The 2984 Maverick HR Plus can be used for both spring and fall application. The new design has added more clearance around the residue manager and knife to allow better residue flow.

University of Minnesota Extension will host the sixth annual no-till Conservation Tillage Conference and tradeshow Jan. 27th and 28th, 2009, at Jackpot Junction, 39375 County Hwy. 24, Morton.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA has implemented the new Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments program (SURE) in accordance with the 2008 Farm Bill. Vilsack also encouraged producers to visit their USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) county office beginning on January 4, 2010, to participate in the program if they suffered crop production losses during the 2008 crop year.

Vertical Tillage Should Move Little Soil

"Overall, the research suggests U.S. no-till agriculture has more to gain than lose with the passage of H.R. 2454," said Dr. Bill Golden, Dept. of Agricultural Economics at KSU and the team's leader.

Monsanto Chief Executive Hugh Grant said Tuesday that the federal investigation into anticompetitive practices in the seed industry "is the result of the fact that we have grown quickly and have been very succcessful."

America's vast stretches of no-till farmland are a big resource in the fight against global warming because their soil traps carbon. But not all farmers believe changing their ways to help in that fight would be profitable.

Carbo trading no-till

Hemisphere GPS announced the release of the new version of Outback AutoMate for Planter Section Control. The new version includes advanced software and three customized planter kits for the already successful boom section control product. This version also features 10 new languages in support of growing international market opportunities.

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. farmers have embraced biotech varieties of no-till soybeans, cotton and corn at the rate of 91%, 88% and 85%, respectively.