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Maximizing Your Yield: The Importance of Regular Seeder Maintenance

May 2, 2023 | Posted in Equipment

One way to ensure that your crops get off to the best start possible is by properly maintaining your seeder. The Seeder Maintenance series is brought to you by Precision Planting.

Spring Burndown Considerations: Air Temps & Herbicide Efficacy

April 28, 2023 | Posted in Cover Crops, Crop Protection

Source: Purdue University

In the Spring, growers may experience challenges when controlling winter annuals weeds or terminating cover crops with glyphosate-based burndown herbicide programs, specifically when glyphosate is sprayed in cool, cloudy weather conditions.

Winter Cover Crops Could Reduce Nitrogen in Drainage Water by 30%

April 26, 2023 | Posted in Cover Crops

Source: University of Illinois

As Corn Belt states seek ways to curb nitrogen flow from farms into the Gulf of Mexico, new University of Illinois research adds evidence for winter cover crops as an important part of the solution.

3 Scenarios Demonstrating the Importance of Starting Weed-Free at Planting

April 19, 2023 | Posted in Crop Protection

Source: GROW

Starting weed-free (also known as “starting clean”) means planting into fields without emerged weeds, which provides the crop with the best chance to establish early and compete with weeds.

Pull the Plug on Planting Green if it's Unseasonably Warm?

April 13, 2023 | Posted in Cover Crops

Source: Penn State Extension

Research from Penn State and other institutions shows that planting green significantly dries the top three inches in the soil profile compared to planting into cover crops killed a week or more pre-plant, because the growing cover crop transpires and draws water out of the root zone.

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Strip-Till Highlights: March 14, 2023

March 14, 2023

Strip-Till Farmer editors encounter a variety of articles, social media posts, podcasts and videos that offer a unique look at the grower's realm from the lofty digital realm. Here is our favorite content from the past week from across the web. The Best of the Web series is brought to you by Copperhead Ag Products.

New Research Shows How Drought Impacts Corn Yields

By Eric Hamilton posted on March 14, 2023 | Posted in Crop Protection

Source: American Society of Agronomy

With the information gained from this study, the researchers are now trying to make corn more resilient to drought stress. The next step is finding genetics of corn that are naturally able to handle drought better during flowering.

Fine-Tune Your Planter to Set Up for Successful Season

Precision Planting training session highlights the connection between planter maintenance & emergence, as well as the most overlooked area on the row unit that has the biggest impact on yield.

By Noah Newman posted on March 13, 2023 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Equipment

Precision Planting product support specialist Clay Scott hosted an interactive maintenance webinar to teach farmers how to set their planter up for success in 2023.

[Podcast] How to Maintain Yield While Cutting Inputs & Hours with Strip-Tiller Greg Entinger

On this edition of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment, New Prague, Minn., farmer Greg Entinger shares his economic-based strategy for managing his 900-acre strip-tilled corn operation.

March 3, 2023 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Equipment

For this edition of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment, New Prague, Minn., farmer Greg Entinger shares his economic-based strategy for managing his 900-acre strip-tilled corn operation.

WATCH: Longtime Strip-Tiller Uses Old Feed Grinder to Blend Cover Crops

By Noah Newman posted on February 26, 2023 | Posted in Cover Crops

Jeff Duling's creativity is on full display in this video, as the longtime strip-tiller explains how he uses an old feed grinder to blend cover crop seeds.

Articles Tagged with ''no-till''

Maximizing Your Yield: The Importance of Regular Seeder Maintenance

Spring Burndown Considerations: Air Temps & Herbicide Efficacy

Winter Cover Crops Could Reduce Nitrogen in Drainage Water by 30%

3 Scenarios Demonstrating the Importance of Starting Weed-Free at Planting

Pull the Plug on Planting Green if it's Unseasonably Warm?

Strip-Till Highlights: March 14, 2023

New Research Shows How Drought Impacts Corn Yields

Fine-Tune Your Planter to Set Up for Successful Season

[Podcast] How to Maintain Yield While Cutting Inputs & Hours with Strip-Tiller Greg Entinger

WATCH: Longtime Strip-Tiller Uses Old Feed Grinder to Blend Cover Crops

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