Survey: Farmers More Interested in Boosting Yields Than Cost Cutting

February 22, 2016 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101

Farmers are more than twice as likely to be motivated by how high they can get their yields than by lowering their cost of unit of production. That's according to a recent survey Millennium Research completed for the Precision Ag Institute.

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Look Beyond Boosting Yields with Strip-Till

By Jack Zemlicka posted on January 26, 2016 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

While strip-tillers are always looking to add a few more bushels per acre, it’s worth noting that increasing yields isn’t always the primary objective for adopting the practice.

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Boosting Yields and Controlling Erosion with Strip-Till

April 21, 2015 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101, Soil Health

Cedar Bluffs, Neb., strip-tiller Ron Kadavy discusses the benefits of strip-till and deep placement of fertilizer to control erosion on his sloping hills, and how the practice has helped boost both corn and soybean yields.

Lifelong Learning Serves Nebraska No-Tiller Well

By Dan Zinkand posted on April 22, 2012 | Posted in Water Management

Subsurface drip irrigation and no-till save water, time and money, while boosting corn, soybean and grain sorghum yields.

Shipping Out, Part 1: The Rising Tide on Yields

June 29, 2010

With considerable talk taking place about the possibility of boosting average yields to 300 bushels of corn and 100 bushels of soybeans per acre by 2030, there are plenty of agronomic questions on how we can make this happen.

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Kinze Innovation Day Showcases No-Till, Strip-Till Equipment

On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Titan International, a big piece of equipment is unveiled at the Kinze Product Innovation Day in Williamsburg, Iowa.

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Survey: Farmers More Interested in Boosting Yields Than Cost Cutting

Look Beyond Boosting Yields with Strip-Till

Boosting Yields and Controlling Erosion with Strip-Till

Lifelong Learning Serves Nebraska No-Tiller Well

Shipping Out, Part 1: The Rising Tide on Yields

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