Home / Topics / Seeding & Planting

Seeding & Planting
Seeding & Planting RSS Feed RSS

worn seed tube
Sponsored Content: Planter Maintenance with Precision Planting

How to Check Your Seed Tubes and Seed Tube Guards for Wear

November 9, 2021 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Equipment
Source: Precision Planting

As your planter goes through the field, the turning disc openers can contact the bottom of the seed tube, which can eventually wear off the end of the seed tube. For good seed placement, inspect your seed tubes to make sure there's no wear at the bottom of them. The Planter Maintenance series is brought to you by Precision Planting.


Read More

Beck's Expands West into Nebraska

The company's marketing area now covers 15 states and 75% of U.S. corn and soybean farmers.
October 28, 2021 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Retail seed company Beck's is expanding its territory into the state of Nebraska. This expansion adds more than 15 million acres of corn and soybeans to Beck's marketing area, bringing its total reach to 75% of the corn and soybean farmers in the U.S. 


Read More
Valtra_and_drill.jpg

Working Through Challenges with Cover Crops in Sticky Soils

Strip-tilled crops and cover crops are taking hold on Neil White’s Scotland farm, although wet weather, compaction and pest pressure still cause plenty of challenges.
October 26, 2021 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops

2021 HAS SEEN me — after 5 years of direct drilling — drill malting spring barley into oats for the first time. I had a big volunteer oat crop due to cutting wet oats at harvest, which I left into winter. 


Read More
David-Hula-speaks-NSTC.jpg

Highlights from the 2021 National Strip-Tillage Conference

The in-person conference offered a wide range of topics and outstanding speakers for growers to learn from and interact with.
By Sarah Hill posted on October 24, 2021 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops, Nutrient Management, Soil Health, Water Management

More than 300 growers and industry professionals from across the globe gathered in Omaha, Neb., in early August for the 8th annual National Strip-Tillage Conference (NSTC).


Read More
Beyond the Berm

On-Farm Trials Provide Opportunities to Learn, Improve

By Julia Gerlach posted on October 22, 2021 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101, Seeding & Planting
It can be tempting to take university or industry data as the final word on when to plant a certain crop or how different species interact when planted together or in succession. But on-farm experiments will generally provide more accurate insights for your operation and they don’t have to be done on a massive scale to be useful.
Read More

Top Articles

Current Issue

STF_FALL_1024_Cover.jpg

Strip-Till Farmer

Strip-Till Farmer delivers a mix of features on strip-till farmers, strip-till management topics and trending practices in strip-till. This FREE quarterly print newsletter is available to qualified subscribers in the U.S. and Canada. 
View More

Must Read Free Eguides

Download these helpful knowledge building tools

View More

Videos

View More
Top Directory Listings
Environmental Tillage Systems

Environmental Tillage Systems, Inc

Environmental Tillage Systems is a leading manufacturer of strip-till and nutrient-management equipment which enhances soil productivity and farm profitability.
KUHN_4C.png

Kuhn Krause, Inc

Kuhn Krause's focus, above all, is to continue to produce quality products to serve producers better; to strive to respond to their needs with new tools and new technology to meet their growing challenges. Agronomic practices are constantly changing, and at a faster pace now than ever.

Yetter Farm Equipment

For over 90 years, Yetter Farm Equipment has designed and manufactured innovative and effective solutions for the agriculture industry. Today, we are proud to be recognized worldwide as an industry leader in designing row cleaners, strip till tools, planter attachments, precision fertilizer placement attachments, rotary hoes, toolbars, and harvest attachments.
View More