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3 Nutrients Necessary for Corn Fertility Improved by Water Management

January 23, 2024 | Posted in Water Management

Phosphorus, potassium, sulfur and nitrogen. All are traditional nutrients growers plan to put into soil each year to help maximize their yield potential. But did you know there are 3 other major components that are often overlooked?

Pros & Cons of Dry & Liquid Fertilizers

Strip-tillers compare fertility plans in Strip-Till Farmer’s email discussion group

By Noah Newman posted on October 23, 2023 | Posted in Nutrient Management

We posed the following questions to our readers in the Strip-Till Farmer email discussion group: Do you use dry or liquid fertilizer? What are the positives and negatives of each, and do you use carbon-based fertilizers?

Weed Management: Exploring Sustainable, Conventional and Organic Options

Food choices can be confusing – from organic to local to GMOs, how do consumers decide what’s best for them and their families?

February 1, 2023 | Posted in Crop Protection

Source: Purdue University

Food choices can be confusing – from organic to local to GMOs, how do consumers decide what’s best for them and their families?

New Bayer Digital Platform Connects Farmers with Sustainability Resources

August 19, 2022

ForGround, Bayer's new digital platform, offers growers tools, resources, discounts and the potential to earn revenue through the Bayer Carbon Program.

Report: Organic Valley to Pay Members to Reduce Carbon Footprints

March 24, 2022

Dairy to offer farm incentives rather than carbon offset credits

Wisconsin Farm Credit Coop Starts Carbon Collaberation

Compeer Financial, Indigo Ag partner to offer farmers access to credit market

By Brian O'Connor posted on December 9, 2021 | Posted in Soil Health

Compeer Financial and Indigo Ag will partner to expand options for carbon credit purchases for producers.

USDA Seeks Grower Input on Carbon Markets

Growers have until Nov. 1 to submit their comments to the federal agency.

By Sarah Hill posted on September 29, 2021

The USDA is looking to create a set of pilot projects that provides incentives to implement climate smart conservation practices on working lands and to quantify and monitor the carbon and greenhouse gases associated with those practices. The pilot projects could even expand or develop new and additional markets.

Soil Organic Matter and its Benefits

August 24, 2017 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Soil Health

Source: North Dakota State University Extension

North Dakota State University Extension shares some practices that can help replace soil organic matter in soils that has been lost due to continuous cropping, poor management practices and loss of topsoil.

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Did Strip-Till Solve My Nutrient Stratification Problems?

Independent on-farm researcher Marion Calmer checks in from Alpha, Ill., with a preview of his 2024 National Strip-Tillage Conference presentation, “Did Strip-Till Solve My Nutrient Stratification Problems?” Over the last 5 years, Calmer has been examining fertility levels vertically in his soil profile. This inch-by-inch examination uncovered a serious nutrient stratification problem on his farm that was costing him up to $135,000 annually. The No-Till Legend switched back to strip-till in 2023 for the first time since 1995 in an effort to solve his nutrient stratification problems.

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