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National Strip-Tillage Conference Announces First Speaker for 2017 Event

Emeritus agronomy professor and soil fertility researcher David Mengel will compare nutrient placement practices at the 4th annual National Strip-Tillage Conference on Aug. 3-4 in Omaha, Neb.

February 10, 2017

Emeritus agronomy professor and soil fertility researcher David Mengel will compare nutrient placement practices at the 4th annual National Strip-Tillage Conference on Aug. 3-4 in Omaha, Neb.

Skip Sugar Applications and Focus on Fertility

February 27, 2016 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Soil Health

Research has consistently shown sugar applications do not provide a yield increase in corn or soybeans, Ohio State University Extension says.

Soils Low in Carbon Dioxide May Be Hindering Crop Growth

December 31, 2014 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Soil Health

Growers have believed that crops will get the carbon dioxide they need from the surrounding air, but environmental scientist and Woods End Soil Lab founder Will Brinton says that's no longer the case.

Illinois Study Shows Yield Advantage With Strip-Till

April 15, 2014 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: PrecisionTillage.com

Stover accumulation has been shown to reduce corn grain yields in continuous corn production systems leading to suggestions that high corn prices, which result in more continuous corn production, will also could result in widespread implementation of stover removal practices.

Study Challenges Soil Testing For K, Value Of KCl

November 7, 2013 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Source: University of Illinois

In the chemical age of agriculture that began in the 1960s, potassium chloride (KCl), the common salt often referred to as potash, is widely used as a major fertilizer in the Corn Belt without regard to the huge soil reserves that were once recognized for their fundamental importance to soil fertility.

Growing Options For Strip Till Drills

June 20, 2013 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Source: Peter Hill, Farmers Weekly (UK)

Equipment from British manufacturers, as well as continental and US implement makers, is primarily geared towards cereal crops or oilseed rape, sugar beet and maize, with a view to reducing energy input and weed germination.

U.S. Technology Helps Expand Strip-Till In France And South Africa

By Dan Zinkand posted on August 23, 2012 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Dean Carstens, president of Twin Diamond Industries in Minden, Neb., traveled to France in September to visit with farmers interested in strip-till. Twin Diamond ran a small ad about a year ago in an international ag equipment publication that generated five e-mails.

You Can Avoid 4 Common Strip-Till Mistakes

By Mark Moore posted on August 23, 2012 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101

Fall strip-tillers can succeed by avoiding common mistakes including failure to consider soil conditions and manage soil fertility, industry experts says.

Researchers Take Closer Look At Kip Cullers' System

April 22, 2012 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101

Source: Mary Hightower, University of Arkansas

University of Arkansas researchers visited Kip Cullers' contest field with the intent of documenting crop growth characteristics that would result in these yields, and study yield potential of soybeans under intensive management on a large scale with strip trials in eastern Arkansas.

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