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.]

Doug Miller, vice president of Midwest Bio-Tech, helps you understanding soil biological activity and how it impacts plant germination and emergence, so that you can measure and make decisions that can improve your crop stands and yields. [To view any of our webinar replays, you must be logged in with a free user account.]

Orthman Manufacturing today announced the appointment of William “Bobby� Loder as Customer / Dealer Product Support Manager. Loder will manage Orthman’s global service department and will oversee all aspects of technical support and training for the Orthman dealer network and end users.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has extended the deadline for new enrollments in the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) for fiscal year 2014. Producers interested in participating in the program can submit applications to NRCS through Feb. 7, 2014.

Ricky Kratz, Slinger, Wis., strip-tiller, talks about his transition into strip-till. After several years of zone-tilling about 2,000 acres of corn with a three-coulter Rawson system, they found stress on the 12-row Kinze 2600 planter they were using was costing them time and yield potential.

To better meet agricultural needs in South Africa and the sub-Saharan region, Orthman has opened a product assembly facility and warehouse in Kempton Park, South Africa.

Roll up your sleeves for some practical, hands-on information that will save you soil, time, fuel — and money. Conservation tillage is the focus of the ninth annual University of Minnesota Extension Conservation Tillage Conference and trade show Feb. 18 and 19, at the Holiday Inn and Suites, St. Cloud, MN. This conference emphasizes proven farmer experience and applied

For some farmers, their early transition to strip-till conjures up fond memories of higher yields or improved fertilizer placement, while for others, building those first berms serves more as reminder of how far they've come in their operation.

Here in southeastern Wisconsin, we recently received our first substantial snowfall of the season, which served as a reminder of the cold, long winter ahead.