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Finding The Fertility ‘Gold Mine’ After A Dry Year

No-tillers could save inputs costs and raise yields by accessing residual nutrients in fields, but they need relevant data and must understand the factors that affect nutrient availability.

By John Dobberstein posted on April 1, 2013 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Water Management

No-Tillers whose fields were ravaged by drought last year will face some crucial decisions this spring as they investigate nutrient levels in their fields

Making Long-Term No-Tilled Fields Even Better

Nebraska no-tiller Ben Steffen is turning to cover crops, variable-rate fertilizer application and manure from his dairy to build even further upon his farm’s 40 years of no-till success

By John Dobberstein posted on March 1, 2013 | Posted in Cover Crops

Ben Steffen's farm embraced no-till practices nearly 4 decades ago, as he and his late father sought to reduce input costs and erosion and save soil moisture.

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New Technology Brings Precision Ag Data Into Focus

By Jim Leverich posted on February 1, 2013 | Posted in Precision Agriculture

For more than a decade now, no-tillers have been using precision ag and harvesting lots of data to use for making better farm-management decisions.

Saving Water, Boosting Yields With Subsurface Drip Irrigation

A perfect fit with non-disturbance no-till acres, SDI systems offer the potential of improved water- and fertilizer-use efficiency and higher yields

By John Dobberstein posted on February 1, 2013 | Posted in Precision Agriculture, Water Management

As drought conditions persist and water supplies are pressured, an increasing number of farmers, including no-tillers, are turning to subsurface drip-irrigation systems to maximize water use.

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Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Rules Anger Farmers

September 1, 2012 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Water Management

More salvos are being fired in Maryland as efforts to clean up nutrient loading in the Chesapeake Bay region move forward.

No-Till Yardstick Partnership Announced

By John Dobberstein posted on February 15, 2012

If you’re looking for ways to wring more profit from no-till, the answers might be closer than you think: Your own farm.

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No Need To Be “Iffy” About Hybrid Selection

By Jim Leverich posted on February 1, 2008 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

I hope you were able to attend the National No-Tillage Conference and pick up a lot of new ideas for your farm. The trick is to pick out the high-quality ideas that will work in your system.

Use Incentives To Expand No-Till Acres

Northeast Nebraska program boosts no-till interest, acres and yields by going from 8,382 acres in 1999 to 120,000 no-tilled acres this year.

By Jordanna Smida posted on October 1, 2001 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Precision Agriculture

When funding for conservation practices began to tighten in the Lower Elkhorn Natural Resource District (LENRD) in northeast Nebraska, a collaborative effort and new incentive program introduced more farmers to no-till and increased no-till acres.

The No-Till Answer Man!

As part of this continuing series, an Indiana farmer tackles your most frequently asked no-tilling questions.

By Stanley Smock posted on July 1, 1998

Here are my thoughts on recently asked questions by No-Till Farmer readers. Remember that your particular farming circumstances may result in entirely different answers to these particular concerns.

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Ponds, Panels, Pollinators: No-Till Innovator Takes Conservation to Next Level

On this edition of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by CultivAce, No-Till Farmer’s Conservation Ag Operator Fellow, Ray McCormick, showcases how he’s taking conservation ag to the next level in Vincennes, Ind., with ponds, solar panels, duck hunting and more.

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