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What I've Learned from No-Tilling

Tweaks and Adjustments Keep No-Till Success Rolling Long Term

By Duane Lange and Martha Mintz posted on February 22, 2019 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Nutrient Management, Soil Health

“No-Till is not a machine, not a crop and not residue. Instead, no-till is a combination of all the critical things you need to produce the best crop with the least cost and the most sustainability. That’s been our farm goal for the past quarter century.”

[Video] Cutting Through Cover Crop Residue with Pequea Residue Slicers

July 18, 2018 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops, Equipment

Holtwood, Pa., no-tiller Steve Groff no-tills pumpkins with this Monosem planter that includes Pequea’s Residue Slicers, which cut through rolled-down triticale and hairy vetch ahead of the row units. He no-tills pumpkins in 45-inch rows between Memorial Day and the end of June.

What I've Learned from No-Tilling

Negotiating Challenges and Opportunities When Combining No-Till and Dairy

Cover crops and strategic nutrient-cycling rotations help manage manure, while twin-row cropping tackles late-germinating weeds.

By Kent Stuckey and Martha Mintz posted on June 9, 2018 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops

In the last 10 years I’ve seen no-till declining in my area. I simply don’t understand it, maybe it’s the draw of recreational tillage as we like to call it, but to me it’s just not sustainable in the long run.

Seeding Covers, Ending Tillage Guides Challenging No-Till Transition

For Keith Mayberry, cutting trips across the field and keeping soils covered has reduced his need for irrigation and slashed his farm’s annual fuel budget.

By John Dobberstein posted on September 17, 2016 | Posted in Cover Crops, Equipment

A perfect storm, of sorts, convinced Keith Mayberry it was time to change how he raised his crops.

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No-Till Harvest Update: Great Yields, Tough Market

On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by CultivAce, we head to Amboy, Ill., where Dave Thompson shares his top takeaways from harvest season. Univ. of Illinois soil scientist Andrew Margenot discusses why some no-tillers might want to dial back P and K rates next growing season.

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