Landoll announces its 5211 Grain Drill offers more unique features for 2014, including the option for 3 boxes on four different models that range from 10 to 20 feet in width, for seeding large fields with any combination of seed, fertilizer or grass seed.
In Tillamook County, Oregon, where they get approximately 90 inches of rain every year, farmers use no-till drilling as a management tool in that area to increase the productivity of their pastures.
Source: By Chad Lee and Jim Herbek, University of Kentucky
Planting corn into sod could generate a gross return of $500 to $700 per acre, which is a large enough opportunity to consider taking old pasture or hay fields and converting them to corn for 2011.
Over the past 38 years, we've produced a handful of No-Till Farmer articles on no-tilling corn and other crops into a living cover, such as alfalfa sod, cereal rye or wheat. But it’s a tricky maneuver and one that has not caught on among many no-tillers.
While you’ll need to be prepared for some weed and fertility challenges, don’t ruin 10 years of soil benefits with full-width tillage, this agronomist says.
If high grain prices have you thinking about shifting Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) pasture or hay ground back into more lucrative crop production, don’t think you have to revert to tillage to make the transition.
If high grain prices have you thinking about shifting Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) pasture or hay ground back into more lucrative crop production, don’t think you have to revert to tillage to make the transition.
Having invested in the latest sprayer technologies, cereal grain growers are gearing up to do a better job of applying pesticides — starting this fall with winter wheat.
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On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Martin-Till, Brian and Darren Hefty, fourth-generation farmers and hosts of Ag PhD, share tips for treating tar spot in corn.
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