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Keys To Strip-Tilling Corn On Corn

By Dan Zinkand posted on January 16, 2013 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101, Soil Health

After strip-tilling corn on soybeans for the first time 6 years ago, Newton, Iowa, farmer Will Cannon tried strip-tilling corn-on-corn in his second season and has continued ever since.

Soil Test Results May Not Reveal Accurate Field Nutrient Availability

November 15, 2012 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Source: DuPont Pioneer

Growers conducting soil tests this fall may be surprised at unexpectedly low potassium (K) levels,according to DuPont Pioneer agronomy experts.

Soil Pits

Digging Deep For Answers

August 6, 2012 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Soil Health

Three experienced scientists say soil pits are another tool no-tillers can use to examine soil structure, root development, compaction, soil quality and other important agronomical issues.

Soil Test Determines Best Strip-Till 'P' Placement

June 28, 2012 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: Gyles Randall, soil scientist, University of Minnesota Extension

Strip-till for corn and soybean production is an alternative to no-till on many poorly drained northern Corn Belt soils because it provides a warmer, tilled seedbed while maintaining substantial amounts of erosion-minimizing plant residue between the tilled strips.

Fertility an Investment, Not a Cost

By Martha Mintz posted on April 23, 2012 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101

No-till, fertility management and herbicide rotation have saved Downing, Wis., multitasker Bill Hurtgen time and money. All are nuggets the relatively new farmer picked up attending a night class at his local technical college.

'Get With The System' To Push Corn, Soybean Yields

By Martha Mintz posted on April 23, 2012 | Posted in Equipment, Crop Protection, Nutrient Management

After years of experimenting with equipment, soil tests, inputs and other areas, Schlapkohl has found a “U-Trough approach” that has him on track for reaching a 300-bushel-per-acre corn average.

Testing, Banding And Flexibility Help New York Strip-Tiller Excel

By Dan Zinkand posted on April 17, 2012 | Posted in Nutrient Management

When you ask Le Roy, N.Y., strip-tiller, no-tiller and zone-tiller Donn Branton how he’s excelled at managing nutrients efficiently and profitably, he quickly cites three reasons.

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