http://www.agriculture.com/crops/tillage Tillage news and updates. Find articles on all tillage systems, no till, strip till, and more. Keep up on new tillage products and technology, and find articles on tillage techniques from experts and other farmers. en-us Copyright Successful Farming Saturday Apr 06 05:53:01 EDT 2013 http://www.agriculture.com/images/ag-logo-150x30.gif http://www.agriculture.com 150 30 http://www.agriculture.com/rss 30 http://www.agriculture.com/crops/tillage/no-till/recdbreaking-notill-conference_188-ar29094 21st Annual National No-Till Conference Friday Jan 18 12:54:54 EST 2013 http://www.agriculture.com/crops/tillage/no-till/recdbreaking-notill-conference_188-ar29094 http://www.agriculture.com/crops/tillage/no-till/tips-f-trying-notill_188-ar27210 The transition to no-till has one farmer asking for advice. Thursday Nov 01 11:53:21 EDT 2012 http://www.agriculture.com/crops/tillage/no-till/tips-f-trying-notill_188-ar27210 http://www.agriculture.com/crops/tillage/2013-national-notillage-conference_187-ar26253 Thursday Sep 06 00:00:00 EDT 2012 http://www.agriculture.com/crops/tillage/2013-national-notillage-conference_187-ar26253 http://www.agriculture.com/crops/tillage/prepping-soils-f-2013-crop_187-ar26002 Thursday Aug 23 16:38:35 EDT 2012 http://www.agriculture.com/crops/tillage/prepping-soils-f-2013-crop_187-ar26002 http://www.agriculture.com/crops/tillage/no-till/notill-links-farmers-to-local-consumers_188-ar22296 Shepherd's Grain joins farmers' no-till expertise with local foods movement. Thursday Feb 16 16:04:35 EST 2012 http://www.agriculture.com/crops/tillage/no-till/notill-links-farmers-to-local-consumers_188-ar22296 http://www.agriculture.com/crops/tillage/no-till/notilling-in-heavy-residue_188-ar21884 Leave stalks standing tall after harvest, avoid postharvest chopping, and use a pivot residue manager. Monday Jan 30 14:50:59 EST 2012 http://www.agriculture.com/crops/tillage/no-till/notilling-in-heavy-residue_188-ar21884 http://www.agriculture.com/crops/tillage/ruts-in-your-field-c-be-costly_187-ar20878 Monday Nov 28 14:33:40 EST 2011 http://www.agriculture.com/crops/tillage/ruts-in-your-field-c-be-costly_187-ar20878 http://www.agriculture.com/crops/tillage/conservation-tillage/wealth-in-wetls_190-sl20323 One of the largest wetlands protection efforts on U.S. private land occurred in Greene County, Indiana. Tuesday Nov 01 15:41:17 EDT 2011 http://www.agriculture.com/crops/tillage/conservation-tillage/wealth-in-wetls_190-sl20323 http://www.agriculture.com/crops/tillage/conservation-tillage/buffer-strips-perfm-well-in-new-study_190-ar20147 Conservation practice eliminates 100% nitrates in tile-line runoff. Tuesday Oct 25 14:04:05 EDT 2011 http://www.agriculture.com/crops/tillage/conservation-tillage/buffer-strips-perfm-well-in-new-study_190-ar20147 http://www.agriculture.com/crops/tillage/no-till/ways-with-residue_188-ar15524 Crop residue is as good as gold. The more there is, the bigger the bank of stored fertility. Monday Mar 21 12:17:42 EDT 2011 http://www.agriculture.com/crops/tillage/no-till/ways-with-residue_188-ar15524 http://www.agriculture.com/crops/tillage/no-till/close-it-up_188-ar15431 Device deals with the difficulties of continuous no-till. Thursday Mar 17 10:00:07 EDT 2011 http://www.agriculture.com/crops/tillage/no-till/close-it-up_188-ar15431 http://www.agriculture.com/crops/tillage/looking-f-ways-to-cut-emissions_187-ar15384 It's difficult to pinpoint the effect of different systems.; Scientific news from the ARS. Tuesday Mar 15 15:45:38 EDT 2011 http://www.agriculture.com/crops/tillage/looking-f-ways-to-cut-emissions_187-ar15384 http://www.agriculture.com/crops/tillage/conservation-tillage/new-age-of-vertical-tillage_190-sl14819 Click through to see what several companies are saying about vertical tillage. Tuesday Feb 22 09:44:27 EST 2011 http://www.agriculture.com/crops/tillage/conservation-tillage/new-age-of-vertical-tillage_190-sl14819 http://www.agriculture.com/crops/tillage/no-till/me-notill-benefit_188-ar14187 No-till and crop rotations can limit greenhouse gas emissions from farm fields, a study shows. Wednesday Jan 26 15:12:41 EST 2011 http://www.agriculture.com/crops/tillage/no-till/me-notill-benefit_188-ar14187 http://www.agriculture.com/crops/tillage/no-till/notill-improves-soil-stability-in-great_188-ar13846 Comprehensive study compares systems over 19 years. Wednesday Jan 12 15:37:47 EST 2011 http://www.agriculture.com/crops/tillage/no-till/notill-improves-soil-stability-in-great_188-ar13846 http://www.agriculture.com/crops/tillage/no-till/uncovering-cover-crops_188-ar13148 A variety of cover crops can be used for various problems. Tuesday Dec 14 12:01:45 EST 2010 http://www.agriculture.com/crops/tillage/no-till/uncovering-cover-crops_188-ar13148 http://www.agriculture.com/crops/tillage/no-till/Tips-for-notilling-into-heavy-corn-residue_188-ar6619 Often producers are concerned about no-tilling into fields with large amounts of residue. The residue needs to be properly spread behind the combine during harvest of the previous crop, preferably with a straw chopper and proper chaff distribution. Minimiz Wednesday Jul 07 10:10:28 EDT 2010 http://www.agriculture.com/crops/tillage/no-till/Tips-for-notilling-into-heavy-corn-residue_188-ar6619 http://www.agriculture.com/crops/tillage/no-till/Tell-us-about-timing_188-ar6481 A couple of wet springs have Steve and Jason Oman, Findlay, Ohio, interested in trying fall burndown ahead of their no-till soybeans. The Omans farm about 2,300 acres and are interested in spreading their workload. They also figure they'll have a better ch Tuesday Jul 06 18:22:39 EDT 2010 http://www.agriculture.com/crops/tillage/no-till/Tell-us-about-timing_188-ar6481 http://www.agriculture.com/crops/tillage/strip-till/Striptill-vs-planter-attachments_189-ar6475 Many corn growers question their tillage and planting systems from time to time. Bishop Mumford, Griffin, Indiana, is one such grower. Mumford has no-tilled most of his corn for the past 15 years. For several years, he used nothing but coulters and residue Tuesday Jul 06 18:22:30 EDT 2010 http://www.agriculture.com/crops/tillage/strip-till/Striptill-vs-planter-attachments_189-ar6475 http://www.agriculture.com/crops/tillage/strip-till/Management-tips-for-new-striptillers_189-ar6444 How can you get started strip-tilling? Like any farm operation, attention to details helps to ensure success. Here are seven tips for farmers who are new to the practice. Tuesday Jul 06 18:21:16 EDT 2010 http://www.agriculture.com/crops/tillage/strip-till/Management-tips-for-new-striptillers_189-ar6444 http://www.agriculture.com/crops/tillage/strip-till/StripTill-Odyssey_189-ar6152 Having grown comfortable with strip-tilling into soybean stubble, the Monroes are now strip-tilling into cornstalks. Tuesday Jul 06 18:17:07 EDT 2010 http://www.agriculture.com/crops/tillage/strip-till/StripTill-Odyssey_189-ar6152 http://www.agriculture.com/crops/tillage/no-till/Notill-nitrogen_188-ar3798 Tuesday Jul 06 17:47:06 EDT 2010 http://www.agriculture.com/crops/tillage/no-till/Notill-nitrogen_188-ar3798 http://www.agriculture.com/crops/tillage/no-till/Cover-crops-influence-nitrogen-utilization-help-with-notill-transition_188-ar6400 If you add a cover crop to a typical corn-soybean-wheat rotation, you can supply the vast majority of the nitrogen required to raise a good stand of corn, new data suggests. Wednesday May 26 14:57:00 EDT 2010 http://www.agriculture.com/crops/tillage/no-till/Cover-crops-influence-nitrogen-utilization-help-with-notill-transition_188-ar6400 http://www.agriculture.com/crops/tillage/Dont-sweat-missing-fall-tillage_187-ar6282 If you're kicking yourself this spring because you ran out of time to till wet fields last fall, relax. That's because an Iowa State University (ISU) study following a soggy 1993 growing season showed no yield benefit from fall tillage. When fuel, equipme Tuesday Apr 06 11:12:00 EDT 2010 http://www.agriculture.com/crops/tillage/Dont-sweat-missing-fall-tillage_187-ar6282 http://www.agriculture.com/crops/tillage/How-can-you-deal-with-last-years-untilled-corn-fields-now_187-ar6224 Late planting, cool summer temperatures, and a wet October caused the 2009 harvest to go down in history as one of the latest on record. As a result, many fields were not tilled last fall. Wednesday Mar 17 12:55:00 EDT 2010 http://www.agriculture.com/crops/tillage/How-can-you-deal-with-last-years-untilled-corn-fields-now_187-ar6224 http://www.agriculture.com/crops/tillage/no-till/News-from-the-National-NoTill-Conference_188-ar6079 The 18th Annual National No-Till Conference provided four full days of information for the nation's operators. Many producers at the conference practice no-till, strip-till or a combination of both. Tuesday Jan 19 16:11:00 EST 2010 http://www.agriculture.com/crops/tillage/no-till/News-from-the-National-NoTill-Conference_188-ar6079 http://www.agriculture.com/crops/tillage/Got-ruts-in-your-fields-Here-are-some-tillage-ideas_187-ar5969 So, if you had a long, rain-delayed harvest that has left your fields a rutted mess, what can you do? There are several options for conditioning the soil, but much depends on your tillage and management systems, farmers say. Wednesday Dec 09 10:26:00 EST 2009 http://www.agriculture.com/crops/tillage/Got-ruts-in-your-fields-Here-are-some-tillage-ideas_187-ar5969 http://www.agriculture.com/crops/tillage/no-till/Decadeslong-research-shows-notills-value-to-higher-yields_188-ar5936 A tillage study was established in 1981 at the University of Nebraska Rogers Memorial Farm, 10 miles east of Lincoln, to gain experience with various tillage systems. These dryland research and demonstration plots were started as a soybean/grain sorghum ro Monday Nov 30 10:27:00 EST 2009 http://www.agriculture.com/crops/tillage/no-till/Decadeslong-research-shows-notills-value-to-higher-yields_188-ar5936 http://www.agriculture.com/crops/tillage/Still-have-fall-tillage-to-take-care-of-Keep-these-strategies-in-mind_187-ar5884 Even when you do pull that combine into the machine shed for the winter, that may not be the end of the to-do list before you batten down the hatches for winter. Those fall tillage chores you weren't able to get done on time are still waiting for you. But, Tuesday Nov 17 11:48:00 EST 2009 http://www.agriculture.com/crops/tillage/Still-have-fall-tillage-to-take-care-of-Keep-these-strategies-in-mind_187-ar5884 http://www.agriculture.com/crops/tillage/Spring-a-good-time-to-assess-soil-compaction-in-your-fields_187-ar5162 Spring is often the perfect time to examine soils for evidence of compaction, said DeAnn Presley, Kansas State University Research and Extension soil management specialist. It also happens to be a time when soils are often vulnerable to compaction. Friday Mar 27 11:58:00 EDT 2009 http://www.agriculture.com/crops/tillage/Spring-a-good-time-to-assess-soil-compaction-in-your-fields_187-ar5162