Tag: tillage
Mix-and-match cover cropping can optimize organic production
WASHINGTON -- Farmers can fine-tune their use of cover crops to help manage costs and maximize benefits in commercial organic production systems, according to...
May want to avoid applying Nitrogen to wheat in February
(The following is reprinted from the OSU Extension C.O.R.N. newsletter, Feb. 12 edition.)
By Ed Lentz and Laura Lindsey
COLUMBUS -- Producers are tempted to apply...
Cover crop, strip tillage show benefits for vegetable growers, too
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Using a strip tillage system in combination with cover crops benefits vegetable farmers as well as the land, according to...
Do fall nitrogen applications break down corn stover, or just waste...
A University of Illinois Extension soil and plant fertility specialist says corn stover has become more of a management concern as new hybrids produce stronger stalks, more corn-on-corn acres are planted, and less tillage is done.
