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Photos of the Week: WIU Organic Research Farm

By Noah Newman posted on August 8, 2024 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

And let’s wrap things up with our Photos of the Week, coming to us this week from the Allison Organic Research and Demonstration Farm at Western Illinois University.

Tips for Interseeding Clover into Soybeans, Frost Seeding Cover Crops

February 6, 2023 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops

A discussion in the Organic Grain Resource and Information Network (OGRAIN) email group started with a question about interseeeding clover into soybeans. Several no-tillers discussed the topic and how timing of planting could dramatically affect the outcome.

[Podcast] Best of ‘22: No-Tilling in Wildly Different Regions, Encouraging Better Root Growth & More

As 2022 comes to a close, we’re revisiting some of the most-played episodes of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment.

December 30, 2022 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Equipment, Nutrient Management, Precision Agriculture

As 2022 comes to a close, we’re revisiting some of the most-played episodes of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment.

From the Desk of John Dobberstein

Getting No-Till Into the Classroom

By John Dobberstein posted on July 5, 2017 | Posted in Soil Health

It’s a modest start, but it looks like there’s a push under way to get the message about the benefits of no-till practices and soil health into high school and college classrooms.

Cereal Rye, Rape Protect Soybeans From Diseases

Results from an Illinois study find that no-tillers might be able to use cereal rye and winter rape to suppress diseases for the following soybean crop.

By Laura Barrera posted on January 1, 2014 | Posted in Cover Crops, Crop Protection

There is no shortage of yield-robbing diseases with soybeans, but a tool no-tillers may be using could help prevent them.

Spring 2009, Take Two In 2010

Experts offer advice for no-tillers once again contending with a slew of issues this spring stemming from a late, wet harvest

By Martha Ostendorf posted on February 1, 2010 | Posted in Crop Protection, Residue Management

Déjà vu. No-tillers probably felt it this fall as they battled rain and then raced to beat the snow getting crops harvested, just like 2008.

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In this video, Precision Planting’s Clay Scott checks in with planter maintenance recommendations for John Deere, Case IH, Kinze and White disc openers. The 2025 National No-Tillage Conference takes place Jan. 7-10 in downtown Louisville, Ky. Reserve your spot at NoTillConference.com.

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