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Nitrogen Management Vs. No-Till

Check out ways no-tillers are doing a better job of applying nutrients in the face of growing environmental concerns.

By Frank Lessiter posted on November 1, 2000 | Posted in Nutrient Management

With nitrogen management becoming even more important, No-Till Farmer readers have shared a wealth of valuable ideas for helping protect the environment.

Don’t Waste Anhydrous!

When it comes to applying fertilizers, understanding how the equipment works can save you bushels of dollars.

By Katherine Meitner posted on October 1, 2000 | Posted in Nutrient Management

If you don't know what’s going on in your anhydrous ammonia applicator’s manifold, you don’t know all you should.

Spring Strip-Tilling Works!

Tackling the challenges and sticking to the basics can improve your strip-tilling success.

By Katherine Meitner posted on September 1, 2000 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming

Every no-tiller has one trick or idea that they absolutely can’t live without. For David Linn in Correctionville, Iowa, it’s strip-tilling in the spring instead of the fall.

Stretch Your Anhydrous Efficiency!

Here’s a system that can give you higher no-till yields, less nitrate leaching and reduce opener freeze up.

By Frank Lessiter posted on August 1, 2000 | Posted in Nutrient Management

With growing concern over the efficient use of nitrogen, a new system for applying anhydrous ammonia more accurately may be just the ticket for no-tillers.

Finding Better Nitrogen Options

Turning classroom sessions from the National No-Tillage Conference into daily practice on the farm pays off for this no-tiller—in a big way.

By Katherine Meitner posted on March 1, 1999 | Posted in Nutrient Management

You've seen the promotion pieces. You’ve browsed through the program. You might have even considered picking up the phone and registering. But if you’ve never attended a National No-Tillage Conference, you are missing out.

Doing All the Little Things Just Right

Successful no-till on this Iowa farm is the result of a novel four-step management plan.

By Julie Orchard posted on November 1, 1998 | Posted in Equipment

High corn and soybean yields don’t happen by chance on Condon and Mark Schnepel’s farm in Carson, Iowa. The brothers use a four-step process of planning, on-farm researching, implementing and reviewing to manage their 1,000-acre no-till operation.

Turn Up Heat On No-Till Corn With Fall Strip Tilling

No-Tillers are finding that mounding a strip of soil with or without deep placement of nutrients ahead of the planter can provide a warm, dry seedbed and help no-till corn get off to a faster start.

By Frank Lessiter posted on August 1, 1998 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Cliff Roberts has been fall strip tilling for a dozen years. The Kentland, Ind., farmer is pretty blunt about why he likes to fall strip till for no-tilled corn grown on silt loam soils.

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