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Visual Proof that No-Till Keeps Soils in Place
You need to see this video that shows how powerful a tool no-till practices can be for keeping soils in place, which if done on a more widespread basis might have reduced the severity of dust storms that recently plagued eastern Nebraska.
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Soil Sampling for pH and Liming in Continuous No-Till Fields
One question that commonly comes up with continuous no-till operations is: “How deep should I sample soils for pH?” Another common question is: “How should the lime be applied if the soil is acidic and the field needs lime?”
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Soil Health Reaches Beyond Just No-Till
This guest blog is based on comments originally left by No-Till Farmer reader John Meyer, a no-tiller with 400 acres just west of Stewartville, Minn. His comments were in response to Frank Lessiter’s May 2018 No-Till Farmer column titled, “Same Old Conservation Ideas, Just New Words to Describe Them.”
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First Dicamba ‘Ecological Disaster’ Case Appears Headed for Jury Trial
Ruling also sets the stage for separate class-action case to move forward.
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Precision Laboratories Launches Intact Advanced Dicamba-based Herbicides
Intact Advanced is a new drift reduction agent available for use with XtendiMax and Engenia herbicides.
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[Podcast] Do You Know Your Spray Nozzle Sweet Spot?
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Montag Mfg., we welcome veteran application expert and the owner of Wolf Consulting & Research in Mahomet, Ill., Bob Wolf will discuss sprayer nozzle technology advancements over the past 30 years.