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Tillage, Nitrogen Applications Ineffective Residue Decay Methods

April 4, 2014 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Soil Health, Water Management

Source: Iowa State University Extension, Mahdi Al-Kaisi, Department of Agronomy

Crop residue serves an important role in physically protecting soil by preventing soil erosion during rain events or high winds.

Guidelines For Winter Manure Application

January 7, 2014 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Source: Penn State Extension

Most producers would prefer to spread manure on their fields in spring and summer when the crops are going to get the most use out of it. Although the Department of Environmental Protection discourages winter manure application, there are circumstances when manure has to be applied in the winter, such as when wet fall weather kept field conditions unsuitable and the lack of a large enough storage structure to hold the manure until spring.

Maximizing The Value Of Corn Stover

January 3, 2014 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: James DeDecker and Kevin Gould, Michigan State University Extension

Beneath the snow now blanketing Michigan's corn fields lays a valuable but underused commodity: corn stover.

Drought Can Create Conservation Plan Compliance Issues

October 25, 2012 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Source: USDA's NRCS

The USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) reminds producers to work with the local NRCS office to remain in compliance with their current conservation plan on highly erodible land.

Drought Conditions And Fall Soil Sampling

August 8, 2012 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Source: Dr. Rick Vanden Huevel, MaxYield Cooperative

Questions have been asked if soil sampling plans for the upcoming fall should change because of the drought we have experienced in 2012.

Strip-Till Sequesters Carbon, Builds Soil Health

May 30, 2012 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: Mike Petersen, Orthman Manufacturing agronomist

Starting back in first decade of this century, the buzz words of carbon sequestration has appeared in articles and has become frequently discussed with farmers in the USDA's Farm Service Agency and NRCS offices as one of the methods to reduce or offset carbon emissions.

Illinois Grower Takes Strip-Till Plunge

May 30, 2012 | Posted in Nutrient Management

When Jason Lay attended a conference last year with other Illinois farmers, he was amazed by the level of interest in strip-till, a system in which the crop is planted in a narrowly tilled strip and most crop residue is preserved to protect the soil from erosion.

Banding Potash In Strip-Tilled Corn Requires Higher Rates

April 23, 2012 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Source: University of Minnesota

Banded application of fertilizer at planting is a key management practice for achieving the best yields in strip-till, no-till and ridge-till systems, says George Rehm, a retired nutrient management specialist with the University of Minnesota.

Nebraska Strip-Tiller Sees Huge Increase In Corn Yields

By Dan Zinkand posted on April 22, 2012 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Strip-tilling has increased dryland corn yields 30 to 45 bushels per acre for Scott Darling of Pender, Neb., since he started strip-tilling 4 years ago.

Hybrids Susceptible To Bacterial Wilt Excel In Strip-Till

April 22, 2012 | Posted in Crop Protection

Source: Monsanto

Hybrids that were susceptible and highly susceptible to Goss's Wilt had increased yields under strip-tillage and conventional tillage vs. no-till in a 2010 Monsanto study in Nebraska.

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