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The No-Till ‘Iceberg’ Effect

As the NRCS touts “No-Till November,” here’s a quick refresher about the value of leaving residue on the soil surface for its benefit to soil biology belowground.

November 9, 2017 | Posted in Residue Management, Soil Health

As the NRCS touts “No-Till November,” here’s a quick refresher about the value of leaving residue on the soil surface for its benefit to soil biology belowground.

Minimizing Soybean Harvest Loss

September 5, 2014 | Posted in Crop Protection

Source: South Dakota State University Extension

The USDA is predicting a record soybean crop for 2014 with a total of 3.8 billion bushels, up 16% from last year. Also another big world soybean producer Brazil saw their record production during this year.

From the Desk of John Dobberstein

Residue Is Still King

By John Dobberstein posted on September 4, 2013 | Posted in Residue Management

If you want confirmation that leaving residue on the soil surface is key to making no-till work, look no further than eastern Colorado.

‘Quadbaler’ Swaths And Bales In One Pass

Washington no-tiller Byron Seney created an attachment that let him fasten a draper header to a tractor to swath and windrow wheat stubble for his baler.

By John Dobberstein posted on October 1, 2012 | Posted in Equipment, Residue Management

A Washington no-tiller has designed an attachment that allows him to use a draper header on his tractor to swath and bale wheat stubble in one pass.

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Think Snow With No-Tilling

By Frank Lessiter posted on October 1, 2012

With much of the country suffering from a lack of moisture, it’s a good time to think about the many benefits no-till offers in capturing valuable moisture from snow cover. This is also linked to the height of standing stubble left in your no-tilled fields after harvest and the impact it can have on capturing winter moisture.

Wheat Stubble Height Impacts No-Till Row-Crop Yields

October 4, 2011 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Producers using a no-till wheat/row crop/fallow rotation may find that row crop yields in such a rotation are higher in years with relatively normal weather when the wheat stubble height is taller

Farmers In The Southwest Suffering From Drought

By Darrell Bruggink posted on July 20, 2011 | Posted in Water Management

No-tillers in the Southwest have been suffering through severe drought conditions, though they are probably doing better than their conventional-till neighbors.

Tips To Avoid Tire Damage From Stubble

August 2, 2010 | Posted in Equipment

Corn stalks and stubble are causing damage to agricultural equipment tires that range from sidewall cuts and punctures to chipping of large tractor tires. In some cases damage can be so severe it may require the farmer to replace tires.

8 Areas To Focus On For Higher Wheat Yields

Residue management, proper seeding rates, timely nitrogen applications and scouting for diseases are some of the keys to pushing no-till wheat yields to worthwhile levels

By Dan Zinkland posted on May 1, 2010 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Crop Protection, Residue Management

From the Pacific Northwest to the Great Plains to the Eastern Corn Belt, no-tillers John Aeschliman, Dan Forgey, Allen Dean and Romey Bardwell grow different varieties of dryland wheat in different soils in areas receiving vastly different amounts of rain.

No-Tillers Proving Stubble Burning, Tillage Not Necessary

October 8, 2009 | Posted in Residue Management

CANFA executive officer Neville Gould led the group to three sites where work is being done on stubble management, cover and pasture cropping.

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