soybeans were planted in a timely manner — by May 10 — after a cold, dry and open winter and then a dry and cold spring.

Controlling Marestail Post-Emergence In Corn

By Mark Loux posted on June 20, 2014 | Posted in Crop Protection

Source: Ohio State University

Dicamba, Liberty and atrazine are the most effective options for controlling marestail post-emergence in corn, and atrazine alone may not kill larger plants.

Determining Corn Problems From Weather, Other Factors

June 16, 2014 | Posted in Crop Protection

Source: By Chad Lee, University of Kentucky

All spring we've been discussing deficiencies on corn plants and trying to determine if they are to blame on the weather or something else. Below are few fields with some images as examples.

Assessing Hail Damage To Corn, Soybeans

June 6, 2014 | Posted in Crop Protection

Source: University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Hail storms with up to baseball-sized hail hit corn and soybean fields across portions of central and eastern Nebraska on Tuesday afternoon and evening, June 3.

Laura Allen, Associate Editor, No-Till Farmer

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New Opportunities With Non-GMOs

By Laura Barrera posted on June 4, 2014 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Crop Protection

Last month, Vermont became the first state to require labeling of genetically engineered foods, also known as GMOs. The law won’t take effect until July 1, 2016 — if it ever happens. A federal bill introduced recently would ban states from passing such laws, and Vermont is preparing for a battle in court with the food industry.

Yield Contest Winner Pushes Bushels With Focus On Fertility

Nebraska no-tiller Mike Scholting shares how zeroing in on fertilizer applications is increasing yields both on and off his contest ground.

By Laura Barrera posted on June 1, 2014 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Just south of Omaha, on 33 acres of flat river-bottom ground in Sarpy County, Mike Scholting is hitting nearly 300-bushel corn yields.

Tweaks, Experiments Lead To Successful No-Till Transition

Whether it’s running four different sets of closing wheels, integrating precision technology or reviving soil fertility, Paul Butler is always looking for ways to improve his no-till operations.

By Laura Barrera posted on June 1, 2014 | Posted in Equipment

When Paul Butler once considered the cost of all the equipment he’d need to get into farming, he didn’t think it was possible — until neighboring no-tiller Jeff Martin suggested no-till.

New Deere Row Units Put No-Tiller On The Fast Track

Kansas no-tiller Greg Smith sees improved corn stands in variable soils and higher soybean yields after testing John Deere’s high-speed ExactEmerge row units.

By Jack Zemlicka posted on June 1, 2014 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Equipment

Veteran No-Tiller Greg Smith has obeyed the recommended 5 mph planting speed limit when no-tilling corn and soybeans to avoid jeopardizing accurate depth and spacing of seed.

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Spring Teaches Key No-Till Lesson

By Laura Barrera posted on May 21, 2014 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Some growers may have chosen to ignore cold, wet weather this spring and plant by the calendar. But McCutchenville, Ohio, no-tiller Bret Margraf wasn’t among them.

Fomesafen Carryover Injury In Corn

May 14, 2014 | Posted in Crop Protection

Source: University of Missouri

Numerous people have called to report carryover injury from applications of herbicides that contain fomesafen made last season.

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