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No-Tillers' Best Tips for Suppressing Slug Pressure

June 5, 2024 | Posted in Crop Protection

A Wisconsin no-tiller recently posted in the No-Till Farmer Discussion Group and asked what other no-tillers do to control slugs.

Slugs are among the most challenging pests faced by Mid-Atlantic no-till growers.

Insecticides Foster 'Toxic' Slugs, Reduce Crop Yields

December 5, 2014 | Posted in Crop Protection

Source: Penn State Extension

Insecticides aimed at controlling early-season crop pests can increase slug populations, thus reducing crop yields.

What I've Learned from No-Tilling

Donning No-Till Armor To Save Soils

Lucas Criswell is pushing his 30-year no-till system another step higher by seeding row crops into taller cover crops and using precision technology to safeguard nutrients and the environment.

By Martha Mintz posted on November 1, 2014 | Posted in Cover Crops, Nutrient Management

I wish I could rewind and start over no-tilling with what I know now. The longer we no-till, the more we learn about what was really happening in our fields as we made the transition, and what we could have done then to take our soils farther, faster.

New Web Site Delves Into Slugs, Control Measures

October 23, 2013 | Posted in Cover Crops

A new web site has been developed by John Tooker at Penn State University, called "Slug Portal," provides information on slugs in no-till field crops and management options.

No-Till Tradition, Passion For Change Fuel Miller Farms

Wisconsin no-tillers make use of cover crops, gypsum, winter wheat and precision ag to enhance soil biology and bump up no-till yields.

By Dan Zinkland posted on November 1, 2010 | Posted in Cover Crops, Nutrient Management

Five years ago, Nick and Luke Miller returned to Miller Farms near Oconomowoc, Wis., bringing with them a passion for change that works well with the no-till tradition their father, Bob, began 16 years ago.

Slugs Get A Leg Up On No-Tillers

Oozing under the research radar for years, these slimy seedling-gnawing pests are getting the full attention of no-tillers with increased no-till and cover crop acres producing lots of habitat

By Martha Ostendorf posted on April 1, 2010 | Posted in Crop Protection

A Beer shortage would likely result if no-tillers resorted to the tried-and-true garden fix of drowning slugs in plates of beer.

Clover And Nightcrawlers Boost Corn And Soybeans

By Ron Ross posted on June 1, 2006

Slug-Control Product Escapes Notice

Sluggo is used mostly in the West, despite research showing that it could be a boon to no-tillers.

By Ron Ross posted on June 1, 2006 | Posted in Crop Protection

Although it has been available for several years, an often-overlooked, environ- mentally friendly slug-control product is gaining popularity in the United States and could provide an alternative to metaldehyde- based products for no-tillers.

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