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[Podcast] Interseeding Covers Into Corn At V4 - V5 For No-Till Success

For this No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment, associate editor Sarah Hill caught up with John Wallace, Penn State University assistant professor of weed science, to discuss his thoughts on how best to get covers established in row crops. He explains how available equipment, herbicide programs and fertility management affect interseeding decisions.

By Julia Gerlach posted on December 30, 2021 | Posted in Cover Crops, Soil Health

For this No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment, associate editor Sarah Hill caught up with John Wallace, Penn State University assistant professor of weed science, to discuss his thoughts on how best to get covers established in row crops. He explains how available equipment, herbicide programs and fertility management affect interseeding decisions.

EPA Reconsidering Dicamba Use

By Brian O'Connor posted on December 22, 2021 | Posted in Crop Protection

Having received 3,461 reports of off-target dicamba damage in 2021, the EPA is reviewing the herbicide's use to see if it can be used safely and avoid damaging non-target crops.

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[Podcast] Great No-Till Research with Don Reicosky and Randall Reeder

In September of 2021, No-Till Farmer commissioned a project to determine the most significant research and publications that assisted in the understanding, and adoption, of no-till agriculture. In this episode of the No-Till Farmer Influencers & Innovators podcast, brought to you by Terrasym, Frank Lessiter talks with Randall Reeder, retired ag engineer from Ohio State University and Don Reicosky, retired USDA soil scientist about their collaborated on the detailed process to complete the large and aggressive project in advance of three important no-till milestones in 2022.

By Brian O'Connor posted on December 22, 2021 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Equipment, Soil Health

In September of 2021, No-Till Farmer commissioned a project to determine the most significant research and publications that assisted in the understanding, and adoption, of no-till agriculture. In this episode of the No-Till Farmer Influencers & Innovators podcast, brought to you by Terrasym, Frank Lessiter talks with Randall Reeder, retired ag engineer from Ohio State University and Don Reicosky, retired USDA soil scientist about their collaborated on the detailed process to complete the large and aggressive project in advance of three important no-till milestones in 2022.

Kansas State Researcher Studies Crushing Herbicide-Resistant Weed Seeds

Kumar studying system that destroys weed seed during crop harvest.

December 21, 2021 | Posted in Crop Protection

Source: Kansas State Research and Extension

A Kansas State University researcher in western Kansas says he may have an innovative way to kill herbicide-resistant weeds commonly found in farmer’s fields: simply put, he wants to crush ‘em.

Soil Disease Index, Sugarbeet Disease Management Tool Available for Growers

December 21, 2021 | Posted in Crop Protection, Soil Health

Source: University of Nebraska Lincoln CropWatch

The University of Nebraska Lincoln Panhandle Research and Extension Center’s Plant Pathology Program offers a soil index test to growers to use as a forecasting tool for sugarbeet root rot diseases in Nebraska.

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No-Tillers, UK Researchers Begin Recovery After Deadly Kentucky Tornadoes

By Michaela Paukner posted on December 20, 2021 | Posted in Soil Health

No-till research pioneer Lloyd Murdock is thankful to be alive. He was at his home in Princeton, Ky., when an outbreak of deadly tornadoes ripped across the western part of the state.

Dryland No-Tiller Takes Top Honors In National Sorghum Contest

By Brian O'Connor posted on December 20, 2021 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Kasey Gamble, who operates dryland no-till acres in Kiowa County, Kansas, secured the Bin Buster Award with a yield of 244.03 bushels per acre in the 2021 National Sorghum Producers Yield Contest.

Study: Intensive Nitrogen Stymies Organic Carbon Accumulation

By Brian O'Connor posted on December 17, 2021 | Posted in Nutrient Management

University of Illinois’s natural resources and environmental sciences professor Richard Mulvaney wanted to know why soil organic carbon matter is disappearing from agriculture fields despite years of intensive residue inputs. So he set out to determine whether nitrogen fertilization might change the composition of corn residue, and whether that impacted carbon sequestration as a result.