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No-Till Roundtable

Q: How Are You Managing Residue with Today’s Extra-Wide Combine Headers?

Recognizing the value of getting stalks, straw and chaff across the full width of the combine header, we asked readers in the No-Till Farmer email discussion group — how are you getting the job done with today’s extra-wide headers? Check out the responses below.

October 10, 2024 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Equipment, Residue Management

We asked readers in the No-Till Farmer email discussion group — how are you getting the job done with today’s extra-wide headers?

UPI Launches New Tripzin ZC Herbicide in U.S.

March 9, 2018 | Posted in Crop Protection, Products

Source: AgroNews

Tripzin ZC is a patented pre-mix that combines two active ingredients, metribuzin and pendimethalin.

[Webinar] Starter Fertilizer and Fungicide: Getting Your No-Till Crop Off to the Best Possible Start

October 25, 2016 | Posted in Crop Protection

For this installment of the No-Till Farmer webinar series sponsored by Vive Crop Protection we're joined by Kelly Greig, biologist for Vive Crop Protection, who will help you understand the obstacles impacting the germination and emergence of no-till crops and new approaches to warding off diseases while feeding the plant in-furrow. [To view any of our webinar replays, you must be logged in with a free user account.]

No-Till Notes

What You Can Learn from a Post-Planting Scouting Trip

Scouting fields after planting is over can help no-tillers learn what tweaks might be needed for their planting operations or weed management programs.

By Jim Leverich posted on May 18, 2015 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Equipment, Residue Management

ONCE CROPS emerge, it’s a good time for early-season scouting to identify pests like cutworms and wireworms, and to evaluate your planter and starter-fertilizer performance.

The Final Act: Closing The Seed Slot

Field variability, tougher trash and growers’ early-planting ambitions drive improvements to planter closing wheels used in no-till fields.

By John Dobberstein posted on August 1, 2011 | Posted in Equipment, Water Management

When planting is done and crops begin to emerge, no-tillers have a chance to evaluate how well their planter has performed — including whether the unit’s closing wheels are doing the job closing the seed slot.

Consider Gypsum Applications To Improve No-Till Soil Structure

Benefits could include better aeration and water infiltration and less crusting, leading to enhanced crop emergence and stronger roots.

By Ron Perszewski posted on February 1, 2006 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Gypsum applications on no-till fields could decrease surface crusting while improving aeration and water infiltration, thus aiding crop emergence, according to Warren Dick, an Ohio State University soil scientist.

Ridge Till Continues To Gain Popularity

The winner of the Phoenix Rotary Equipment Ltd. conservation tillage essay contest explains the benefits of ridge tilling.

By Alan Bonifas posted on May 1, 2002 | Posted in Crop Protection, Residue Management, Soil Health

In the late 1940s and early 1950s, many farmers in south-central Nebraska began drilling irrigation wells as they began flood irrigating row crops in furrows.

Slugging It Out With Slugs

Both no-tilled corn and soybeans are hit hard by these pests.

By Lynn Grooms posted on June 1, 2001 | Posted in Crop Protection

Slugs were likely a major worry for some no-tillers again this spring. In fact, a few Ohio growers have abandoned no-till because of them, maintains Ron Hammond, entomologist with the Ohio State University Agricultural Experiment Station at Wooster, Ohio.

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