Tillage may get you in the field faster, but it also disrupts mycorrhizae fungi networks, which relay nutrients and compounds to plants, says Grainews.

Have your fields been drowned out or pummeled by hail? Here are some management options from University of Minnesota Extension.

Black cutworms lay eggs on grassy weeds or cover crops, low-growing winter annuals and no-till crop residue, while armyworms are attracted to weedy corn fields, cover crops, grassy alfalfa stands and wheat fields.

One advantage proponents of no-till have championed for years is getting on their no-till fields without making ruts long before their neighbors in conventional tillage can run. Sometimes there's a day's difference after a heavy rain. As it turns out, that's a mixed blessing.