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‘ECO’ Farming Revives Soil, Boosts Bottom Line
There was a time when Jeff Rasawehr was struggling to make no-tilled corn work on his western Ohio farm.
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No-Till Customization of a John Deere 7200 Corn Planter
No-tiller Ray Menke, Ft. Madison, Iowa, briefly discusses a few of the customized features of his John Deere 7200 corn planter and why they perform well in his no-till operations.
No-Till 101
What I've Learned From No-Tilling: Once a Naysayer, Agronomist is Now a No-Till Champion
I'm not sure anyone has changed their stance on no-till more than me. As the agronomy manager of Caledonia Farmers Elevator in Michigan, the farmers I advised always looked to me for the solutions to their problems. When the early innovator farmers I worked with started attempting no-till, I watched a lot of failures and I didn’t have any good answers at the time.
no-till news
NDSU Variety Selection Guides Available
This is a comprehensive publication series with variety information about North Dakota's main crops, which include barley, oats, rye, canola, corn, dry edible beans, dry field peas, durum, flax, hard red spring and winter wheat, soybeans and sunflowers.
reader commentary
Healing Battered Fields, Pastures with Adaptive Grazing
No-tillers with livestock can improve soil health and increase forage production by moving animals more frequently, controlling field access and increasing recovery times for plants, says grazing consultant Allen Williams.