On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Sound Agriculture, planter expert Clay Scott gives strip-tillers 5 action items to tackle before taking the field this spring. The Precision Planting field support specialist also explains why he tells farmers to plant no more than 10 acres on the first day of planting season.
Walnut, Ill., strip-tiller Alan Madison steps into the Farmer Feature spotlight and shares his keys to high yields and healthy soils.
In the Cover Crop Connection, Greensburg, Ind., no-tillers Roger and Nick Wenning explained how they started planting cover crops before most people even knew what a cover crop was.
Later in the episode, Bryan Young, professor of weed science at Purdue University, shares how no-tillers can diversify their weed management toolbox for better success against herbicide-resistant weeds. And in the Video of the Week, Environmental Tillage Systems unveils its new Cover Crop Applicator.
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Read the full transcript of this episode of Conservation Ag Update.
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And that will wrap things up on this edition of Conservation Ag Update. Until next time, for more stories visit no-tillfarmer.com, striptillfarmer.com and covercropstrategies.com. Thanks for stopping by. Have a great day!
