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How to Control Slugs in the Early Season

Wet conditions are making potential problems for young crop plants; scout your fields to understand your slug populations

By John Tooker Ph.D. posted on May 17, 2024 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Soil Health

Wet conditions are making potential problems for young crop plants; scout your fields to understand your slug populations.

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[Video] No-Tiller Overcomes Planter Problem on First Day of Planting

By Noah Newman posted on April 29, 2024 | Posted in Equipment

Go behind the scenes with Leo Johnson and his son, Patrick, as they plant corn into strips for the first time on their 1,000-acre farm in Clinton, Wis. Jason Pennycook, precision specialist for 9-store Case IH dealer Johnson Tractor, comes to the rescue with remote support when Patrick runs into a problem with the planter in the field.

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[Video] Spring Madness: Precision Specialist Prepares No-Tiller for Planting Season

By Noah Newman posted on April 18, 2024 | Posted in Equipment

Go behind the scenes with Chad Baker, co-owner of Baker Precision Planter Works in Orangeville, Ill., as he hits the road for on-farm visits and pre-season maintenance checks. Baker helps a first-generation no-tiller work out the kinks in his planter, and later runs into a couple issues with a strip-tiller’s new high-speed, 24-row planter.

Spring Into Action Against Early-Season Weeds

April 8, 2024 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Crop Protection

Early planting gives soybeans a competitive edge in capturing light and moisture over problematic weeds like marestail, which thrive in no-till and reduced-tillage environments.

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[Video] Soil & Water Outcomes: Outlook on Carbon Markets for Long-Term No-Tillers

By Michaela Paukner posted on May 19, 2023 | Posted in Soil Health, Water Management

Adam Kiel, managing director of the Soil and Water Outcomes Fund, explains the organization's carbon program and future opportunities for long-term no-tillers to participate in carbon markets.

Ask the Operator

Do you have all your equipment and parts in hand for spring planting?

By Jim Leverich posted on January 7, 2022 | Posted in Equipment

No-Till Farmer's Conservation Ag Operator Fellow for 2022, Jim Leverich, discusses his operation's equipment and parts status ahead of spring planting.

Addressing the Conundrum of Planting in Cover Crops

April 5, 2018 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops

Source: Matt Reese, Ohio’s Country Journal

Should the cover crop be terminated prior to planting corn and soybeans or after? The standard answer for pretty much all things agricultural applies: it depends.

Getting Ready for Those Spring No-Till Challenges

Focusing on healthy soil, avoiding compaction and outfitting your no-till planter properly can help you overcome challenges with no-tilling in tough soils.

By Daniel Davidson posted on February 11, 2015 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Residue Management

As No-Tillers get ready for field work this spring, they need to think about the practices they’re deploying and whether those will help them achieve their yield and profit goals.

Will Planting Get Off To A Slow Start?

March 25, 2013 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Source: Doane Advisory Services

With temperatures in the Midwest about 20 degrees below normal at the beginning of spring people will soon start to consider the weather impact on spring planting.

Uncertainty Hangs Over 2013 US Spring Planting Weather

March 15, 2013 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Source: FarmPolicyFacts.org

It was the one thing that was on the mind of most everyone at the 2013 annual outlook conference of the U.S. Agriculture Department.

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