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Loftness RC800 Row Crop Spreader

January 26, 2017 | Posted in Equipment, Nutrient Management

The RC800 high-clearance row crop spreader from Loftness is an 8 ton, single-axle spreader with a 44-inch frame clearance for in-season applications, allowing operators to spoon-feed nutrients as the crop needs them.

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No-Till Tips From Corn Champ

By Frank Lessiter posted on May 1, 2003 | Posted in Nutrient Management

While Francis Childs certainly doesn’t no-till, the Manchester, Iowa, farmer uses a number of ideas some ideas that you could use in your own no-tilling operation. Using a mini moldboard plow that works the soil up to 14 inches deep yet still leaves up to 40 percent soil cover from his extremely heavy continuous corn plant residue, he harvested an amazing 442.1 bushels of corn per acre last fall. For the sixth straight year, he took top honors in the 2002 National Corn Growers Association National Corn Yield Contest.

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