“I try and stay on top of what the crop will need before it needs it, and this year was no different,” Ben Kron says. “I harvested November 17 and was happy with the results.”
Ken Rulon farms with his family in Hamilton County, Ind., using a cover crop system. “You can’t put the transition years in the data,” Rulon says. “Everyone out here is looking at one year of data when this isn’t a one-year system.”
Mark Kingland, who farms nearly 1,800 acres throughout Winnebago County, Iowa, with his brother, Tom, seeded several hundred cover crop acres for the first time in fall 2023 and used his new drone to broadcast the seed.
On this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment, Randy Bump takes us inside his strip-till operation in Albany, Wis.
On this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment, Randy Bump takes us inside his strip-till operation in Albany, Wis.
Karl Gossel reflects on his strip-till journey, including his transition from conventional tillage and lessons learned along the way. Gossel also shares advice for new strip-tillers.
How valuable is poultry manure? This may not be a straightforward answer and depends on several factors, including the nutrient(s) required for a specific field. Here is one example using the average nutrient analysis values from southeast Kansas of 56-53-46 (N-P2O5-K2O lb per ton).
Strip till has been able to save some of the crops that only saw a few inches of rain during May or June this year, Iowa State agronomist Angie Rieck-Hinz said.
“The nitrogen penalty from burying all those corn stalks was like, 50 bushels per acre,” Warren Schneckenburger says. He has since switched to strip-till, allowing the farm to overcome the previous bottleneck.
Unfortunately, “perfect manure application weather” is rare and seldom lasts as long as you need it to. So, if you’re heading into winter with a manure storage that hasn’t been pumped down as much as it needs to be, consider these tips when planning for application.
On this edition of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Montag Mfg., representatives from several companies showcase their new strip-till equipment. at the Farm Progress Show in Decatur, Ill.
On this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Montag Mfg., representatives from several companies showcase their new strip-till equipment at the Farm Progress Show in Decatur, Ill.
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On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Bio Till Cover Crops, Bob and Robby Jewell explain how they incorporate wood chips, cover crops and rotational grazing into their Leopold Conservation Award-Winning no-till system in northeast Iowa.
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