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No-Tilled Corn Yields Hit Record Again

No-tillers smashed their 2016 corn yields by 10.5 bushels per acre, but soybeans had to settle for second-best vs. prior-year record levels.

By Darrell Bruggink posted on March 10, 2018 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Records are meant to be broken. It only took 12 months for that to occur with corn yields.

No-Till Yields Shine in ‘Tillage Country’

By John Dobberstein posted on March 7, 2018 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Soil Health

I recently came upon an article from South Dakota State University Extension that seems to cast doubt, once again, on arguments that no-till doesn’t work well in colder, wetter climates.

9th Annual Benchmark Study

No-Tillers Slash Spending to Stay in the Black

Readers once again stayed under budget to turn a profit, and plan to continue making cuts for the upcoming growing season.

By Laura Barrera posted on March 11, 2017 | Posted in Equipment

While crop prices remained unfavorable, more No-Till Farmer readers were profitable in 2016 than 2015 — but they had to stay under budget to make it happen.

9th Annual Benchmark Study

No-Tillers Hit New Yield Records Across the Board

No-tilled corn and soybean yields climbed to new highs in the history of the study, while most U.S. regions saw better yields than 2015.

By Laura Barrera posted on March 11, 2017 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

No-tillers had one of the best crop performances in the history of No-Till Farmer’s annual No-Till Operational Benchmark Study, hitting record corn and soybean yield averages overall and beating 2015 yields in most regions.

8th Annual Benchmark Study: No-Till Soybeans Set Yield Record, Corn Remains Steady

The average no-till corn yield fell just 1 bushel shy of last year’s record, while no-till soybeans hit a new high with a 53-bushel average.

By Laura Barrera posted on April 16, 2016 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

While weather conditions varied greatly across the nation last spring — with warm, dry planting weather in the Upper Midwest and cool, wet conditions that caused delays in the Eastern Corn Belt — no-tillers still saw one of their best years in terms of yield.

Boost No-Till Corn Yields With Better ‘P’ Placement

Using in-furrow application methods can help make phosphorus more available to growing corn and net more bushels for no-tillers, says researcher Jerry Wilhm.

By Laura Barrera posted on December 1, 2013 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Over the last several years, input expenses for no-tillers in general have increased by approximately 21%, and one of the highest-costing inputs is fertilizer.

Strip-Till Corn Profitability Tops Mulch-Till, No-Till

May 27, 2010

Strip-till lost the bragging rights about yields to mulch-till in a 4-year, onfarm study conducted in Illinois. But profits from strip-till topped thos of mulch-till and no-till in the study.

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