Zone (strip) tillage in sugarbeets has become notably more popular in recent years across the beet-producing areas of Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming and Montana. The system conserves soil, soil water and ...

For approximately 65% of farmers across the U.S., conventional or minimum-tillage practices are part of their management strategy. With that in mind, John Deere introduces the ST series of strip-till ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Crop fields are taking the 2002 season hard, but it might not require a deep tillage operation to loosen them up. The wild weather extremes that compelled many farmers to plant ...

But problems at planting time set the stage for an entire season’s worth of trouble. Many, if not most, planting problems result from failing to adjust practices and equipment to fit soil and weather ...

Updates to tillage technology allow producers to optimize every pass for an agronomic seedbed Case IH is expanding AFS Soil Command agronomic control technology to its Tiger­Mate 255 field cultivator, ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - After a wet fall and spring, corn and soybean farmers must decide what field tillage operations are essential before planting the 2009 crop. "Where I think things are a little ...

Changes in soil physical properties (bulk density, cone penetration resistance, and infiltration rate) were used to investigate the effect of three different vehicle parameters. These parameters ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Soils from long-term tillage plots at three locations in Ohio were sampled to determine composition and size of weed seed banks following 25 ...

The difference between a mediocre planting season and an exceptional one often comes down to what happens weeks before the first seed hits the ground. As fields dry out and ...