Billing Farms is down to 0.7 pounds of N per bushel of corn since the adoption of variable-rate in 2005, producing the same yields with two-thirds the fertilizer.
After years of strict conventional tillage at Billing Farms, the family-run corn, soybean and wheat operation out of Enderlin, N.D., couldn’t help but wonder if a better option existed to maximize fertilizer investment for corn in the early 2000s.
Kent, Ill., strip-tiller Seth Wenzel shares some of his successes and challenges mixing and matching machinery and technology on his 4,000-acre operation, experimenting with planter setups and precision systems.
From depth, timing and rate to season, product and method, strip-tillers always seem to be on the hunt for new strategies to improve their fertilizer and nutrient application programs.
Kansas State University Extension reviews the yield benefits of drought-tolerant corn hybrids to maximize production per unit of available water in dryland environments.
Holiday music is supposed to bring a sense of anticipation and excitement. But not when you hear it on the radio in mid-April as part of a promotion playing off the recent blanket of snow and unseasonably cool temperatures in parts of the U.S.
With spring planting just around the corner, growers of cereal crops should be considering their management approach towards wireworms and other insect pests, says Washington State University Extension.
Should the cover crop be terminated prior to planting corn and soybeans or after? The standard answer for pretty much all things agricultural applies: it depends.
In today’s podcast brought to you by Topcon Agriculture, retired USDA Foreign Agricultural Service Agronomist Brian Goggin, shares his experience heading up the strip-till overseas initiative to include some of the results, challenges and future opportunities.
In today’s podcast brought to you by Topcon Agriculture, retired USDA Foreign Agricultural Service Agronomist Brian Goggin, shares his experience heading up the strip-till overseas initiative to include some of the results, challenges and future opportunities.
During this free, live webinar event sponsored by Topcon, West Brooklyn, Ill., strip-tiller Dave Delhotal, shared some of his practical and progressive preparations prior to getting into the field this spring. [To view any of our webinar replays, you must be logged in with a free user account.]
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On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment, managing editors Noah Newman and Mackane Vogel report from the National Strip-Tillage Conference pre-conference workshop at the Bayer Crop Science Research Farm in New Berlin, Ill.
Join us for our fall field day at Dornacker Prairie Acres! On Wednesday August 19th, we'll have something for everyone. No Till, Cover Crops, Composting, LDMI, milking robots, red light therapy, high resolution weather data. Text/Call or use the QR code to RSVP.
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