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No-Tilling, Cereal Rye Handles Saturated Soils, Improves Stands

No-tilling and planting green into living covers is the right formula to help Frank Martin improve the tilth of his shallow, claypan soils and get better planting results.

By John Dobberstein posted on August 4, 2019 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Water Management

Frank Martin likes to keep things simple. He uses older combines with no yield monitors and he isn’t into using a lot of precision mapping on his 800-acre farm.

Less is More: No-Tillers Weigh in on Nitrogen Management Methods

A survey of no-tillers uncovers a range of application and management practices — plus uses of precision data and cover crops — that help provide optimal crop yields and cut input costs in no-till operations.

By Mark McNeely posted on October 28, 2017 | Posted in Cover Crops, Nutrient Management

Nitrogen (N) management plans are about as variable as the timing and application options available to today’s no-till farmers. Not only is careful consideration given to the types and amounts of N applied, but the use of precision data gathering equipment also enables growers to gauge their success on the fly and take corrective actions as required.

The Climate Corporation, Koch Agronomic Services Reach Data Agreement

March 31, 2017 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Precision Agriculture

Source: The Climate Corporation, Koch Agronomic Services

Koch Agronomic Services has agreed to provide product research data to The Climate Corporation to use in the development of the data science models that power the company’s industry-leading Climate FieldView digital agriculture platform.

[Video] Koch Agronomic Services at the 2016 National No-Tillage Conference

February 17, 2016 | Posted in Crop Protection

Steve Parrish, regional sales manager for Koch Agronomic Services, discusses the benefits of its Agrotain and SuperU products, and shares new about other fertilizer enhancers and biologicals that Koch has under development.

No-Till Product of the Year Awarded to SeedSense 20/20

Ranging from planting equipment to cover crop seed, to precision technology to crop protection tools, no-tillers deemed the following 13 products the best in their respective categories for 2015.

By Laura Barrera posted on January 11, 2016 | Posted in Equipment, Crop Protection

A sixth-time category winner, Precision Planting’s SeedSense 20/20 has been awarded the 2015 No-Till Product of the Year.

Sponsors for 24th Annual National No-Tillage Conference Announced

14 Companies to Support 2016 Event That’s Returning to Indianapolis for 7th Time

June 3, 2015

The publishers of No-Till Farmer and Conservation Tillage Guide have secured the full lineup of company sponsors for the 24th annual National No-Tillage Conference next January in Indianapolis. The largest think-tank of no-tillers in the nation will take over the Indianapolis Marriott Downtown for 4 days from Jan. 6-9, 2016.

2015 National No-Tillage Conference

Agrotain: Invented for No-Till Farmers

March 30, 2015 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Greg Schwab, with Koch Agronomic Services, the makers of Agrotain, talks about why Agrotain was made for no-till farmers. We caught up with Schwab at the 2015 National No-Tillage Conference

Easing into No-Till, Cover Crops Holds Hilly Soils, Reduces Weeds

A growing dairy operation prompted a Wisconsin farm to adopt more conservation practices, giving them healthier, mellower soil and better use of time and labor while maintaining yields.

By Laura Barrera posted on December 8, 2014 | Posted in Cover Crops, Crop Protection

For about 10-15 years, no-tilling corn into 300 acres of soybean stubble was the extent of the Kieler family's use of the conservation practice.

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New Holland Ag Buys Miller Sprayers

October 1, 2014 | Posted in Equipment

CNH Industrial, the parent of farm-equipment brands Case IH and New Holland, has purchased the assets of Miller-St. Nazianz, a leading maker of precision sprayers and Ag-Bag silage packaging and storage solutions.

Tillage Radish Honored As Top No-Till Product Of 2012

From no-till attachments to spraying equipment to crop protection, no-tillers voted for the best-performing products, across 13 categories, for their farm operations.

By John Dobberstein posted on February 1, 2013 | Posted in Cover Crops, Equipment

A product that serves as a foundation for innovative no-tillers looking to reduce compaction and enhance soil tilth has taken the top prize as No-Till Product Of The Year for 2012.

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