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Applying Manure with a Dragline Helps No-Tillers with Cover Crop Termination

Growers from Perrysville, Ohio, utilize manure from their 650-cow dairy to maintain high-yielding double crops, and feed for their herd.

By Sarah Hill posted on October 20, 2022 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops, Equipment

The practice of using a dragline on emerging corn began in 2019, due to the extremely wet weather rearranging the Ayers’ cover crop termination schedule. The termination date varies each year, thanks to several factors, including the custom spraying schedule, the weather and what herbicide program the Ayers are using. They typically use glyphosate and 2,4-D to terminate the cereal rye.

‘Boutique’ Farm Yields Big-Time No-Till Savings and Success

97-year-old Melvin Steck has flirted with 300-bushel corn and hit 70-bushel soybeans with homemade equipment, common sense and a long-term commitment to no-till.

By John Dobberstein posted on September 14, 2018 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops, Equipment

These days, Melvin Steck doesn’t go to many farm shows, field days or plot tours and isn’t the type to sell his program or philosophies to others. But this 97-year-old no-tiller will talk plenty about how the soil works.

Post-Harvest Weed Control in Wheat Stubble

July 10, 2018 | Posted in Crop Protection

Source: Kansas State University

Post-harvest weed control in wheat stubble is very important to conserve soil moisture and prevent weeds from going to seed and adding to the weed seedbank. Thin wheat and recent rains will likely require earlier and more intensive weed management efforts this year than in some years.

Proper Winterizing of Your Sprayer

October 31, 2017 | Posted in Equipment

Source: Ohio State University Extension

If you want to avoid potential problems and save yourself from frustration and major headaches, don’t delay winterizing your sprayer too long if you already have not done so, says Ohio State University Extension.

Crop Protection Roundup 2016

Adjuvants to be Key with Newer Herbicide Technology

With dicamba-and 2,4-D-tolerant cropping systems hitting the market, adjuvants will be crucial to improving efficacy and reducing drift.

By Dan Crummett posted on January 11, 2016 | Posted in Crop Protection

Adjuvants in herbicides have been an important part of the mix for no-tillers since the first household detergent was added to a tank of Roundup somewhere in distant history.

Some Reminders About 2,4-D

May 19, 2011 | Posted in Crop Protection

Source: W.S. Curran, Penn State University

2,4-D (2,4-Dichlorophenoxyactetic acid) is one of the oldest synthetic herbicides on the market first described in 1941, yet we still receive a number of questions about its use.

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Will Lawyers Rule Pesticides?

By Frank Lessiter posted on June 1, 2009

Several recent developments in the pesticide area represent disturbing examples of how the environmentalists pay little attention to scientific facts. As a result, several pesticides and genetically modified organism (GMO) corn hybrids are under increased fire from lawyers and governmental agencies that could impact no-tillers.

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Tips, Tricks, Techniques

By Frank Lessiter posted on June 1, 2001 | Posted in Crop Protection

With weed control season in full swing for many no-tillers, it’s a good time to pass along a few practical ideas used successfully by attendees at last winter’s National No-Tillage Conference.

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