A speaker at the recent No-Till on the Plains Winter Conference presented an interesting game plan growers could adopt to work toward a herbicide-free no-till system.
Obviously, the news isn’t good of late: Agricultural prices are falling back to more normal levels and we’re all having to make adjustments. Corn prices are going back to 2010 levels, livestock to 2013 levels and oil to 2007 levels.
When it comes to rejuvenating worn fields and pastures in the southern Plains, there were plenty of ideas shared among the nearly 200 people attending the Southern Soil Health Conference this week in Ardmore, Okla.
Having started no-tilling more than 40 years ago, David Black has seen soil health and yields continue to improve. But getting there was, at times, a test of faith.
When Jimmy Emmons talks about the major changes he’s making to his farm, he feels compelled to explain that his father and grandfather, “did the best they could do with the equipment they had.”
Danville, Ohio, no-tiller Kevin Staats rigged his combine with a 34-foot boom, two hydraulic pumps and a Valmar air seeder to seed cover crops while harvesting.
No-tillers who create conditions that support active soil microbial activity have fewer headaches with residue decomposition and nutrient availability after harvest.
For many no-tillers, it’s difficult enough to get crops planted and harvested on time each year. But after harvest, there’s often another battle — managing residue in such a way that it’s an asset to their rotation, rather than a liability.
A twin-row conversion helped Greencastle, Ind., no-tiller Ron Cash increase corn populations, while cover crops are giving him greater control over erosion issues.
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During the Sustainable Agriculture Summit in Minneapolis, Minn., Carrie Vollmer-Sanders, the president of Field to Market who also farms in Northeast Indiana and Northwest Ohio, shared why it is important for no-tillers and strip-tillers to share their knowledge with other farmers.
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