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August 2015 Poll: Fall Corn Residue

Laura Barrera
July 16, 2015

From July 16th - August 15th, we asked No-Till Farmer readers:

"How do you plan to manage corn residue this fall to improve next spring's planting efforts?"

Here are the response tallies:

Nothing — let the soil life do the work [91 votes] (48%)
 
Chopping corn head/knife rolls [36 votes] (19%)
 
Combine spreader technology [33 votes] (18%)
 
Rotary cutters [11 votes] (6%)
 
Stalk-crushing devices [25 votes] (13%)
 
Soil biological products [16 votes] (9%)
 
Cover crops [84 votes] (45%)
 
Vertical tillage [13 votes] (7%)
 
Discing/plowing/full tillage [9 votes] (5%)
 

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Laura Barrera

Laura Barrera is the former managing editor of No-Till Farmer and Conservation Tillage Guide magazines. Prior to joining No-Till Farmer, she served as an assistant editor for a greenhouse publication. Barrera holds a B.A. in magazine journalism from Ball State University.