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Adding New Layers To Create A No-Till System

Crop diversity, better seeding equipment and using a ‘journal’ to avoid repeating mistakes brings success for North Dakota no-tiller Kevin Larson.
By Martha Mintz posted on July 1, 2012
Documenting failures and successes in a photo journal helps North Dakota no-tiller Kevin Larson evaluate and build on his no-till system.
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Flat, Table-Top Fields Need Moisture-Driven Management

Illinois strip-tiller shares lessons he learned while struggling with bad weather and cold, wet fields.
By Martha Mintz posted on June 1, 2012 | Posted in Water Management
Too much water can keep planters and combines out of the field, leech away nutrients and drown crops, yet farmers still need it to grow crops. The trick, strip-tiller Scott Davidson says, is to manage moisture where you can and avoid planting when conditions aren’t right.
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What I've Learned from No-Tilling

Strong Bonds Move No-Till Forward

Close relationships with his father, fellow farmers and local researchers helped Joel Douglass successfully switch to no-till and reclaim unproductive fields
By Martha Mintz posted on June 1, 2012 | Posted in Crop Protection
You can look at my Social Security statement and identify the exact year that I implemented no-till farming.
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Fine-Tuning Fertility In A Quest For Top Yields

Pennsylvania no-tiller Dean James is focusing on secondary macronutrients, micronutrients and precision fertilizer applications to bring yields to the next level.
By Martha Mintz posted on June 1, 2012 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Precision Agriculture
Plugging the lowest leak in the fertility barrel to boost yields and cut waste is the goal Dean James set for the 1,250-acre farm he manages. But achieving that goal requires creating a detailed fertility picture.
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Pumping Up Pull-Type Sprayers

No-tillers are swapping nozzles, adding precision technology and trying other tricks to get better performance from their pull-type sprayers.
By Martha Mintz posted on May 1, 2012 | Posted in Equipment, Crop Protection, Precision Agriculture
Pull-type sprayers are still one the most important tools on the farm for no-tillers as they push for higher yields on acres being covered multiple times to apply herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, nutrients, plant hormones, growth regulators and more.
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What I've Learned from No-Tilling

Putting Worldly No-Till Knowledge To Work

After 20-plus years of research, consulting and no-till enthusiasm, ‘No-Till Bill’ has purchased a farm and is taking his own advice.
By Bill Crabtree and Martha Mintz posted on May 1, 2012 | Posted in Nutrient Management
After years of helping countless farmers make a lot of money, I finally decided to try and make a go of it myself. In 2007 I bought 7,000 acres of farmable ground in northeast Morawa, Australia, and am now officially a no-till farmer and consultant.
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What I've Learned from No-Tilling

In Search Of No-Till Planting Perfection: For Himself And Others

Years of onfarm experimentation have made no-tiller Bill Lehmkuhl a pro at drawing out prime planter performance.
By Bill Lehmkuhl and Martha Mintz posted on April 1, 2012 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Equipment
No-tilling for 32 years doesn't mean I know it all. Over the years, I've come up against many new no-till challenges I've had to solve. Some were easier to spot than others. Some I stumbled across by accident.
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