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Please see herebelow the No-Till Insider daily edition of 22 February 2018.

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No-Till Insider
No-Till Farmer
Daily Edition  
February 22, 2018  
 
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from the desk of frank lessiter

No-Tilling Into Living Grasses

Over the past 38 years, we've produced a handful of No-Till Farmer articles on no-tilling corn and other crops into a living cover, such as alfalfa sod, cereal rye or wheat. But it’s a tricky maneuver and one that has not caught on among many no-tillers.

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Crop Rotation Plans

What are your plans in 2018 for your cropping rotation?


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throwback thursday

Designing The "Perfect" No-Till Corn Hybrid

When it comes to selecting the critical traits found with hybrids which perform best under various tillage systems, farmers attending the 1998 National No-Tillage Conference in Indianapolis, Ind., cited significant differences.

reader commentary

Evaluating Herbicide Carryover on Cover Crops

To get a sense of which herbicides can be used before a specific cover crop species and which can’t, Purdue University weed scientist Bryan Young compiled research from the University of Wisconsin, Purdue University, University of Missouri and Penn State University, as well as commercial research conducted by retired University of Illinois Extension agronomist Mike Plumer.


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