Allan Vyhnalek of the University of Nebraska – Lincoln's Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources provides advice for both the older and younger generations about how to cohesively co-manage the family business.
Price advantages. Nutrient management. Increasing organic matter. Soil types. There are many reasons a no-tiller may decide to work with a corn-on-corn rotation, but continuous no-till corn isn’t absent of challenges.
Crop rotation, seed selection and scouting are among the steps you can take to keep residue-laden no-till fields from harboring soilborne diseases that curtail yields.
Since no-till was first pioneered several decades ago, changes in equipment and practices have helped farmers get more consistent results from the practice.
After years of helping countless farmers make a lot of money, I finally decided to try and make a go of it myself. In 2007 I bought 7,000 acres of farmable ground in northeast Morawa, Australia, and am now officially a no-till farmer and consultant.
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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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