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Microbes, Mycorrhizae Key to Understanding Nutrient Content of Cover Crops

No-Till Innovator Jim Hoorman unearths relationship between cover crops & nutrient content in the soil

By Mackane Vogel posted on September 4, 2024 | Posted in Cover Crops

Understanding the nutrient content of cover crops can be challenging because it depends on many different factors.

How Controlled Release Nitrogen Affects Strip-Cropped Corn

By Jerry Grigar posted on August 27, 2024 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Research on corn-soybean strip-cropping has demonstrated higher yields on the edge rows of corn and reduced yield on the edge rows of soybeans.

What’s More Profitable, No-Till or Tillage?

By Landon Swan posted on July 27, 2024

For the Illinois Corn Precision Conservation Management program's recent data analysis, no-till emerged as a consistently profitable choice with an average yield of 219 bushels per acre over the past eight years, despite lower power and direct costs.

Add Sulfur to Overcome Cereal Rye Yield Drag in Soybeans

Cereal rye biomass helped curtail weeds and reduce soil temperature

June 3, 2024 | Posted in Cover Crops

Source: Morning Ag Clips

There are many benefits when using cover crops in a crop rotation including reduced erosion from wind and water and improved soil organic matter.

Interseeding Cover Crops Lifts No-Tillers’ Soybean Yields 20 Bushels Above County Average

Rye, flax & oats all play distinct role in this farmer's cover crop mix

By Mackane Vogel posted on May 28, 2024 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops

Alex Frasier remembers taking naps as a little kid in the tractor while his dad Jayme was driving around, working the field. Fast forward to 2024 and the Faulkton, S.D., no-tiller is working with his dad on the farm, interseeding cover crops into no-till soybeans with Jayme’s blessing.

Early Season Residual Herbicide Challenges in Corn and Soybean Crops

Residual herbicide considerations during the early season corn and soybean period.

May 20, 2024 | Posted in Crop Protection

For various reasons, timely herbicide applications in the spring sometimes can be difficult.

What Impact Does Delayed Cereal Rye Termination Have on Soybean Yield?

May 10, 2024 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops

Source: Practical Farmers of Iowa

Alec Amundson and a group of five other cooperators decided to test if later maturing soybeans could offset some of the yield decline seen when planting green and delaying cover crop termination.

Soil Health

‘Neighborly’ Grazing & 5-Year Rotation Boost Soil Health & No-Till Yields

2,200-acre operation allows neighbors to graze cover crops alongside diverse cash crop rotation

By Noah Newman posted on March 28, 2024 | Posted in Cover Crops, Nutrient Management, Soil Health

Grazing is considered by many to be the final step in the “holy grail” of soil health, but for some no-tillers, it can be the most daunting step to take.

Micronutrients part 1

Adequate Boron Levels a Must for Optimum No-Till Yields

Regular soil & tissue testing can help no-tillers avoid yield losses due to boron deficiency

By Dan Crummett posted on March 27, 2024 | Posted in Nutrient Management

If you talk about plant nutrition with no-tillers who are setting yield records, it’s likely that they’ll quickly mention getting the basics right and then paying close attention to the little things.

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