National Corn Growers Association

Sign-Ups Open for Program Seeking to Double Cover Crop Acres

October 25, 2024

In its first year alone, 238 farmers enrolled, covering more than 78,000 acres, pushing the initiative closer to its goal of doubling cover crop adoption to 30 million acres across the U.S. by 2030.

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Strip-Till Highlights: April 2, 2024

April 2, 2024

Strip-Till Farmer editors encounter a variety of articles, social media posts, podcasts and videos that offer a unique look at the grower's realm from the lofty digital realm. Here is our favorite content from the past week from across the web.

David Hula Strip-Tills His Way to New World Record Corn Yield Record of 623 Bushels

December 16, 2023 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

David Hula, a farmer from Charles City, Va., set a new corn yield world record, placing first in the irrigated strip-till category.

[Podcast] Maximizing Planter Performance with Corn Yield Champion Ben Kron

For this edition of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment, Ben Kron shares the keys to his record-breaking success. The Evansville, Ind., farmer won the National Corn Growers Association 2021 National Corn Yield Contest’s strip-till, minimum-till, mulch-till, ridge-till irrigated class with nearly 391 bushels per acre.

February 17, 2023 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Equipment

For this edition of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment, Ben Kron shares the keys to his record-breaking success. The Evansville, Ind., farmer won the National Corn Growers Association 2021 National Corn Yield Contest’s strip-till, minimum-till, mulch-till, ridge-till irrigated class with nearly 391 bushels per acre.

[Podcast] Use Strip-Till to Push Corn Planting Populations

For this edition of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment, Dr. Fred Below, researcher and crop physiologist at the University of Illinois, joins managing editor Michaela Paukner for a conversation about ideal plant populations in a strip-till system.

February 2, 2023 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Equipment

For this edition of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment, Dr. Fred Below, researcher and crop physiologist at the University of Illinois, joins managing editor Michaela Paukner for a conversation about ideal plant populations in a strip-till system.

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Strip-Till Highlights: Jan. 31, 2023

January 31, 2023

Strip-Till Farmer editors encounter a variety of articles, social media posts, podcasts and videos that offer a unique look at the grower's realm from the lofty digital realm. Here is our favorite content from the past week from across the web. The Best of the Web series is brought to you by Copperhead Ag Products.

Changes to Atrazine Registration Could Affect 45M Acres of Corn

July 11, 2022 | Posted in Crop Protection

Changes from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to atrazine registration could affect as much as 45 million acres of corn and would be "detrimental" to conservation tillage practices, according to a Sygenta scientist.

EPA to Revisit Atrazine Registration

June 30, 2022 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101

Source: National Corn Growers Association

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that it is revising its registration for atrazine, a well-studied herbicide essential to farming.

EPA Expands Enlist One, Enlist Duo Use to 128 More Counties

March 29, 2022 | Posted in Crop Protection

The EPA granted use of Enlist One and Enlist Duo in an additional 128 counties in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Texas.

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How Strip-Till is Driving Higher Yields

September 2, 2021 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Equipment, Nutrient Management

2020 was anything but typical. But for farmers who got an early start on planting, managed to navigate extreme weather and put down the right fertility, it turned out pretty great, especially for those who were able to capitalize on improved crop prices and earn top placements in the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) Yield Contest. The Building Healthier Soil and Profits with Strip-Till series is brought to you by Environmental Tillage Systems.

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Sign-Ups Open for Program Seeking to Double Cover Crop Acres

Strip-Till Highlights: April 2, 2024

David Hula Strip-Tills His Way to New World Record Corn Yield Record of 623 Bushels

[Podcast] Maximizing Planter Performance with Corn Yield Champion Ben Kron

[Podcast] Use Strip-Till to Push Corn Planting Populations

Strip-Till Highlights: Jan. 31, 2023

Changes to Atrazine Registration Could Affect 45M Acres of Corn

EPA to Revisit Atrazine Registration

EPA Expands Enlist One, Enlist Duo Use to 128 More Counties

How Strip-Till is Driving Higher Yields

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