On Aug. 17, 70 people participated in a manure management and strip tillage field day near Milaca, Minn. hosted by the Mille Lacs Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) and Used Natural Resources Conservation Service.
in MSU strip-tilled sweet corn trials, plots with rye residue on the soil surface had approximately 5 percent greater water content in the top 10 inches then plots without rye mulch.
Strip-tillers may face tougher conditions this fall if they're farming in dry regions, so it's going to be necessary to account for that when doing field work this fall, says consultant Kevin Kimberley of Maxwell, Iowa.
A study by China Agricultural University's Department of Grassland Science and the Edisto Research & Education Center in Blackville, S.C., found that strip-till is the preferred environment for growing corn in the dryland, rain-fed regions in the southeastern Corn Belt.
Using strip-till and placing fertilizers 6 to 8 inches directly below the seed increased corn grain yields on the higher elevations, where severely eroded soils were largely devoid of crop nutrients, by 12% the first year and 26% the second year.
A study by China Agricultural University's Department of Grassland Science and the Edisto Research & Education Center in Blackville, S.C., found that strip-till is the preferred environment for growing corn in the dryland, rain-fed regions in the southeastern Corn Belt.
Using strip-till and placing fertilizers 6 to 8 inches directly below the seed increased corn grain yields on the higher elevations - where severely eroded soils were largely devoid of crop nutrients - by 12% the first year and 26% the second year.
Source: Mahdi Al-Kaisi, Department of Agronomy-Iowa State University
Mahdi Al-Kaisi, Department of Agronomy at Iowa State University, penned this article to help farmers understand the concept of strip-till and how it works.
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