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Aerial Seeding Cover Crops

6 Tips for Flying On Cover Crops Successfully

A pilot explains how a no-tiller’s choice in applicator, cover crop species, rate and timing play important roles in achieving a strong, uniform stand.
By Laura Barrera posted on September 13, 2018 | Posted in Cover Crops
One of the biggest concerns and complaints no-tillers have about aerially seeding cover crops is that it doesn’t result in a good stand.
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Mixing Tillage & Nutrient Timing to Save, Strengthen Soil

A switch to strip-till at Rotenberger Farms has proven pivotal to residue and moisture management
By James DeGraff posted on July 27, 2018 | Posted in Cover Crops, Nutrient Management
Within the 10-mile radius where father-and-son Doug and Steve Rotenberger farm, field variation is vastly understated. Across their 3,500 acres are sandy, high drainage soils along the east to heavier, gumbo-type soils encompassing most of the west.
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2018 National Strip-Tillage Conference Speaker

Cover Crops & Strip-Till: A Profitable Partnership

Experienced Iowa strip-tiller Jack Boyer to discuss how cover cropping diversity, combined with a comprehensive strip-till system can capture nitrogen and stabilize yields at the 2018 National Strip-Tillage Conference.
March 16, 2018 | Posted in Cover Crops
Experienced Iowa strip-tiller Jack Boyer to discuss how cover cropping diversity, combined with a comprehensive strip-till system can capture nitrogen and stabilize yields at the 2018 National Strip-Tillage Conference.
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Talking Transition & Strategic Experimentation in Strip-Till

A diverse group of experienced strip-tillers sit down to discuss their evolution in equipment, fertility and cover cropping practices.
By Jack Zemlicka posted on March 12, 2018 | Posted in Cover Crops, Precision Agriculture, Seeding & Planting

Strip-tillers Tom Cotter from Austin, Minn.; Brian Newcombe from Port Williams, Nova Scotia; Dean Sponheim from Nora Springs, Iowa; and Floyd Koerner III from Laingsburg, Mich.; talk candidly about the origins of their systems and some of the transformational lessons they’ve learned along the way


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Cedar Creek Farmers Fall Field Day

Date: 08/19/26
Location: West Bend, WI

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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