WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – When it comes to preparing a field for planting, farmers usually fall into one of two camps: those who till it all, and those who leave it all untilled. There is a middle ground ...
Several reduced tillage practices include vertical-till, strip-till, zone-till, and no-till. Reducing tillage means exactly what you think — making fewer passes through the field and/or decreasing the ...
Editor’s Note: This is a continuation of Steps to Strip-Till Success (Part 1). Weed control. If you switch from conventional tillage to strip-till, you may need to manage winter annual weeds in the ...
Strip tillage is a conservation tillage practice involving minimum tillage to create a seedbed condition that disturbs only the portion of the soil to contain the seed row. The no-till area has crop ...
The debate between conventional tillage and no-till has farmers considering environmental benefits and creating an optimal seed bed by burying crop residue. Strip tillage might provide a middle ground ...
SIDNEY, MT – An important two-year research project is underway at Montana State University's Eastern Ag Research Center in Sidney, Mont., comparing conventional till sugarbeet planting to no-till and ...
WEST FARGO, N.D. — Interest in using a strip till management system to grow sugarbeets is growing. North Dakota State University has renewed its research, which originally was conducted between 2007 ...
ST. ANSGAR, Iowa — Five Mitchell and Floyd County farmers are sold on strip-till. They shared their experiences during the recent North Iowa Tillage Field Day at St. Ansgar. The event was sponsored by ...
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