From 1991 until 1996, our publishing company produced a newsletter called Ridge-Till Hotline. It was a similar product to what we have been doing over the past 4 decades with No-Till Farmer.
During this webinar event held Tuesday, April 8th, 2014, Walton, Ind., no-tiller Cameron Mills shared timely tips for getting complete control and desiccation of annual ryegrass prior to planting.
Talking with strip-tillers, they tend to have a strong preference for building berms in either spring or fall, often based on experience with both systems.
With many strip-till rigs starting to run this spring there are agronomic goals to keep in mind. Orthman Mfg. agronomist Randy Haarberg offers 3 Principles of Strip Till that he feels need to be addressed on every acre of strip tillage:
Source: USDA NRCS-Michigan, IPM Institute Of North America Inc.
Last month the U.S. Department of Agriculture extended the cut-off date for Michigan farmers to submit applications for the first 2014 round of Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) funding to March 21.
The trend among northern Plains farmers is toward using less tillage to produce field crops with more residue left on the soil surface and strip-till is one system being utilized in the area. Researchers from South Dakota State University detail some of the benefits and considerations for implementing and managing strip-till.
Strip tillage is one of the conservation tillage options available for managing corn residue prior to planting soybeans. Interest in strip tillage is increasing because it offers the following benefits
Farmer Doug Seltz says he expects "unbelievable" 40 percent returns from his latest investment -- a strip-till system. Iowa State University data suggest the return on his conservation tillage system will be higher.
Two years ago, George Wheeler of the GWK-branch at Douglas in the North- ern Cape and some of the prominent farmers in the district gathered around a kitchen table to discuss solutions to tillage problems.
This webinar, moderated by Jeff Littrell, farmer, founder and CEO of FHR, Inc. in Stewartville, Minn., addresses the basics and principles for quality, effective fertility that sets the table for high-yielding, profitable crops. [To view any of our webinar replays, you must be logged in with a free user account.]
Strip-Till Farmer delivers a mix of features on strip-till farmers, strip-till management topics and trending practices in strip-till. This FREE quarterly print newsletter is available to qualified subscribers in the U.S. and Canada.
On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Martin-Till, find out how several no-tillers are handling a wet month across parts of the Corn Belt. Central Illinois no-tiller Dave Brown is patiently waiting for Mother Nature to cooperate before he can finish up planting several hundred acres, while Wisconsin no-tiller Tyler Troiola deals with a tractor glitch and a 2-inch rain event in one day.
Montag products have proven results with patented precision metering application for significant savings of nutrients and cover crop seed, and for achieving best conservation practices.
Environmental Tillage Systems is a leading manufacturer of strip-till and nutrient-management equipment which enhances soil productivity and farm profitability.
Kuhn Krause's focus, above all, is to continue to produce quality products to serve producers better; to strive to respond to their needs with new tools and new technology to meet their growing challenges. Agronomic practices are constantly changing, and at a faster pace now than ever.