In this episode of the “No-Till Farmer Influencers & Innovators” podcast, brought to you by Martin Industries, No-Till Farmer editors caught up with two experienced farmers — David Hula and Darin Stolte — from the floor at this year’s Commodity Classic Show in San Antonio for insights into record-breaking corn yields and targeted nutrient management.

The second USDA crop progress report, released April 13, shows that corn planting progress is on track with 2019 progress at 3% planted.

Field scouting to identify the weeds present and their relative densities will provide the information needed to tailor a burndown herbicide program for any particular field. Learn to identify several weed species that are common to midwestern fields at this time of year with these brief descriptions and color photographs from the University of Illinois.

Craig Stehly is a no-tiller who farms 12,000 acres of corn, soybeans, winter wheat and a variety of cover crops around Mitchell, S.D., with his brother, Gene. I caught up with Craig the afternoon of Wednesday, April 8.

If you have fields where you were unable to grow a crop in 2019, you may be wondering if you can take any nitrogen (N) credits for the 2020 growing season. These guidelines from the University of Minnesota Extension will help you understand conditions where N credits may be available.

For this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by FR8STAR, we share a discussion between Ralph Upton Jr. of Springerton, Illinois, and ag researcher John Pike, covering their exchange which delves into research Upton had done on his farm after a 1983 drought revealed that he had a plow pan layer about 6 inches deep in his soil profile that was preventing his crops from getting needed moisture.