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No-Till, Canola and Politics

By Frank Lessiter posted on May 1, 2019 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Soil Health

It's seldom that we write about no-till and politics, but there’s a situation in Canada right now where international politics is spelling big trouble for the country’s canola growers.

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Older No-Till Herbicide Facing Tougher Restrictions

By Frank Lessiter posted on April 23, 2019 | Posted in Crop Protection

In early March, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that additional training is required for certified applicators that work with herbicides that contain paraquat.

Illinois Tightens Restrictions to Reduce Off-Target Dicamba Movement

By Frank Lessiter posted on April 18, 2019 | Posted in Crop Protection

With major concerns about the use of dicamba on soybeans, no-tillers need to be aware of any specific herbicide rules and regulations that may be in place in their home states. These requirements are in addition to the federally-approved labels that are in place for 2019 from the Environmental Protection Agency.

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Herbicide Treadmill is Ending

By Frank Lessiter posted on April 2, 2019 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Equipment, Crop Protection, Soil Health

Because of serious weed concerns with the area’s over 10 million acres of wheat and barley grown with extremely limited rainfall, Western Australia is the herbicide-resistance capital of the world.

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Getting Die-Hard Conventional-Tillage Growers to Make the Switch to No-Till Likely Means Guaranteeing Them as Much as $40 per Acre in Extra Income

By Frank Lessiter posted on February 28, 2019 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Soil Health

As a veteran farm magazine editor told me years ago, no-tillers have such a good thing going economically, why do they get so discouraged when neighbors refuse to switch to less tillage?

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Why No-Tillers are Amazing

By Frank Lessiter posted on February 7, 2019 | Posted in Cover Crops, Soil Health

With ag prices in the dumpster, it’s easy to become discouraged about what’s happening on America’s farms. But if you awoke in Indianapolis after a 5-year nap, you wouldn’t have known prices were down.

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The New $867 Billion Farm Bill Includes Benefits for No-Tilling, Strip-Tilling, Terminating Cover Crops, Improving Soil Health and Sequestering More Carbon

By Frank Lessiter posted on January 11, 2019 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops, Crop Protection

While much has been written on the economic aspects of the 2018 Farm Bill, the legislation included a number of items of special interest to no-tillers. Probably the most important one is new language specifically defining the rules for cover crop termination.

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No-Tillers Watching Costs

By Frank Lessiter posted on November 30, 2018 | Posted in Equipment

With lower commodity prices and increased cropping costs, University of Minnesota ag economists are urging growers to take a closer look at their machinery investments.

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No-Tillers Watching Costs

By Frank Lessiter posted on November 30, 2018 | Posted in Equipment

With lower commodity prices and increased cropping costs, University of Minnesota ag economists are urging growers to take a closer look at their machinery investments.

High Profit? Or High Yield?

By Frank Lessiter posted on October 31, 2018 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Equipment, Crop Protection, Nutrient Management

Many coffee shop conversations among farmers after harvest this fall turned out to be pretty much the same as in previous years.

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Articles by Frank Lessiter

No-Till, Canola and Politics

Older No-Till Herbicide Facing Tougher Restrictions

Illinois Tightens Restrictions to Reduce Off-Target Dicamba Movement

Herbicide Treadmill is Ending

Getting Die-Hard Conventional-Tillage Growers to Make the Switch to No-Till Likely Means Guaranteeing Them as Much as $40 per Acre in Extra Income

Why No-Tillers are Amazing

The New $867 Billion Farm Bill Includes Benefits for No-Tilling, Strip-Tilling, Terminating Cover Crops, Improving Soil Health and Sequestering More Carbon

No-Tillers Watching Costs

No-Tillers Watching Costs

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