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Listen, Learn from Your Strip-Tilled Crops

By Jack Zemlicka posted on November 8, 2016 | Posted in Nutrient Management

If plants could talk, what would they say to you? Sure, this is a pretty abstract question outside of an animated film, but one worth considering as strip-tillers reflect on harvest and begin preparing for the next planting season.

Starter Fertilization Sometimes Boosts Corn Yield

March 24, 2015 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Starter fertilizer can be used to complement pre-plant fertilization of crops to increase yield and economic returns to production.

A Complex Path to Strip-Till Success

February 5, 2015 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Source: Ben Pederson, ETS

Ben Pederson shares his journey to adopting strip-till and offers six lessons to other growers considering strip-till or zone tillage.

How to Choose the Correct Liming Material

January 30, 2015 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Source: University of Florida Extension

The University of Florida IFAS Extension recommends considering the cost of the lime, its calcium carbonate equivalent and spreading rates when choosing a lime source.

Fighting Compaction with Strip-Till and a Controlled Traffic System

A move to strip-till by Ray and Dave Delhotal, has helped them better time fertilizer applications and improve soil health on their central Illinois operation

By Ian Gronau posted on January 27, 2015 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Precision Agriculture

Over the five generations the Delhotal family has farmed in West Brooklyn, Ill., it's been important for them to produce high quality crops while caring for the land in an environmentally sustainable way.

Nitrogen Doesn't Do Well On its Own

January 23, 2015 | Posted in Nutrient Management

The International Plant Nutrition Institute found that when other nutritional needs are met, plants use nitrogen more efficiently.

Upcoming Conservation Tillage Conference to Include Water Quality Discussion

January 6, 2015 | Posted in Water Management

Source: Ohio State Extension

Ways to keep phosphorus and nitrogen from impacting water resources, will be the focus of a day-long discussion by industry and university experts during the Conservation Tillage Conference, March 3-4.

Economist Says Taxing Phosphorus Could Reduce Risk Of Algal Blooms

October 8, 2014 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Source: Ohio State University

While agricultural scientists, policymakers and farmers are investigating ways to reduce the risk of severe algal blooms that stem from phosphorus, an Ohio State University environmental economist suggests an economic response could be the most cost-effective one.

Tips For Soil Testing This Fall

October 3, 2014 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: Penn State Extension, Delbert Voight

Recent surveys indicate that 20% of the fields in Pennsylvania do not have a current soil test. With high yields, the plant food contained in the soil is depleted more rapidly. A 200-bushel corn crop pulls out 80 pounds of phosphorus and 60 pounds of potassium. It is important to get a benchmark as to what is left.

Gypsum Could Help Keep Water Clean

October 1, 2014 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Soil Health, Water Management

Source: Ohio State University, Kurt Knebusch

Gypsum, which has roots in the past as a farm soil treatment, also may have a bright future, and not just as a booster of crops but also a protector of water.

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