04/09/2024 SOURCE: www.no-tillfarmer.com
This Cool Bean blog features agronomic insights about soybean planting dates, seeding rate, pre-herbicide timing and seed treatment recommendations.
Soybean Expert Answers 4 Most Common Questions about Soybean Planting
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01/05/2024 SOURCE: www.no-tillfarmer.com
The USDA describes soil carbon farming as “the use of specific on-farm practices designed to take carbon out of the air and store it in soils and plant material.”
5 Questions to Ask Before Signing a Carbon Contract
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11/09/2023 SOURCE: www.no-tillfarmer.com
The USDA describes soil carbon farming as “the use of specific on-farm practices designed to take carbon out of the air and store it in soils and plant material.”
5 Questions to Ask Before Signing a Carbon Contract
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08/21/2023 SOURCE: www.no-tillfarmer.com
No-tillers who are growing corn have an excellent opportunity to cash in on government demands to reduce the overall carbon intensity of the biofuels industry.
Low-Carbon Corn Could Yield Serious Cash for No-Tillers
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08/19/2023 SOURCE: www.no-tillfarmer.com
On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, the University of Wisconsin Weed Science team shares results from a new study on herbicide-resistant waterhemp. In the Cover Crop Connection segment, assistant editor Mackane Vogel stops by the Michael Fields Agricultural Institute field day to learn about alternative cover crops. Plus, Eric Reed shares some of the secrets to his high-yielding success in less-than-ideal conditions on the Alabama/Tennessee border, we get the scoop on a dual-purpose perennial crop that’s showing major promise in the U.S., and say farewell to the John Deere Moldboard Plow 3710!
New Research Sparks Growing Concern for Herbicide-Resistant Weeds
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Nancy Kavazanjian
Topics: Cover Crops, Ag Innovation,
CoverCress Has Potential as Third Cash Crop for Midwest
No-Till Innovator Jeff Martin is experimenting with a new crop that doubles as both a cover and cash crop in his corn and soybean rotation.
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10/07/2022 SOURCE: www.no-tillfarmer.com
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Nancy Kavazanjian
Topics: Agriculture US, Crop Diseases,
Crown Rot, Stalk Rot, Ear Rot Spotted in Iowa Fields
2022 has had its share of challenges: a wet start, drought, corn root worm, soybean gall midge, pigweed, and (my favorite) tar spot. And now, as we approach harvest, we face final challenges like ear and crown rot.
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Nancy Kavazanjian
Topics: Herbicides, Research,
Nanotechnology Could Sharply Reduce Herbicide Bills
Atrazine contained in nanocapsules and applied to slender amaranth and hairy beggarticks outperformed commercially recommended rates for atrazine, even when heavily diluted, according to researchers in Brazil.
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Nancy Kavazanjian
Topics: Soil Health, Cotton, Agriculture US, Cover Crops, Sustainability,
Swapping ‘Jugs’ for Cover Crops Leads to Greener No-Till Future
When Matt Griggs decided to embark on no-till practices more than a decade ago he was already dealing with a degraded soil resource. More than 100 years of conventional tillage and a monoculture of cotton on his family’s rolling farm ground had caused erosion and stripped soils of organic matter.
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