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Where Does Strip-Till Fit For Mississippi Growers?

April 23, 2012 | Posted in Soil Health, Water Management

Source: By Ernie Flint, Mississippi State University Extension Agronomist

Old habits are hard to break. Most of us who advocate reduced-tillage practices have, at one time, been tillage addicts ourselves.

Cover Crops Complement Strip-Till For New York Dairy Farmer

April 23, 2012 | Posted in Cover Crops

Using cover crops for the past 3 years complements the strip-tilling that David Kross of Earlville, NY, started 6 years ago.

Diagnosing Spread Pattern Problems On Spinner Spreaders

April 23, 2012 | Posted in Equipment, Nutrient Management

Source: Fred Springborn, Michigan State University Extension

Ununiform application of fertilizer is a common problem in many crops where granular fertilizer applications have been made with spinner spreaders.

Calibrate Your Sprayer To Save Pesticides, Money

April 23, 2012 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101, Crop Protection

Source: Ohio State University

Erdal Ozkan, an Ohio State University Extension agricultural engineer, says there's no better time than early spring for growers to take a look at their sprayers and find out if they are delivering the proper gallons-per-acre application rate.

Midwest Adoption Of Cover Crops Varies From State To State

April 23, 2012 | Posted in Cover Crops

In states like Illinois, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Indiana, adoption of cover crops has spread like good news, but in other states, cover crop adoption is slow, even stunted.

Black Cutworm Moths Arrive Early In Big Numbers

April 23, 2012 | Posted in Crop Protection

Source: By Christian Krupke and John Obermeyer, Purdue University and Mike Gray, University of Illinois

Dutiful cooperators have captured an inordinate number of black cutworm moths in traps in Indiana and Illinois in the last couple weeks.

Plans Analyzed For Radishes Surviving Warm Winter

April 23, 2012 | Posted in Cover Crops

Source: By Michel Elben

Farmers are weighing their options and research is ongoing as the unseasonably warm winter let radish cover crops survive.

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.

Strip-Tilled Continuous Corn Yields More Than Conventional Tillage

April 23, 2012 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Source: Monsanto

Strip-tilling resulted in relatively greater yields across all seeding rates compared to conventional tillage under continuous corn in a one-site, non-replicated trial at Monsanto's Learning Center near Monmouth, Ill., in 2011.

Corn Response to Potassium And Tillage Across Variable Soils

April 22, 2012 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Source: Pioneer Hi-Bred

Research assessing the application of potash in Indiana found that corn yields weren't affected by strip-till or conventional tillage, or by soil types, according to a study conducted by Purdue University agronomy professor Tony Vyn and supported by Pioneer Hi-Bred.

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Where Does Strip-Till Fit For Mississippi Growers?

Cover Crops Complement Strip-Till For New York Dairy Farmer

Diagnosing Spread Pattern Problems On Spinner Spreaders

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Midwest Adoption Of Cover Crops Varies From State To State

Black Cutworm Moths Arrive Early In Big Numbers

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Banding Potash In Strip-Tilled Corn Requires Higher Rates

Strip-Tilled Continuous Corn Yields More Than Conventional Tillage

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