Items Tagged with 'continuous corn'

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Spring Strip-Till & Continuous Corn Make Winning Combination

Residue management, equipment adjustments & timing key to strip-tiller’s success

By Noah Newman posted on February 6, 2024 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Equipment

Albany, Wis., native Randy Bump first witnessed the promising potential of strip-till during a road trip to Iowa in the early 2000s.

Strip-Tiller Enjoys Success with Continuous Corn

December 28, 2023 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101, Seeding & Planting

Source: Farmers Forum

“The nitrogen penalty from burying all those corn stalks was like, 50 bushels per acre,” Warren Schneckenburger says. He has since switched to strip-till, allowing the farm to overcome the previous bottleneck.

In Today's Market, Would You Plow Under V12 Corn for 'Field of Dreams'?

Strip-Till Farmer’s Mike Lessiter shares recent observations on the Field of Dreams site in Dyersville, Iowa.

By Mike Lessiter posted on July 7, 2022 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101

Strip-Till Farmer’s Mike Lessiter shares recent observations on the Field of Dreams site in Dyersville, Iowa.

Committing to Strip-Till Transforms High Plains Farm

Harold Grall credits good records, strip-till and new technology for his ability to double his farm size while cutting fuel and irrigation water.

By Dan Crummett posted on May 10, 2016

Harold Grall already had extensive experience growing corn and grain sorghum in the Texas Panhandle when he bought out his mentor, Dale Coleman, and started farming on his own in 1994. At that time, he was farming 3,700 acres of High Plains silt-clay loam just north of Dumas, Texas, and was committed to ridge-till and furrow irrigation.

Dig Roots and Inspect for Rootworm Damage

July 14, 2015 | Posted in Crop Protection, Soil Health

Over the next few weeks is the time growers should dig corn roots and inspect them for rootworm feeding, says Ohio State University Extension.

Suspected Bt Corn Rootworm Resistance In Pennsylvania

August 11, 2014 | Posted in Crop Protection

Source: John Tooker, Penn State Extension

For the past few years, folks in Pennsylvania have heard reports from Midwestern states of continuous corn growers struggling to control populations of western corn rootworms that developed resistance to some Bt corn varieties.

Corn Growers Need To Look Out For Western Corn Rootworm Damage

October 8, 2013 | Posted in Crop Protection

Corn growers who find unexpected lodging during harvest could find that the problem is caused by Bt-resistant western corn rootworm, an entomologist with Ohio State University’s College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences said.

Striving For Lofty Goals With Strip-Till

October 25, 2012 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101

Source: Jeff Martin As interviewed by Ron Ross

A brief history of our no-till operation emphasizes an important lesson to new no-tillers: Success doesn't come overnight. But if you pay attention to details, no-till or strip-till has the potential for higher yields in rotated or continuous corn and more profitability than any other tillage method.

Tough Strip-Till Rig Makes Continuous Corn Work

August 22, 2012 | Posted in Equipment

Dave Dusanek thought switching from a corn-soybean rotation to continuous corn would be easy, but the Monticello, Iowa, strip-tiller soon learned that residue management was a huge challenge.

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Successful Strategies for Strip-Tilling Corn-On-Corn, Weed Control & Residue Management - Cade Bushnell - NSTC 2015 - MP3 Download

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Strip-tilling in northcentral Illinois, Cade Bushnell doesn’t have the luxury of naturally high organic matter in his primarily sandy clay soils, or a consistent weather pattern he can count on each year to produce a bumper corn crop. He prefers to always have a Plan A and Plan B to manage his 1,300-acre corn and soybean operation. Planning and flexibility are paying off with consistent yields in continuously strip-tilled corn-on-corn fields.

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Pairing Precision Technologies and Controlled Traffic with Strip-Till - Dave Delhotal - NSTC 2015 - MP3 Download

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As a fifth-generation farmer, Dave Delhotal takes pride in producing high-quality crops while caring for the land in an environmentally sustainable way. Through the dual efforts of strip-tilling continuous corn and a controlled-traffic system, he’s been able to fight compaction and dramatically increase soil health on the family’s West Brooklyn, Ill., operation.

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Videos

No-Till Harvest Update: Great Yields, Tough Market

On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by CultivAce, we head to Amboy, Ill., where Dave Thompson shares his top takeaways from harvest season. Univ. of Illinois soil scientist Andrew Margenot discusses why some no-tillers might want to dial back P and K rates next growing season.

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