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March 2017

Volume: 46
Edition: 3

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    No-Tillers Reflect Back to Move Forward at 25-Year Event

    No-tillers soaked in lessons from no-till veterans, experts and fellow peers on how to keep their operations heading in the right direction at the 25th annual National No-Tillage Conference.
    Traveling from as far as Australia and South Africa, nearly 1,000 no-tillers made the trek to St. Louis in January to learn how to further improve their no-till practices and celebrate the 25th anniversary of the National No-Tillage Conference.
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    What I've Learned from No-Tilling

    Finding Security in No-Till and Diversity

    No-tilling broke Mike Beer, and eventually his neighbors, out of a spring wheat rut and into crop diversity and economic success.
    In the late 1980s, farmers in my region seemed to be stuck on a production plateau, or were even losing ground. Everyone was growing only spring wheat or barley and leaving half their acres in black fallow every year.
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    Relying On Soil Tests, Covers Make Fertility More Efficient

    The 9th class of Responsible Nutrient Management Practitioners has seen reduced fertilizer inputs and higher yields by monitoring the soil and using cover crops to hold nutrients in place.
    Honored for how they manage their fertility practices, Jason Carter of Eastover, S.C., Mike Werling of Decatur, Ind., and Mike Taylor of Helena, Ark., were recognized as the 9th annual class of Responsible Nutrient Management Practitioners at the 2017 National No-Tillage Conference in St. Louis.
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    Mixing Up a Sprayer Solution for an Effective Herbicide Kill

    Accurate measurements, water pH and hardness, and the use of adjuvants are all key to ensuring every spray droplet makes it into the weed or cover crop.

    Herbicides are one of the most critical tools used on no-till operations. But you may not be utilizing these chemicals as effectively as you could, which can result in increased herbicide resistance or another pass across the field to clean up any yield-robbing weeds or cover crops.


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    Protecting Soils with No-Till in a Colder Northern Climate

    Jerry Morical is showing no-till practices can work in a frigid region of the U.S. as he interseeds cover crops into corn and reaps the benefits of mellower soils.
    For decades, Jerry Morical has made a living raising crops in the hilly, sandy loam soils near Garfield in western Minnesota. But his small farm also lies within a recreational haven, surrounded by the Chippewa River watershed and dozens of small lakes.
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    Get the Sprayer Rolling for Better Kochia Control

    For no-tillers, use of pre-emergent herbicides, proper tank mixes are crucial to keeping this summer annual weed from decimating cash crop yields.
    With high genetic diversity as well as tolerance to heat, cold and saline soils, kochia is a weed that plagues a large area of the Great Plains and western Canada.
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    No-Tillers Reflect Back to Move Forward at 25-Year Event

    No-tillers soaked in lessons from no-till veterans, experts and fellow peers on how to keep their operations heading in the right direction at the 25th annual National No-Tillage Conference.
    Traveling from as far as Australia and South Africa, nearly 1,000 no-tillers made the trek to St. Louis in January to learn how to further improve their no-till practices and celebrate the 25th anniversary of the National No-Tillage Conference.
    Read More
    What I've Learned from No-Tilling

    Finding Security in No-Till and Diversity

    No-tilling broke Mike Beer, and eventually his neighbors, out of a spring wheat rut and into crop diversity and economic success.
    In the late 1980s, farmers in my region seemed to be stuck on a production plateau, or were even losing ground. Everyone was growing only spring wheat or barley and leaving half their acres in black fallow every year.
    Read More
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